Coal mining companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his family have agreed to pay the government more than $5 million in delinquent mine safety fines, the Justice Department says.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., in January. Justice and his family own coal mining companies that have agreed to pay the government more than $5 million in delinquent mine safety fines, the Justice Department says.West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., in January.
NPR used data provided by the Mine Safety and Health Administration to analyze delinquent fine records and continued to review the data into 2017, until the agency stopped providing it. NPR and correspondent Howard Berkes sued MSHA under the federal Freedom of Information Act in 2018, leading to additional data releases.
The federal government sued the companies last year after several attempts to collect the delinquent fines. The settlement covers 24 companies across five states — Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky.
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