********************************* Nami Resources Company, LLC, an oil and natural gas exploration and production company based out of London, Kentucky, pleaded guilty on October 15, 2009, to Federal charges of violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Clean Water Act and was ordered to pay a fine of $50,000.
A Federal investigation conducted by special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, with significant support from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky, linked the company's natural gas drilling operations in Knox County, Kentucky, with stream degradation and the death of federally protected fish. The investigation showed that subcontractors working for the company at four gas wells adjacent to Acorn Fork in May and June 2007 failed to dispose properly of drilling and "fracing" fluids used during the establishment of the wells. The discharges killed virtually all aquatic wildlife in a significant portion of the fork, including fish and invertebrates. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky filed Federal charges against the company under the ESA and Clean Water Act via an information in August 2009. http://www.fws.gov/home/feature/2009/pdf/NamiInvestigation.pdf _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
