Fleetwood Mine

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Fleetwood Mine is a strip mine in Tuscaloosa County, AL, operated by Black Warrior Mineral.

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Lawsuit

In Sep. 2011, a lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Birmingham against Black Warrior Minerals by Black Warrior Riverkeeper and the Friends of Hurricane Creek, claiming the company's Fleetwood mine is polluting Hurricane Creek and the Black Warrior River, violating the Clean Water Act. The lawsuit asks that a judge: declare that the company has unlawfully operated the mine in violation of federal environmental standards; bar the company from continuing to operate the mine in violation of the standards; and assess civil penalties against the company for violations. The two groups catalogued more than 1,200 New Source Performance Standards violations at the Fleetwood Mine over the past five years. The mine has violated standards for iron, manganese, total suspended solids and pH, the lawsuit claims.

Mine Data

• MSHA ID:
• Operator: Black Warrior Mineral
• Controller:
• Union:
• County: Tuscaloosa
• State: AL
• Latitude: 33.2431726
• Longitude: -87.387502
• 2007 Production (short tons):
• Coal Type: B
• Mining Method: Strip
• Mine Status: Active
• Average No. of Employees:

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