ON DECEMBER 16, 2019, EPA, REGION 4, REQUESTED THAT DOJ FILE A GOVERNMENT PROOF OF CLAIM BY THE APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT BAR DATE IN THE MATTER OF SHALE SUPPORT GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC, ET AL., FOR THE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS OF SHALE SUPPORT GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC AND SEVEN OF ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES, INCLUDING WET MINE ASSETS HOLDING, LLC (WMAH); MINE ASSETS HOLDING, LLC (MAH); AND SHALE ENERGY SUPPORT, LLC (SES). EPA REQUESTED THAT DOJ FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM AGAINST THE DEBTORS FOR THE RECOVERY OF CIVIL PENALTIES ARISING FROM VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA ARISING FROM WMAH'S, MAH'S AND SES'S OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF AN 1,100-ACRE SAND AND GRAVEL MINING AND PROCESSING FACILITY LOCATED IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MS. EPA FURTHER REQUESTED THAT DOJ FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM AGAINST ALL DEBTORS IN A PROTECTIVE FASHION WITH RESPECT TO EQUITABLE REMEDIES THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE BANKRUPTCY CODE'S DEFINITION OF CLAIM , 11 U.S.C. SECTION 101(5).
1/7/20 - THE U.S. FILES THIS PROOF OF CLAIM ON BEHALF OF EPA AGAINST DEBTORS WET MINE ASSETS HOLDING, LLC (WMAH); SHALE ENERGY SUPPORT, LLC (SES), AND MINE ASSETS HOLDING, LLC (MAH) FOR THE RECOVERY OF CIVIL PENALTIES PURSUANT TO THE CWA, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. AT PROPERTY CURRENTLY OWNED BY WMAH, IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MS, WITHOUT A CWA 404 PERMIT FROM THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, IN VIOLATION OF CWA 301. THE POC IS ALSO FILED AGAINST THESE DEBTORS IN A PROTECTIVE FASHION, WITH RESPECT TO EQUITABLE REMED