EPA v. EPCRA 313 Homestake Mining Company of California dba Ruby Hill Mine

Case summary

This is an Administrative Penalty action pursuant to EPCRA 313 issued to Homestake Mining Company of California dba Ruby Hill Gold Mine. The violations involve failure to file timely and/or correct Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Forms required under Section 313 for: antimony compounds, arsenic compounds, barium compounds, chromium compounds, copper compounds, cyanide compounds, mercury compounds, and zinc compounds in 2007; and arsenic compounds, barium compounds, cyanide compounds, lead compounds, mercury compounds, nitrate compounds, and zinc compounds in 2008. The violations were observed during a facility desktop inspection initiated on 3/4/2010. The CAFO assesses a penalty of eighty-one thousand five hundred thirty-five dollars ($81,535).

Defendants (1)

• Homestake Mining Company of CaliforniaNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA DBA RUBY HILL MINE

  HWY 50 & SR 278, EUREKA, NV, 89316

  Registry ID: 110041296861

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Homestake Mining Company of California dba Ruby Hill Mineentered 2013-01-29

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $81,535

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2013-01-29Final Order Issued
• 2013-01-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-02-21Enforcement Action Data Entered