EPA v. EPCRA 313 Barrick Gold US Inc Bald Mountain Mine / Mooney Basin Mine
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
This is an Administrative Penalty action pursuant to EPCRA 313 issued to Barrick Gold US, Inc. dba Bald Mountain & Mooney Basin Gold Mine. The violations involve failure to file timely and/or correct Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Forms required under Section 313 for: cyanide compounds, hydrogen cyanide, mercury compounds, and nitrate compounds in 2007; and copper compounds, cyanide compounds, lead compounds, mercury compounds, methanol, and nitrate compounds in 2008. The violations were observed during a facility desktop inspection initiated on 7/14/2009. The CAFO assesses a penalty of thirty-seven thousand five hundred seventy-three dollars ($37,573).
Defendants (1)
- Barrick Gold US IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
BARRICK GOLD US INC BALD MOUNTAIN MINE / MOONEY BASIN MINE
PO BOX 2706 - 70 SOUTHEAST OF ELKO, NV, ELKO, NV, 89803
Registry ID: 110000608441
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
EPCRA 313 Barrick Gold US Inc Bald Mountain Mine / Mooney Basin Mineentered 2013-01-30
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $278,000 · SEP: $340,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2011-09-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2013-01-30Final Order Issued
- 2013-02-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400054971
- Case number
- 09-2013-3000
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2013-3000 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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