# PARK CITY VENTURES
> **Judicial** · FY1977 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `47652`
- **Case Number:** 08-1977-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $11K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PARK CITY VENTURES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                             THE PROPOSED ACTION IS A CIVIL SUIT TO COLLECT A PENALTY  FROM REFERENCED COMPANY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SEC-   TION 309(D) OF THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, AS   AMENDED (FWPCA) 33 U.S.C. 1319(D).                                LEGAL STATUS OF THE DEFENDANT                               PARK CITY VENTURES  IS THE TRADE NAME FOR A PARTNERSHIP  COMPRISED OF TWO GENERAL PARTNER, THE ANACONDA COMPANY AND   THE AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING COMPANY.                       BASIS OF DEFENDANT'S LIABILITY: FACTUAL BACKGROUND         PVC OPERATES A LEAD AND ZINC MINING FACILITY NEAR KEETLEY STATION, UTAH.                                                  ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 23 AND 24, 1976, FOR A PERIOD OF     APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 24 HOURS, A DISCHARGE(SPILL) OF TAILINGS OCCURRED FROM THE PCV'S FOUR-INCH TAILING LINE, WITH APPROX- IMATELY FIVE TONS OF MATERIAL ENTERING SILVER CREEK.  THIS   TAILINGS MATERIAL WAS APPROXIMATELY 30% SOLIDS CONTAINING A  HIGH CONCENTRATION OF HEAVY METALS (LEAD, ZINC, COPPER AND   SILVER) HIGHLY TOXIC TO FISH.

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