But the fine was too small for the harm that was done.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Old Bird <[email protected]> wrote: > ********************************* > 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 > -- ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. President Sustainable Tompkins 109 S. Albany St. Ithaca, NY 14850 www.sustainabletompkins.org 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-220-8991 (cell) 607-216-1552 (ST office) 607-216-1553 (ST fax) [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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
