EPA v. RICO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Litigated With Unspecified Cost Recovery
Case summary
A CIVIL ACTION IS PROPOSED AGAINST RICO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ALLEGING THAT RDC VIOLATED ITS NPDES PERMIT FOR THE DISCHARGE OF PROCESS WASTEWATERS CONSISTING OF MINE DRAINAGE FROM ITS INACTIVE LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER MINE. NPDES PERMIT #CO-002973 IS THE PERMIT PERTAINING TO THIS SITE. THIS ACTION UNDER SECTION 309A IS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE NPDES PERMIT. THIS ACTION UNDER SECTION 301A IS FOR DISCHARGING WITHOUT AN NPDES PERMIT FROM THE BLAINE TUNNEL. THE PROPOSED PENALTY IS $1,750,000.
Defendants (1)
- RICO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
RICO DEVELOPMENT CORP
45 S GLASCOW AVE, RICO, CO, 81332
Registry ID: 110010673903
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
- CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Rico Development Corporation
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1998-09-28Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1999-03-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-07-19Complaint Filed With Court
- 2003-06-02Final Order Lodged
- 2007-11-19Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 51121
- Case number
- 08-1998-0220
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1998-0220 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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