# PROMISED LAND MINING
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54009`
- **Case Number:** 10-1985-0017
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ANDERSON, WHITTEN (complaint) (settlement)
- MUNSELL, JAMES (complaint) (settlement)
- PROMISED LAND MINING (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

PROMISED LAND MINING, A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, AND JAMES L.  MUNSELL, A GENERAL PARTNER THERETO, OPERATE A GOLD PLACER    MINE NEAR LIVENGOOD, AK WHICH DISCHARGES POLLUTANTS TO       BUTTE CREEK.  THE MINE WAS INPSECTED BY EPA AND THE STATE    OF ALASKA IN AUGUST 1984 AND JULY 1985.  AS A RESULT OF      THOSE INSPECTIONS, EPA DETERMINED THAT DEFENDANTS WERE       DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS TO THE WATERS OF THE U S IN VIOLATION OF THER EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR SETTLEABLE SOLIDS,          TURBIDITY AND ARSENIC AS SET FORTH IN THE 1984 AND 1985      NPDES PERMITS ISSUED TO DEFENDANTS BY EPA FOR DISCHARGES     FROM THE FACILITY.  THIS REFERRAL ADDRESSES BOTH THE 1984    AND THE 1985 PERMIT VIOLATIONS.  DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS    WHICH DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN      NPDES PERMIT ARE IN VIOLATION OF SEC 301 OF CWA, 33 USC,     1311.                                                          THIS REFERRAL SEEKS PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO         PREVENT FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF CWA AND CIVIL PENALTIES OF NOT LESS THAN $12,000 TO $17,500 FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.

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