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May 13, 2009
Alaska Mining Company Settles Clean Water Act Violations
Alaska Gold Corp.,a subsidiary of NovaGold Resources Inc., yesterday agreed to settle with the Environmental Protection Agency, and pay $883,628 for numerous Clean Water Act violations.
The company runs the inactive Rock Creek gold mine (pictured) near Nome, Alaska, and most of the just over 200 violations stem from the mine's storm-water discharge, which were first noticed by state officials in 2007.
The company spent several million dollars finishing a checklist of storm-water protection upgrades, it said Tuesday.
"They've gotten the message from both EPA and (the state) that we expect better actions from them," said Chris Foley, an enforcement officer for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
According to Eva DeMaria, an EPA enforcement officer based in Seattle, storm water carrying too much sediment from the mine's construction site to nearby streams was the problem, as reported by the Anchorage Daily News.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at May 13, 2009 02:47 PM
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