BRAGG v. ROBERTSON

No. CIV.A. 2:98-0636.

83 F.Supp.2d 713 (2000)

Patricia BRAGG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Colonel Dana ROBERTSON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia. Charleston Division.

February 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Lovett, Mountain State Justice, Charleston, WV, James M. Hecker, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, for Patricia Bragg.

Joseph M. Lovett, Mountain State Justice, Charleston, WV, James M. Hecker, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, David L. Grubb, John W. Barrett, The Grubb Law Group, Charleston, WV, for James W. Weekley, Sibby R. Weekley.

Patrick C. McGinley, Morgantown, WV, James M. Hecker, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, Suzanne M. Weise, Morgantown, WV, for West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Harry M. Hatfield, Carlos Gore, Linda Gore, Cheryl Price, Jerry Methena.

Michael L. Keller, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Rebecca A. Betts, United States Attorney, Charleston, WV, Lois J. Schiffer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven E. Rusak, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Nat. Resources Div., Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Ruth Ann Storey, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Nat. Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, Terry Clarke, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Counsel, Huntington, WV, for Dana Robertson.

Michael L. Keller, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Rebecca A. Betts, United States Attorney, Charleston, WV, Lois J. Schiffer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven E. Rusak, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Nat. Resources Div., Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Ruth Ann Storey, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Nat. Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for Joe N. Ballard, Michael D. Gheen.

Thomas L. Clarke, William E. Adams, Jr., Craig B. Giffin, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, Office of Legal Services, Charleston, WV, Russell M. Hunter, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, Office of Mining & Reclamation, Nitro, WV, Benjamin L. Bailey, Brian A. Glasser, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Charleston, WV, for Michael Miano, Michael C. Castle.

Roger A. Wolfe, Robert G. McLusky, James R. Snyder, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, WV, for Hobet Mining, Inc., Catenary Coal Co., Mingo-Logan Coal Co.

W. Warren Upton, M. Shane Harvey, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, WV, Terry R. Sammons, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, WV, for West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association, West Virginia Coal Association.

Robert D. Pollitt, Richard L. Lewis, Richard N. Farmer, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, WV, W. Henry Lawrence, IV, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, WV, for Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership, National Council of Coal Lessors, Inc.

Grant Crandall, James M. Haviland, George P. Surmaitis, Crandall, Pyles, Haviland & Turner, Charleston, WV, for International Union, United Mine Workers of America.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ACCEPTING AND ENTERING CONSENT DECREE

HADEN, Chief Judge.

Pending is the joint motion of Plaintiffs and Defendant Director of the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection ("WVDEP") to enter a Consent Decree.1 The Consent Decree proposes resolution of Counts 4 through 10, 14 and 15 of the Second Amended Complaint, which comprise...

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