Buckingham Coal Co. will pay a $73,500 penalty for filling in streams with waste from its Monroe Township, Ohio, coal mining operations without obtaining the necessary federal permits.

During 2005, the Gloucester, Ohio, coal firm dumped waste material, such as rock, sandstone and fill, into streambeds without Clean Water Act permits allowing it to do so, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Buckingham Coal also agreed to restore twice as much length of streambeds its activity impacted and apply for the necessary permits.

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