WASHINGTON — The country's fourth-largest coal producer, Massey Energy Co., will pay a $20 million fine as part of a settlement with the government over allegations it routinely polluted hundreds of streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky with sediment-filled waste water and coal slurry.
Under the agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Massey Energy, headquartered in Richmond, Va., also will invest millions of dollars for pollution control improvements at its 44 mines and coal facilities in the two states...
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