( October 15, 2025, 4:42 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A mining company that violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) by operating mining sites while its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit modifications were pending will pay nearly $75,000 to several environmental groups for remediation efforts and attorney fees and costs to settle a citizen suit the groups filed against it in West Virginia federal court....