Taum Sauk Reservoir Disaster
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Nixon designates citizens to serve on boards of two new charitable funds created from Taum Sauk settlement
Attorney General Jay Nixon today designated the members of two separate boards of directors for the new charitable funds created through his settlement with AmerenUE. The $179.5 million settlement, reached in November 2007, resolved Nixon’s lawsuit against AmerenUE over the collapse of the Taum Sauk Reservoir in Reynolds County in December 2005.
Nixon seeks applications for regional board to oversee funding from Ameren settlement for tourism, economic development
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon is encouraging applications from anyone interested in serving on a regional board to help promote tourism and economic development in areas impacted by the 2005 collapse of the Taum Sauk reservoir. The nine-member board, established as part of the $179 million settlement between the State of Missouri and Ameren, will oversee $7 million from the settlement for tourism and economic development.
$179,750,000 settlement protects Ameren ratepayers from paying any costs related to Taum Sauk disaster
Ameren’s 1.2 million ratepayers in Missouri won’t have to bear any of the costs related to the Taum Sauk reservoir collapse, under a $179,750,000 settlement with the State of Missouri announced today (Nov 28) by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon filed a lawsuit against Ameren last December, asking that the state’s largest utility company be held financially accountable for the Dec. 14, 2005 reservoir breach in Reynolds County.
“This settlement satisfies my requirement for ‘the three Rs,’ which are the demands I have made from the beginning,” Nixon said. “Those are that Ameren’s ratepayers be protected from bearing any of the costs related to the collapse, that the state of Missouri and other injured parties receive adequate recompense for their losses, and that Ameren must rebuild the Taum Sauk reservoir.”
Judge denies DNR motion to intervene in Attorney General’s lawsuit against Ameren over reservoir collapse
A Reynolds County judge today denied a motion by the Department of Natural Resources to intervene in the lawsuit filed by Attorney General Jay Nixon against Ameren.
Nixon meets with Blunt to discuss Taum Sauk issue, announces state will not pursue criminal charges
After reviewing the investigative report compiled by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and meeting with Gov. Matt Blunt today, Attorney General Jay Nixon announced that the state would not pursue criminal charges related to the collapse of the Taum Sauk reservoir.
Nixon statement on Taum Sauk trial change of venue to Reynolds County
The Attorney General's office has asked the trial court in St. Louis to transfer the Taum Sauk case to the circuit that includes Reynolds County.
Nixon sues Ameren, seeks compensation and punitive damages for state for Taum Sauk disaster
Attorney General Jay Nixon today filed a lawsuit against Ameren UE, asking that the state's largest utility company be ordered to pay compensation and punitive damages for its alleged actions and negligence that resulted in the Dec. 14, 2005 breach of the Taum Sauk reservoir in Reynolds County. The release of more than a billion gallons of water from the ruptured mountain-top reservoir caused extensive damage to the nearby east fork of the Black River and Johnson Shut-ins State Park, including the destruction of the park superintendent's home.
Court appoints Attorney General as special prosecutor for criminal investigation of Taum Sauk reservoir disaster
A Reynolds County judge has appointed the Attorney General's Office as special prosecutor to conduct a criminal investigation of the events surrounding the breach of the Taum Sauk reservoir on Dec. 14. Associate Circuit Judge Edith R. Rutter appointed a special prosecutor after Reynolds County Prosecuting Attorney Robert A. Johnson determined he had a conflict of interest.
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