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Residents sue - USA - Sago mine operator, trucking companies for pollution, noise
Buckhannon,WV,USA -The West Virginia Record (Charleston,WV), by Zak Ritchie -August 31, 2006: -- Three Upshur County residents have filed suit against the Sago Mine operator and two local trucking companies, citing excessive noise and mining-related pollution have allegedly made life difficult... One of the petitioners, Thomas W. Bacon, owns over six acres along Sago Road and lives only 200 yards from the Sago mine... The McCoys also live near the mine. Since the opening of the Sago mine in 2000, it is claimed that each of the plaintiffs has been subjugated to white gravel and black coal dust deposits on their properties. The plaintiffs argue that their property values have consequently declined... In the suit, it is also claimed that the defendants illegally widened Sago Road in 2005, causing water flow onto Bacon's property, causing extensive damage...
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