# TVX MINERAL HILL, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50780`
- **Case Number:** 08-1997-0139
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $125K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TVX MINERAL HILL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DURING AN INSPECTION OF MINERAL ON 10/22/96 BY MEMBERS OF    THE EPA AND THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS DISCHARGING POL-   LUTANTS INTO BEAR CREEK.                                     THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT DISCHARGES FROM THE OTN DITCH   AND POND AREA CONSTITUTES A DISCHARGE WITHOUT A MPDES PER-   MIT.  A PENALTY OF $125,000 WAS PROPOSED.                      CACO ISSUED 9/11, CALLING FOR A PENALTY OF $125,000 TO BE  PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.

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