# NPDES AKR06AA50 - COEUR ALASKA INC - KENSINGTON MINE (CWA NPDES)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2019 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3601861068`
- **Case Number:** 10-2019-0102
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- COEUR ALASKA INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

Region 10 Settles with Coeur Alaska Inc. (Juneau, AK) for CWA Violations On August 5, 2019, Region 10 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) resolving violations of the Clean Water Act by Coeur Alaska Inc?s Kensington Mine, located 45 miles north-northwest of Juneau, Alaska. Respondent, which operates an underground gold mine, failed to develop a complete Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP); failed to develop and implement procedures for non-petroleum-based leaks, spills, and other releases; failed to conduct required monitoring, assessments, and inspections; and failed to use proper sample handling and analysis procedures. The Respondent agreed to pay a penalty of $210,000. The Environmental Benefits of this enforcement action will be a reduction in the quantity of pollutants discharged into Alaska?s marine waters by improving the mine?s treatment, monitoring, and sampling procedures.

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