09-2017-2506JudicialClosedFY 2017· Region 09
EPA v. U.S VS CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS COMPANY AND WESTERN NUCLEAR, INC.
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Case summary
Settlement for Cleanup of 94 Abandoned Uranium Mines on the Navajo Nation with Cyprus Amax and Western Nuclear, two affiliated subsidiaries of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
Defendants (2)
- WESTERN NUCLEAR, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CYPRUS AMAX
NAVAJO NATION, WINDOW ROCK, AZ, 86515
Registry ID: 110067352992
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
U.S VS CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS COMPANY AND WESTERN NUCLEAR, INC.entered 2017-05-22
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 2017-01-17PRN Sent
- 2017-01-17Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2017-01-17Final Order Lodged
- 2017-01-17Complaint Filed With Court
- 2017-05-22Final Order Entered
- 2017-05-22Enforcement Action Closed
- 2017-07-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601099896
- Case number
- 09-2017-2506
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2017-2506 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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