EPA v. PEGASUS GOLD CORP/ZORTMAN/LANDUSKY MINES
Case summary
CONSTRUCTION OF WASTE ROCK DUMPS AND HEAP LEACH PADS AND THE RESULTING WASTE ROCK WAS DISCHARGED INTO, OR CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEGRADATION OF WATER QUALITY IN RUBY GULCH, CARTER GULCH, THE ALDER SPPUR AND LODGEPOLE CREEK AT THE ZORTMAN MINE AND MONTANA GULCH, MILL GULCH, SOUTH BIG HORN CREEK, ROCK CREEK, AND KING CREEK AT THE LANDUSKY MINE.
Defendants (1)
- PEGASUS GOLD CORP.Named in complaint
Facilities (1)
LANDUSKY MINING INC
PO BOX 57, ZORTMAN, MT, 59546
Registry ID: 110007652209
Statutes cited
- CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 1996-07-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1996-08-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 50584
- Case number
- 08-1996-0128
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1996-0128 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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