Administrative penalties for Permit 107517
- Tables are updated annually
- Last update Summer 2023
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Completed administrative penalties
| Site | Administrative Penalty # | Date Finalized | Non-Compliance(s) | Final Determination (total) |
| Permit 107517 | 2018-07 | 2021-03-08 | Failure to comply with Daphnia non-toxicity requirements of Permit 107517 (Section 7.2). | $120,000 |
| Permit 107517 | 2021-25 | 2023-01-31 | Failure to comply with section 2.4.1 and 2.4.2 of Permit 107517 (Nitrate exceedances at the Line Creek Mine Compliance Point). | $864,000 |
| Permit 107517 | 2019-22 | 2023-01-31 | Failure to comply with section 7.1.1 of Permit 107517 (Failure to have the Fording River Mine – South Active Water Treatment Facility operational December 31, 2018). | $15,480,000 |
| Permit 107517 | 2019-21 | 2023-01-31 | Selenium exceedances at the Line Creek Mine Compliance Point, Greenhills Mine Fording River Compliance Point, and Koocanusa Reservoir Order Station (Permit 107517). | $216,000 |
Active referrals for administrative penalty
| Site | Administrative Penalty # | Non-Compliance(s) |
| Permit 107517 | 2023-02 | Failure to comply with deadline for operation of Fording River Mine North Active Water Treatment Facility by December 31, 2022 (section 7.2.1) and related failure to comply with requirements to report non-compliance (section 9.2.1). |
| Permit 107517 | 2022-54 | Failure to comply with Nitrate concentration limits at Fording River (sections 2.1.1 and 2.1.2), Greenhills (sections 2.2.1 and 2.2.2), Line Creek (sections 2.4.1 and 2.4.2), and for Site Performance Objectives for Order Stations (section 3.1). |
| Permit 107517 | 2022-53 | Failure to comply with Selenium concentration limits at Fording River (sections 2.1.1 and 2.1.2), Greenhills (sections 2.2.1 and 2.2.2), Line Creek (section 2.4.2) and for Site Performance Objectives for Order Stations (section 3.1). |
| Permit 107517 | 2022-10 | Failure to ensure effluent was not acutely toxic at Fording River (section 6.2.2), failure to immediately report acute toxicity (section 9.2.1), and failure to implement immediate corrective action (section 9.2.3). |
| Permit 107517 | 2021-89 | Failure to comply with section 3.5.1.2 of Permit 107517 (Updated Dry Creek Water Management Plan). |
| Permit 107517 | 2021-27 | Failure to comply with section 7.1.1 of Permit 107517 (Failure to have the Elkview Operations – Saturated Rock Fill Operational by December 31, 2020). |
