Wayne Coke Plant Plan May Have Been Axed
Wayne County near Prichard Industrial Park may lose a $20 million coke plant. National Steel Corp plans were reviewed, with a possible scrapping but no official notification. EPA rules and Kentucky non attainment status complicate potential permitting and ground breaking, delaying the project.
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Wayne Coke Plant
Wayne
W.va
Wayne County
Prichard
Miles Dean
Governor's Office of Economic and Community Development
National Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Kenova
Leonard Hampton
EPA
Larry Teller
National Steel
Kentucky
Big Sandy River
Teller
Ashland Coal Pickets Disputed Over Local Hiring
Ashland Coal Inc executive says hiring favors local Magoffin County residents where possible while rejecting the notion of barring nonresidents from work. A Magoffin Circuit Court hearing looms on stopping picketing at two Royalton area strip mines run by Addington Brothers Mining Inc. Picket counts ranged from 20 to 40 with 40 the max cited by officials. a temporary restraining order halted protests after gunfire damaged equipment, with no injuries reported.
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Salyersville, Ky
Ashland Coal Inc
Magoffin
Royalton
Addington Brothers Mining Inc
Ashland Coal
Kentucky
Teddy Flynt
Huntington
W.va
Rash
Magoffin County
Flynt
Charles Prather
Pikeville
O'Donnell named AMC convention and ex hibition chief
Charleston AP reports Joseph O'Donnell will become vice president in charge of convention and exhibition services for the American Mining Congress on Oct 1, succeeding Glenn F. Jackson who retires after 25 years. Logan AP covers James H. Harless calling independent coal operators a vanishing breed amid heavy regulations and a $4 million damage verdict against Tim Cline after a mining accident. Pikeville AP notes Paul Sturgill, son of Kentucky Energy Secretary, pursuing a 30 million ton coal export deal with ENEL and Italian firms while denying improprieties.
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Charleston
W.va
Joseph O'Donnell
American Mining Congress
AMC
Allen Overton Jr
O'Donnell
Glenn F. Jackson
Logan
James H. Harless
Jumacris Mining Co
Harless
Logan Rotary Club
Pikeville, Ky
Kentucky
Kentucky Post
Paul Sturgill
William B. Sturgill
Clean Coal Terminals Inc
Carroll County
Sturgill
Big Sandy Coal Producers Association Inc
ENEL
ENI
Finsider
Wilmington
N.C
Italy
Acid Rain Action Urged In Multistate Meeting
Massachusetts environmental officials and Northeastern governors pressed for federal power to curb sulfur dioxide emissions and map interstate corridors. A Lawrence rain sample showed acidity near pH 2.9 to 3.1, underscoring regional pollution impacts and the push to strengthen the Clean Air Act against Midwest to New England air transport.
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Danvers
Mass
Boston
Anthony Cortese
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Cortese
New England
Canada
Midwest
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Congress
Reagan
Richard Ayres
Natural Resources Defense Council
Ayres
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Ashland Coal Disputes
Princeton
Winston Baird
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
U.S. Dept. of Energy
Charlie
Bill Wilson
Mercer County
Coalfield News
Mingo County
Tim Cline
Cline
Torneys
Jumacks
the Post
Department of Energy
Eastern Kentucky
Council of State Governments
Stanley Melvin
West Virginia
Tulip Street
Bluefield
VBT
Drivein
Valley Bank
Blue Prince RD
Green Valley
FDIC
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