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HUNTINGTON - An environmental coalition group on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit in Huntington against Southeastern Land, LLC, and Fola Coal Company, LLC, accusing them of polluting streams from two of their surface coal mines in West Virginia.
The lawsuit alleges that runoff from the Peachorchard and Ike Fork mines has contaminated two waterways with sulfate and other dissolved solids that are harmful to aquatic life.
The lawsuit says the two waterways allegedly contaminated are Peachorchard Branch, a tributary of Twentymile Creek that eventually flows into the Gauley River, and Sycamore Branch, a tributary of Lily Creek that eventually flows into the Elk River.
The action was brought against Southeastern Land and Fola Coal by Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and West Virginia Rivers Coalition.
The groups are represented by attorneys with Appalachian Mountain Advocates and Public Justice.
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