# PBS COALS, ET. AL. (29 FACILITIES)
> **Judicial** · FY2013 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3400086849`
- **Case Number:** 03-2013-7003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Croner, Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
- Elk Lick Energy, Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
- PBS COAL, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- Quecreek Mining Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
- Roxcoal Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

The United States, on behalf of EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) entered into a Stipulation and Order (S&O) finalizing a $6.5 million civil penalty settlement for violations of permit conditions contained in numerous National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued to defendants PBS Coals, Inc.; Croner Inc.; Elk Lick Energy, Inc.; Quecreek Mining, Inc.; And Roxcoal, Inc. (collectively ?Defendants?) under the CWA. The S&O was filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania on September 1, 2016. The United States filed a complaint for the CWA violations against Defendants on April 19, 2016. Under the S&O we have reserved our rights to bring injunctive relief claims arising from the underlying violations in the future.

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