The emissions from Fola Coal Company are affecting the chemical composition of the water in streams and lakes near Fola's operations. Fola has a permit for discharge and treats the water prior to discharge. Who can bring suit challenging the emissions by Fola?

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14 May, 15:15

The emissions from Fola Coal Company are affecting the chemical composition of the water in streams and lakes near Fola's operations. Fola has a permit for discharge and treats the water prior to discharge. Who can bring suit challenging the emissions by Fola?

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Charity Lutz · Answer 1

Fola Coal company is an US based company dealing with coal mining.

Its parent company is Consol Energy. Fola Coal company has permits for discharging the water into the stream and it discharges water to the stream after treating it and making them pollutant free so that it does not pollute the nearby streams and water bodies.

But Fola started violating the pollution laws and started discharging polluted water to the water bodies.

The United States Envirronmental Protection Agengy, shortly known as EPA and the private citizens of the nearby place where the coal mining is located can file a case of violation in the Federal Court against Fola Coal Company for violating the environmental laws and discharging contaminated water which contains ions and sulphates into the streams