Black Lung Crisis Reveals Mass Mining Dust Fraud
A yearlong investigation finds widespread cheating on dust tests affecting as many as 3600 workers and retirees with black lung. Former mine owners admit faking samples. inspectors face bribery convictions while unions show tighter sampling. Survivors like Leslie Blevins suffer crippling disease after prolonged dust exposure.
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Raleigh Adams
Wooten
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Kew
Union
Tony Oppegard
Lexington Based
Bruce Watzman
National Mining Association
Leslie Blevins
Logan
W.va
Blevins
Court actions challenge valley fill mining near streams
The documents allege strip mine waste piles called valley fills are illegal as the Corps cannot issue permits to dump waste in streams under the Clean Water Act. The DEP allegedly grants permits without studying impacts, while officials from the DEP and federal agencies downplay the issue and review mining rules to protect residents and the environment.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Clean Water Act
Corps
DEP
John Ailes
Office of Mining and Reclamation
Ailes
Roger Calhoun
Charleston
U.S
Fog Shrouds 65 Vehicle Pileup on I 64 at Afton Mountain
State Police reported a 65 vehicle crash on Interstate 64 eastbound at Afton Mountain in heavy fog with no deaths and no life threatening injuries. The pileup involved cars and tractor trailers. authorities expected to clear the scene by evening. The site has a history of dense fog and earlier upgrades worth 5.3 million dollars were planned to improve fog warning lights and sensors.
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Afton Mountain
Waynesboro
Mark Cannay
Cannaday
Virginia Apartment of Transportation
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