EPA v. AMAX COAL COMPANY (EAGLE-BUTTE)
Penalty assessed
$66,267
Case summary
COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT AMAX COAL COMPANY OPERATING A FACILITY CALLED THE EAGLE-BUTTE MINE, HAS IMPROPERLY DISPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY 6400 GALLONS OF WASTE OIL CONTAMINATED WITH 1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE BY SHIPPING MATERIAL IN FIVE SEPARATE SHIPMENTS TO TWO CEMENT KILNS, SYSTECH AND ASH GROVE, LOCATED IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA RESPECTIVELY. THE KILNS USED THIS FUEL FOR THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL FUELS PROGRAM (I.E. BURNED FOR ENERGY RECOVERY). THE PROPOSED PENALTY FOR THE 14 COUNTS IN THIS COMPLAINT IS $80,650.
Defendants (1)
- AMAX COAL COMPANY (EAGLE-BUTTE)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
RAG COAL WEST_EAGLE BUTTE MINE
SEVEN MILES NORTH OF GILLETTE, GILLETTE, WY, 82716
Registry ID: 110007334973
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3008A — Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
Enforcement conclusions (1)
AMAX COAL COMPANY (EAGLE-BUTTE)entered 1994-01-12
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $66,267
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1991-12-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1991-12-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1994-01-12Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 49112
- Case number
- 08-1992-0124
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1992-0124 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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