On May 23, 2008, the District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska, imposed a $50,000 penalty on Cameco's subsidiary Crow Butte Resources for various violations at its Crow Butte in-situ leach uranium mine.
According to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, beginning on or about July 1, 2003, and continuing daily thereafter until March 31, 2006, Crow Butte Resources (CBR) violated its UIC Permit No. NE0122611 :
• by releasing well development water upon the surface of the ground during CBR's well development and drilling process,
• by using Chadron Formation well development water as drilling water,
• by constructing injection wells and mineral production wells in a manner that had the potential to allow the movement of fluid containing contaminants into an underground source of drinking water,
• by failing to provide written notification until May 12, 2006, upon becoming aware of the noncompliance on or about March 31, 2006.
Download Complaint and Consent Decree May 23, 2008 (NE DEQ) :
http://www.wise-uranium.org/umopusa.html
