# GOLD FIELDS MINING CORPORATION, GALENA, KS
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45395`
- **Case Number:** 07-1995-0177
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $2.50M
- **Compliance action $:** $32.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GOLD FIELDS MINING CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- VIACOM INTERNATIONAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REGION VII REFERRED THIS LITIGATION TO DOJ FOR FILING A COST RECOVERY CIVIL ACTION AGAINST GOLD FIELDS MINING CORP. (GF)  AND VIACOM INTERNATIONAL, INC. (VIACOM).  THE COST RECOVERY  ACTION IS BASED ON COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION        INCURRED FOR REMOVAL ACTIONS AND TWO FUND LEAD OPERABLE UNIT REMEDIAL ACTIONS AT THE GALENA SUBSITE.  REGION VII ALSO     ASKED DOJ TO SEEK A PENALTY AGAINST GOLD FIELDS FOR FAILURE  TO COMPLY WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REQUIRING PERFORMANCE OF REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE GALENA         SUBSITE.                                                     THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SITE IS PART OF THE INACTIVE TRI-STATE   LEAD AND ZINC MINING DISTRICT LOCATED IN THE CONNECTING      CORNERS OF KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND OKLAHOMA.  THE SITE HAS     APPROXIMATELY 115 SQUARE MILES AND CONTAINS MILLIONS OF TONS OF MINING WASTES WHICH HAVE RELEASED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES    SUCH AS LEAD, CADMIUM, AND ZINC INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE   GALENA SUBSITE IS ONE OF SIX SUBSITES AT THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SITE.  WE BEGAN RESPONSE ACTION AT GALENA BECAUSE IT IS THE  WORST SUBSITE. RESPONSE ACTIONS ARE ONGOING AT THE OTHER     SUBSITES.                                                    REGION VII RESPONSE ACTIONS AT GALENA INCLUDED REMOVAL       ACTIONS (RI/FS AND PROVISION OF BOTTLED WATER OR WATER       TREATMENT UNITS), AND TWO REMEDIAL ACTIONS.  FIRST, WE       INSTALLED A PERMANENT ALTERNATE WATER SUPPLY PIPELINE FOR    400 HOMES USING A RURAL WATER DISTRI

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