WHEELING, West Virginia, October 7, 2023 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department, working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of West Virginia, has reached a proposed consent decree with Waco Oil and Gas Co. Inc. to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and West Virginia state law for unauthorized discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States in Braxton County, West Virginia. Waco Oil and Gas of Glenville, West Virginia has agreed to pay a $825,000 penalty, restore the vast majority of the impacted waters and provide compensatory mitigation for waters that cannot be restored.

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