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On Oct. 11, 2000, a spill from a Martin County Coal Corp. waste containment pond polluted more than 100 miles of creeks, streams and rivers running through Kentucky and West Virginia.
Map showing location of Martin County in Kentucky Wolf Creek on October 22, 2000. The Martin County coal slurry spill was a mining accident that occurred after midnight on October 11, 2000, when the bottom of a coal slurry impoundment owned by Massey Energy in Martin County, Kentucky, broke into an abandoned underground mine below. [1]
Martin County was formed in 1870, and named for congressman John Preston Martin. The county seat was initially located in Warfield, but was moved to Inez due to its more central location in the county. The county has long been reliant on the coal industry.
Martin County residents are still finding slurry and/or sludge in the surface waters of the county. [21] After a large coal fly ash slurry spill in 2008, slurry pond regulations have been made by the Mine Safety and Health Administration to prevent spills like this one and the Martin County coal slurry spill in the future. The administration ...
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A road leads to a collapsed coal preparation plant in Martin County, Ky., on Nov. 1, 2023. (Ryan C. Hermens / Lexington Herald-Leader via Getty Images)
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