Lawsuits filed against coal and timber companies
More than 150 plaintiffs in six lawsuits filed Tuesday in Boone Fayette Kanawha McDowell Mercer and Raleigh counties accuse coal and timber firms of causing floods by impounding surface water on their properties. Charleston lawyers Calwell and Trivelli represent the plaintiffs. A separate review faults a lease granting Vantage Mining Co rights to 8123 acres under Cabwaylingo State Forest as a bad deal for taxpayers. The lease, issued August 11 1999 by the Public Land Corp, was executed by PLC director James Jones.
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Charleston
Coal
West Virginia
Boone
Fayette
Kanawha
McDowell
Mercer
Raleigh
Stuart Calwell
Vince Trivelli
Calwell
Trivelli
Vantage Mining Co
Cabwaylingo State Forest
Massey Energy Co
Alex Macia
Bob Wise
Macia
Division of Natural Resources
Ed Hamrick
State Public Land Corp
DNR
Division of Forestry
James Jones
The
PLC
Federal aid approved for southwest Virginia disaster area
President Bush declared seven counties in southwest Virginia a disaster area after torrential rains caused flash flooding last weekend. FEMA will offer housing aid, low interest loans, and grants to residents of Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell and Wise counties as crews clear roads and assess damage totaling about 12 million dollars to roads and bridges. The storm left one dead and hundreds homeless with several homes destroyed or seriously damaged, and comes after floods last month in the same region.
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Richmond
Bush
Virginia
Joe M. Allbaugh
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Buchanan
Dickenson
Russell
Scott
Smyth
Tazewell
Wise
FEMA
Syd Holden
Virginia Department of Transportation
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Janet Clements
Emergency Management Department
Russell County
Clements
Jim Gilmore
Tazewell County
Grundy flood proofing project moves forward
Grundy moves ahead with a $115 million flood proofing and redevelop ment plan relocating the town area to the Levisa River opposite side. The project spans about ten years and will house the Grundy Teen Center Police Department post office fire department and town hall. Funding totals near $39 million with $18.6 million added by the U.S. Senate. Virginia and Buchanan County share 20 percent.
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Buchanan County
Grundy
Levisa
Grundy Teen Center
U.S. Senate
House of Representative
Senate
U.S
John Warner
R-Va
Virginia
Potter
Tazewell County
Tourism director position delayed by budget in Tazewell County
In Tazewell County officials will likely wait another year to hire a full time tourism director. Board Chairman Bill Rasnick says no funds are available now and a clear job definition is needed before advertising. The tourism committee proposes using 3 percent of higher transient occupancy tax revenue to finance the director, though earmarking limits apply.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Bill Rasnick
Rasnick
Rick Kimbrell
Tourism Committee
Newspapers
NIE Progam
Daily Telegraph
The
Delegate seeks probe into tax return delays
Virginia lawmaker Del. Clarence Bud Phillips calls for a formal inquiry by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission into widespread delays in state income tax refunds. He notes many taxpayers faced tardy payments after filing on time, blaming glitches in a new automated processing system.
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Richmond
Virginia
Del
Clarence
Bud” Phillips
Phillips
D-Dickenson County
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
Department of Taxation
Dianne DeLoach
Massy Energy slurry leak vents into Rum Creek spill
About 50,000 gallons of coal slurry escaped from a Massey Energy subsidiary pipeline at a processing plant near Charleston. The slurry entered Rum Creek, a Guyandotte River tributary, after a pipe connection failed. DEP issued a cessation order with $750 daily fine and a separate Clean Water Act penalty up to $25,000 daily. Bandmill Coal Corp. faces cleanup, while Massey said repairs and cleanup are ongoing.
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Charleston
Massey Energy
Department of Environmental Protection
Rum Creek
Guyandotte
Jeff McCormick
DEP
McCormick
Bandmill Coal Corp
Logan
Bandmill
Directory Assistance
Massey
Bill Marcum
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Cabwaylingo Lease
Southwest
Linda Lambert
Tim Potter
Charles Owens
Board of Elections
Malls
Virginia National
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bdtonline
Mercer County School Board
Marjorie At
NIE
Bluefield
Bill
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