# INTERMTN MINERAL ENG INC(IME)-NABOB MINE
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53993`
- **Case Number:** 10-1984-0013
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- INTERMOUNTAIN MINERAL ENGINEERS INC(IME) (complaint) (settlement)
- NABOB SILVER-LEAD CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- RICE, PHYLLIS (complaint) (settlement)
- RICE, ROBERT A. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ROBERT A. RICE AND PHYLLIS H. RICE DBA INTERMOUNTAIN       MINERAL ENGINEERS, INC. (IME) OPERATE THE NABOB MINE NEAR    THE NABOB CREEK NEAR PINEHURST, ID IN THE SILVER VALLEY      REGION OF NORTHERN IDAHO.  THEY LEASE THE NABOB TUNNEL,      SITE OF THE ILLEGAL DISCHARGE, FROM THE NABOB SILVER-LEAD    CO. OF KELLOGG, ID.  THEY OPERATE PORTIONS OF THE NABOB      LEAD & ZINC MINE THROUGH SUBSURFACE CLAIM LEASED FROM        OTHER PARTIES.  THEY ALSO LEASE A NEARBY MILLSITE FROM       NABOB SILVER-LEAD TO PROCESS ORE WHICH CONTAINS FACILITIES   FOR DISCHARGE WATER TREATMENT.                                 THREE SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT BY        ILLEGAL DISCHARGES ARE DOCUMENTED TO DATE.  BECAUSE OF THE   STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, TWO OF THESE VIOLATIONS ARE          CHARGEABLE IN THE COMPLAINT.                                   SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS ARE CLEAN WATER ACT, SEC    301(A){33 USC, 1311(A)}, SEC 502{33 USC, 1362}, TITLE 40     CFR, SEC 122.2.  AVAILABLE REMEDIES ARE CWA, SEC 309(D),     33 USC, 1319(D).

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