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Article: Alaska Mine Operators to Pay $883,628 to Resolve Environmental Violations

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May 12, 2009
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WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 today.

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 ...

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