Violence Flares As Striking Miners Block West Virginia Mine
About 200 striking union miners blocked access to the Massey Coal mine at Lynco after rocks were thrown at a bus carrying company workers. State police reported two injured. company officials blamed guards and claimed union leaders orchestrated the violence. A coal truck burned near the site and property damage was noted as eight workers stayed put for safety.
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LYNCO
W.va
A.T. Massey Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Massey
UMW
Big Bear Mining Co
West Virginia
Fink
Big Bear
Norman C. Lester
Lester
Chemical Waste Management to contest $6.8 million EPA penalty
The EPA seeks a record $6.8 million penalty against Chemical Waste Management Inc. for allegedly mishandling PCBs in Vickery, Ohio, discharging high PCB levels into lagoons and selling waste oil with PCBs. The firm will challenge the charge as unreasonable, saying no environmental damage occurred. The case stems from a 1980 83 violation of PCB use and recordkeeping rules.
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Chicago
Chemical Waste Management Inc
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Chemical Waste Management
Vickery
Ohio
Harold Gershowitz
Waste Management Inc
Gershowitz
Oak Brook
Union Carbide memo warned of gas leak risk at plant
A safety team memo from Union Carbide Institute West Virginia warned of a real potential for a toxic gas leak like the Bhopal disaster. The report cited a possible runaway reaction if water contacted methyl isocyanate and noted response would be insufficient to prevent a catastrophic tank failure.
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Washington (Ap
Union Carbide Corp
Bhopal
India
West Virginia
Union Carbide’s Institute
W.va
Dick Henderson
Institute
Henry A. Waxman
D-Calif
Waxman
Stacy Dam project nears compromise with water agencies
CRMWD general manager O H Ivie and LCRA chief Elof Soderberg said they will meet next week to hammer out a water rights compromise for the Stacy Dam project. Ivie expects a Texas Water Commission permit still needed and calls for a speedy conclusion to the drawn out process.
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Colorado River Municipal Water District
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Stacy Dam
O.H. Ivie
CRMWD
Texas Water Commission
Elof Soderberg
LCRA
Ivie
Water Commission
Soderberg
White Praises Settlement Move in Stacy Dam Dispute
Gov Mark White welcomes LCRA move to negotiate with Stacy Dam backers clearing a hurdle for a statewide water plan The dispute with Colorado River Municipal Water District concerns a reservoir near San Angelo and water supplies for Odessa Big Spring and San Angelo The agreement aims to aid passage of a $600 million plan for water supply quality and conservation across Texas Page 2A
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Zeneta Ave
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U.S
Charlie Caste
Robert Oldford
Union Carbide
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Dick Gregory
Stacy
Colorado River
Concho
Ballinger
Concho River
Stacy Dam Site
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White
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