I second that thought.
Joel
At 11:57 PM 11/10/09 -0500, you wrote:
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
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