SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTSettlement Agreement • October 16th, 2015
Contract Type FiledOctober 16th, 2015Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Sierra Club, Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Center for Biological Diversity, and Defenders of Wildlife (“Plaintiffs”); the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and Heather McTeer Toney, Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region IV (collectively, “EPA”); and The Commonwealth of Kentucky (“Kentucky”) along with Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Kentucky Coal Association (“Industry-Intervenors”) hereby enter into this Settlement Agreement with respect to an action originally filed by Plaintiffs on December 13, 2013. Plaintiffs, EPA, Kentucky, and Industry-Intervenors are hereafter collectively referred to as the “Parties.”