[CPEO-MEF] Recycled tetryl munitions at coal mine (WV)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

W.Va. Mine Cited for Explosives Accident

By TIM HUBER/The Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
March 21, 2007

CHARLESTON, W.Va.  A Kanawha County coal mine operator and contractor 
are facing more than $100,000 in fines apiece for a blasting accident 
that injured one man and exposed numerous mine employees to toxic 
military explosives.

Catenary Coal Co. and Charleston-based contractor Nelson Brothers failed 
to report the Feb. 10 accident to the state within 15 minutes, according 
to a state accident report obtained by The Associated Press. Missing the 
reporting deadline carries a possible $100,000 fine - a penalty approved 
by the Legislature after 12 miners were killed in an explosion at 
International Coal Group's Sago Mine in January 2006. Attempts to rescue 
the men were delayed because authorities were not notified immediately.

...

All the citations involve the use of aging U.S. Army munitions to blast 
rock at the Samples Mine. The blasting was part of a disposal plan drawn 
up by the U.S. Department of Defense and Talon Manufacturing Inc. 
Earlier this year, Talon agreed to a consent order with the state 
Department of Environmental Protection to dispose of munitions-related 
materials and cease operations by May 10.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4649674.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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