# CYPRUS SIERRITA CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52441`
- **Case Number:** 09-1993-0024
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $55K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $204K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CYPRUS MINERALS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- CYPRUS SIERRITA CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CYPRUS SIERRITA AND ITS PARENT COMPANY VIOLATED THE        CLEAN WATER ACT BY DISCHARGING COPPER, CYANIDE, AND ACIDIC   WASTE ON SEVEN OCCASIONS WITHOUT A NPDES PERMIT, RESULTING   IN 138 DAYS OF VIOLATION.  IN ADDITION, CYPRUS SIERRITA      FAILED TO CONDUCT ADEQUATE MONITORING, AS REQUESTED IN A     SECTION 308 LETTER, RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS OF    VIOLATION.

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