{"id":4385,"date":"2011-11-16T09:14:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T16:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2011-11-16T09:14:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T16:14:16","slug":"nevada-gold-mine-pays-105000-corrects-reporting-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/nevada-gold-mine-pays-105000-corrects-reporting-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada gold mine pays $105,000, corrects reporting violations"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Jipangu International, Inc. to pay a $105,000 fine and correct reporting violations after the facility failed to correctly report toxic chemical releases and waste management activities at its Florida Canyon Mine and Standard Gold Mine processing facility near Imlay, Nev.<\/p>\n

After a careful analysis of the mine\u2019s records, EPA inspectors determined that Jipangu failed to submit timely, complete and correct Toxic Release Inventory reports in 2005, 2006 and 2007 for toxic chemicals, such as cyanide compounds, used to extract gold from the ore mined at the facility, and other toxic chemicals, such as lead and mercury compounds, produced during the extraction process.
\n\u201cThe chemicals used at the Florida Canyon Mine and Standard Gold Mine facility have the potential to pose a danger to employees, the surrounding community and the environment,\u201d said Jared Blumenfeld, the EPA\u2019s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. \u201cThe EPA has been collecting information from facilities nationwide for 25 years to arm citizens and local governments with information about toxics in their area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Metal ore mining accounts for 97% of total toxic inventory releases reported to EPA in Nevada. This action is part of an ongoing effort began in 2008 to ensure compliance among this sector and to ensure the public has accurate and complete information about facilities in their communities.<\/p>\n

The Jipangu International Gold Mining facility produces 1.5 to 1.7 tons of gold annually.\u00a0 Within the next five years, the facility plans to increase production to 15.5 tons per year.<\/p>\n

Under the settlement, Jipangu revised its TRI reports for 2005 through 2010 and complied with the Emergency planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.\u00a0 There is no evidence to suggest that the mine\u2019s violations posed any immediate danger to nearby communities or workers at the facility.<\/p>\n

The EPA requires reporting of toxic chemical releases under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, which requires certain facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use toxic chemicals over specified amounts to file annual reports estimating the amounts released to the environment, treated or recycled on-site, or transferred off-site for waste management.\u00a0 These reports are submitted to the EPA and the State or Tribe having local jurisdiction over the facility.\u00a0 The EPA compiles this information into a national database called the Toxics Release Inventory and makes it available to the public.<\/p>\n

To find information on the Toxics Release Inventory program visit: http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/tri<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Jipangu International, Inc. to pay a $105,000 fine and correct reporting violations after the facility failed to correctly report toxic chemical releases and waste management activities at its Florida Canyon Mine and Standard Gold Mine processing facility near Imlay, Nev. After a careful analysis of the … Continue reading Nevada gold mine pays $105,000, corrects reporting violations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4387,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions\/4387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}