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KY oil well operator fined, sentenced for water pollution

States Newsroom · November 9, 2026

A Kentucky oil well operator has been fined $20,000 after admitting he illegally discharged polluted water into a creek in northeast Kentucky. The judge also sentenced Joshua Ferguson, of Martha, to serve 12 months on home detention. The Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection received a tip last fall about…

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KY oil well operator fined, sentenced for water pollution

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