EPA v. BLACK BEAUTY COAL COMPANY- ARCLAR (COTTAGE GROVE PIT MINES)
Case summary
Approximately 21,000 feet of streams and ditches were filled w/out a Section 404 permit; fined 25,000 and required to complete 41 acres forested wetland creation SEP project in Indiana;related to two other Black Beauty Coal Company cases in Indiana (Farmersburg and Sommerville.
Defendants (2)
- BLACK BEAUTY COALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- ARCLAR COMPANY, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
BLACK BEAUTY COAL COMPANY, LLC.
7100 EAGLE CREST BOULEVARD, EVANSVILLE, IN, 47715
Registry ID: 110035845823
ARCLAR CO., LLC-WILDCAT MINE-COTTAGE GROVE PIT
STATE HIGHWAY 142, EQUALITY, IL, 62934
Registry ID: 110035837011
Statutes cited
- CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
Enforcement conclusions (1)
BLACK BEAUTY COAL COMPANY- ARCLAR (COTTAGE GROVE PIT MINES)entered 2008-04-28
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $25,000 · SEP: $97,488
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2008-03-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2008-04-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2008-04-28Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600090772
- Case number
- 05-2008-8202
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 05
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-2008-8202 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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