DENVER, Colorado — November 6, 2008 — Kenneth L. Schell and Twin Peaks Excavating, Inc. of Erie, Colo., have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $35,000 for alleged unauthorized discharges of excavated material to Rock Creek.
The alleged violations of…
Newmont Mining Corporation is still facing a lawsuit regarding an abandoned mine adit on property previously owned by a Company predecessor and currently owned by the City of Grass Valley, Calif.
On Feb. 3, 2004, the City brought suit against the…
Newmont Mining Corporation and its 51 percent-owned subsidiary, Dawn Mining Company LLC, are still facing a suit filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
The U.S. EPA, in the suit…
Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary in Indonesia is still awaiting a ruling on an appeal by the prosecution, in an action in the Indonesian Supreme Court claiming alleged pollution at the Buyat Bay.
In October 2008, a panel of Supreme Court justices…
Newmont Mining Corporation reports that at Sept. 30, 2008, US$153 million was accrued for environmental obligations associated with properties that the Company or its subsidiaries previously owned or operated, compared with US$125 million at Dec. 31, 2007.
In addition, the Company…
Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary, Newmont Capital Limited, and the Environmental Protection Agency are finalizing a settlement agreement regarding cleanup costs at the Lava Cap mine site in Nevada County, Calif.
In February 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency placed the Lava Cap…
DENVER, Colorado — September 29, 2008 — A chapter in the history of the uranium industry in western Colorado closed when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified the completion of the 20-year cleanup of the Uravan Mill Superfund Site.…
Vail Resorts, Inc. continues to conduct monitoring of groundwater contamination levels at its Heavenly Mountain Resort using three existing monitoring wells and a seasonal, downstream seep as required by the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region…
DENVER, Colorado — September 30, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with David J. Paulson and the Northeast Ridge Development Company in which the company will pay a $15,000 fine for unauthorized discharges of dredged…
Vail Resorts, Inc.’s Heavenly Mountain Resort located in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada has until Oct. 15, 2008, to complete the California Main Lodge and Parking Lot water quality Best Management Practices (BMPs).
In July 2003, Heavenly…