EPA v. U.S. SILVER CORPORATION - COEUR AND GALENA MINES AND MILLS
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Region 10 Settles with U.S. Silver Corporation for Clean Water Act Violations (Wallace, ID). On May 12, 2011, EPA Region 10 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order settling Clean Water Act violations with U.S. Silver Corporation. The NPDES permit violations include unpermitted discharges of mine tailings and exceedances of the permits effluent limits for copper, lead, and mercury at the Coeur and Galena Mines and Mills (Facility) from 2008 to 2010. U.S. Silver Corporation will pay a penalty of $87,000 and has replaced old open drop boxes with HDPE piping and improved treatment of its effluent. The Facility is a silver mine located near Wallace, Idaho.
Defendants (1)
- U.S. Silver CorporationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
U.S. SILVER CORPORATION - IDAHO INC (COEUR AND GALENA MINES)
1041 LAKE GULCH ROAD, WALLACE, ID, 83873
Registry ID: 110000600537
U.S. SILVER CORPORATION - IDAHO INC (COEUR AND GALENA MINES)
1041 LAKE GULCH ROAD, WALLACE, ID, 83873
Registry ID: 110000600537
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
U.S. SILVER CORPORATION - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDERentered 2011-05-12
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $87,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2010-10-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2011-05-12Final Order Issued
- 2011-05-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2011-06-01NPDES Closed
- 2011-06-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2200022646
- Case number
- 10-2011-0013
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2011-0013 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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