Administrative penalties at EVR’s Elk Valley mines (except Permit 107517)
- Tables are updated annually
- Last update Summer 2023
- Recent administrative penalty decisions and determination documents are posted on the Natural Resource Compliance and Enforcement Database
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Completed administrative penalties
| Site | Administrative Penalty # | Date Finalized | Non-Compliance(s) | Final Determination (total) |
| Elkview Operations | 2022-70 | 2022-05-04 | Failure to comply with section 6(2) of the Environmental Management Act (Unauthorized discharges from the Elkview Mine Coal Processing Plant). | $198,000 |
| Fording River Operations | 2022-22(s2.1) 2022-22(s2.2) | 2022-04-07 | Failure to comply with sections 2.1 and 2.2 of Fording River Mine Effluent Permit 424 (Sewage Treatment Facility). | $62,000 |
| Line Creek Operations | 2020-58 | 2021-05-10 | Failure to comply with section 7.1.1 of Permit 107517 (Failure to Failure to comply with section 2 of Permit 106970 (failure to meet minimum in-stream flow requirements in Dry Creek). | $40,000 |
| Elkview Operations | 2018-20(s1.3.1) 2018-20(s2.2) | 2020-05-14 | Failure to comply with sections 1.3.1 and 2.2 of Elkview Mine Effluent Permit 425 (Failure to report and sample in response to emergency condition, TSS exceedance at Goddard Creek Sedimentation Ponds). | $28,000 |
| Elkview Operations | 2018-13(s1.2.2) 2018-13(s2.3) | 2019-03-04 | Failure to comply with sections 1.2.2 and 2.3 of Elkview Mine Air Permit 1807 (Coal Breaker Stack). | $37,500 |
| Greenhills Operations | 2015-19 | 2018-09-12 | Failure to comply with section 2.2 of Permit 6248 (Unauthorized bypass of Greenhills Mine Sediment Pond Catch Basin). | $22,000 |
| Line Creek Operations | 2015-08(s1.6.2) 2015-08(s2.1) 2015-08(s4.1) | 2017-11-02 | Failure to comply with sections 1.6.2, 2.1, and 4.1 of Line Creek Mine Effluent Permit 5353 (Heavy Duty Steam Bays). | $78,100 |
Active referrals for administrative penalty
| Site | Administrative Penalty # | Non-Compliance(s) |
| Fording River Operations | 2022-40 | Failure to comply with section 6(2) of the Environmental Management Act (Unauthorized hydrocarbon discharges). |
| Fording River Operations | 2022-10 | Failure to comply with sections 6.2.2, 9.2.1, and 9.2.3 of Permit 107517 (Toxicity failures at Fording River Mine Liverpool Ponds, failure to provide immediate notification, failure to immediately implement corrective action). |
| Elkview Operations | 2021-58 | Failure to comply with section 1.15.1 of Elkview Mine Permit 425 (TSS exceedances at Aqueduct Pond Control Structure). |
| Elkview Operations | 2021-87 | Failure to comply with section 1.3.1 of Elkview Mine Permit 425 (TSS exceedances at Goddard Creek Sedimentation Ponds). |
| Elkview Operations | 2021-88 | Failure to comply with section 1.4.1 of Elkview Mine Permit 425 (TSS exceedances at Otto Creek Sedimentation Ponds). |
| Fording River Operations | 2021-54 | Failure to comply with sections 1.17.1 of Fording River Mine Permit 424 (TSS exceedances at Lake Mountain Sediment Ponds). |
