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Article: Alaska Mine Operators to Pay $883,628 to Resolve Environmental Violations.
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- May 29, 2009
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Alaska Gold Co. (Alaska Gold), and NovaGold Resources Inc. (NovaGold), the owners and operators of the Rock Creek Mine near Nome, Alaska, have agreed to pay a $883,628 civil penalty to resolve violations of a stormwater discharge permit, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced.
According to the court documents, in 2006, Alaska Gold, an Alaskan corporation and its parent company, NovaGold, a Canadian corporation, applied for and received a permit for the construction of a mine near Nome. Construction began in October 2006.
Subsequently, from April 2007 until September 2008, Alaska Gold and NovaGold violated their ...