# KENNECOTT GREENS CREEK MINING COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `55234`
- **Case Number:** 10-1996-0017
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $300K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $8.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KENNECOTT GREENS CREEK MINING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE REGION SEEKS TO REVOER PENALTIES FOR NPDES PERMIT        VIOLATIONS FROM GREENS CREEK FOR EXCEEDANCES OF PERMIT       LIMITS ON PH, COPPER AND ZINC. THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM IS      ROUGHTLY $13 MILLION AND THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT PENALTY IS  ROUGHLY $210,000.  ECONOMIC BENEFIT IS A LITTLE OVER         ONE-HALF OF THAT TOTAL.  THE REGION AND GREENS CREEK ARE IN  AGREEMENT OVER THE NUMBER OF PERMIT VIOLATIONS AND THE       MEASURE OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT.  GREENS CREEK IS INTERESTED IN  ACHIEVING SETTLEMENT PRIOR TO RESUMING MINING OPERATION THIS SUMMER.

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