# PEGASUS GOLD CORP./ZORTMAN MINING
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50938`
- **Case Number:** 08-1998-0034
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PEGASUS GOLD CORP./ZORTMAN MINING, INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE BANKRUPTCY CLAIM ARISES OUT OF A PREVIOUS CLEAN WATER    ACT CASE AGAINST THESE DEFENDANTS WHICH WAS SETTLED IN       1996.  THE $2 MILLION PENALTY HAS BEEN PAID.  THE AGENCY'S   MOST RECENT CONTACT WITH THE DEBTORS WAS A DISPUTE UNDER     THE CONSENT DECREE CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF $25,300 IN      STIPULATED PENALTIES.  AFTER DISCUSSING THE DISPUTE, EPA     DETERMINED THAT THE PENALTIES WERE DUE AS ASSESSED, AND      THE PENALTIES WERE PAID ON 12/1/97. EPA BECAME AWARE THAT    PEGASUS AND ZORTMAN FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY          PROTECTION ON 1/16/98.  DOJS APPEARANCE IN THIS MATTER IS    NECESSARY TO PROTECT EPA'S INTERESTS IN HAVING ADEQUATE      FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE COMPANY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS     OF THE CONSENT DECREE.

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