his supervisor during the period of transition from Anker to ICG. ICG was in the process of acquiring Anker in November 2005. Clean Water Act In 2012 four groups including the Waterkeeper Alliance and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Appalachian Voices, Kentucky Riverkeeper and three private citizens won an historic settlement in the Franklin Circuit Court with the Energy and Environment Cabinet and ICG that "addresses water pollution and false reporting by the International Coal Group". The lawsuit revealed a lack of state oversight, inaccurate water monitoring reports, and noncompliance with the Clean Water Act in the coal industry in Kentucky. In late 2010 as reports of the violations were revealed, the state of Kentucky clamped down on ICG. With accurate reporting in place, water pollution violations by ICG were revealed. The proposed settlement of $575,000 that ICG has agreed to pay includes a fine of $225,000. The settlement includes third-party auditing of ICG's water monitoring. The money "will be used to monitor and clean up polluted waterways in eastern Kentucky." ICG will pay $335,000 to Kentucky PRIDE to use toward eliminating residential "straight pipes" dumping sewage into streams." Bennett K. Hatfield Ben Hatfield was President and CEO of ICG in 2006. Hatfield had management positions at Arch Coal, Massey Energy and until his resignation in 2015, he was president and CEO of Patriot Coal. Patriot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the month following Hatfield's resignation. He was also a member of the West Virginia Coal Association board. In May 2016 59-year-old Bennett K. Hatfield was shot and killed by twenty-year-old Anthony R. Arriaga of Gibsanburg, Ohio in what appeared to be a bungled robbery attempt. See also Arch Coal References External links International Official 'International Coal Group website Coal companies of the United States Coal mining in Appalachia Mining in Kentucky Mining in West Virginia Companies based in West Virginia American companies established in 2004 Energy companies established in 2004 Non-renewable resource companies established in 2004 2004 establishments in West Virginia Putnam County, West Virginia Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange