EPA v. RIDGEWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Case summary

THIS REFERRAL RECOMMENDS A CIVIL ACTION FOR CIVIL PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RLIEF AGAINST RIEGEWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, VERA SMITH, JULIUS CALDWELL AND BEAVER COAL CO AND COAL VALLEY MINING, INC. FOR VIOLATIONS OF CWA OCCURING AT A COAL MINE SOUTH OF WHITBY, RALEIGH, WV. RIDGEWAY DEVELOPMENT CORP MINED THE COAL MINE; THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY SMITH, CALDWELL, AND BEAVER LAND COMPANY. RIDGEWAY SUB- LEASED THIS PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER COMPANY, COAL VALLEY MINING, INC. POLLUTANTS HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE MINE IS LOCATED IN EXCESS OF THE LEVELS CONTAINED IN ITS NPDES PERMIT HELD BY RIDGEWAY DEVELOPMENT CORP. RIDGEWAY'S NPDES PERMIT HAS SINCE EXPIRED, AND DISCHARGES HAVE CONTINUED SINCE THE NPDES PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. THIS CASE INVOLVES DISCHARGES OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM A MINE TO THE RECEIVING IN VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 301 AND 401 OF THE CWA.

Defendants (5)

• BEAVER COAL CO.
• CALDWELL, JULIUS
• COAL VALLEY MINING, INC.Named in complaint
• RIDGEWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPNamed in complaint
• SMITH, VERONA

Facilities (1)

• RIDGEWAY DEVELOPMENT

  620 FLORENCE ST, MULLENS, WV, 25882

  Registry ID: 110010585955

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• CWA 402 — Clean Water Act

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1996-05-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1996-07-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1997-07-30Complaint Filed With Court
• 1999-01-19Concluded
• 1999-01-19Enforcement Action Closed