United States v. Pryor Bolton and Glenn McCullah D/B/A Pryor & Glenn Coal Company

Defendants Pryor Bolton and Glenn McCullah, d/b/a Pryor and Glenn Coal Company (P & G Coal), appeal from a final judgment entered in favor of the United States for $199,800 plus interest in this action for the collection of civil penalties assessed against defendants pursuant to 30 U.S.C. § 1268(d), a part of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (Act).

The district court, after granting partial summary judgment to the United States on the various issues of law before the court, set for trial the factual issue of whether defendants had received notice of asserted violations…