EPA v. TVX MINERAL HILL, INC.
Penalty assessed
$125,000
Case summary
DURING AN INSPECTION OF MINERAL ON 10/22/96 BY MEMBERS OF THE EPA AND THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS DISCHARGING POL- LUTANTS INTO BEAR CREEK. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT DISCHARGES FROM THE OTN DITCH AND POND AREA CONSTITUTES A DISCHARGE WITHOUT A MPDES PER- MIT. A PENALTY OF $125,000 WAS PROPOSED. CACO ISSUED 9/11, CALLING FOR A PENALTY OF $125,000 TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
Defendants (1)
- TVX MINERAL HILL, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
TVX MINERAL HILL MINE
SEC. 9, TOWNSHIP 9E, RANGE 9S, GARDINER, MT, 59030
Registry ID: 110055636441
TVX MINERAL HILL MINE
SEC. 9, TOWNSHIP 9E, RANGE 9S, GARDINER, MT, 59030
Registry ID: 110055636441
Statutes cited
- CWA 301A — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
TVX GOLD, INC.entered 1997-09-11
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $125,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1997-07-15Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1997-09-11Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 50780
- Case number
- 08-1997-0139
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Water Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1997-0139 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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