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IDAHO MINERALS, INC.

Judicial · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 55865

$15K
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
10-1999-0261
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-07087
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

THIS IS A REFERRAL AGAINST IDAHO MINERALS, INC., WOUNDED BULL RESOURCES, INC., AND MONETA PORCUPINE MINES, INC., (COLLECTIVELY, IMI ) FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 113(A) OF THE CAA. SPECIFICALLY, IMI REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE IDAHO STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BETWEEN 1996 AND 1998 BY OPERATING A PERLITE MINE AND MILL WITHOUT OBTAINING PROPER AUTHORIZA- TION FROM THE IDAHO DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND IN VIOLATION OF THE IDAHO SIP VISIBLE EMISSION LIMIT OF 20% OPACITY. EPA AND THE STATE OF IDAHO PLAN TO FILE THIS CASE JOINTLY.

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