The Obama administration on Friday settled years of outstanding fines with West Virginia’s leading Democratic candidate for governor, billionaire Jim Justice, whose coal business has avoided payment for years.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it has settled with Justice’s company, Southern Coal Corp. and its many affiliates, to pay a $900,000 civil penalty, install $5 million worth of new compliance measures and put up a $4.5 million letter of credit to ensure his companies live up to their agreement to clean up mine sites in five states.