Bagdad Hillside Fined $2.7 Million, Leaked Arsenic Into Arizona Creek

Bagdad Hillside was ordered by a Maricopa County judge to pay fines and surcharges totaling $2,745,000 after an investigation revealed the corporation was discharging arsenic into a public creek.

Bagdad Hillside, LLC, owned a mine in Yavapai County that was discharging arsenic-contaminated water directly into Boulder Creek at a rate of 5 gallons per minute or about 2.6 million gallons per year.

Back in 2014 and 2015, Bagdad Hillside, signed three compliance consent orders with the ADEQ agreeing to come up with a plan to stop the discharge and to apply for the appropriate environmental permits. However, no plan was ever submitted, and the mine continued to discharge into Boulder Creek.

Bagdad Hillside, LLC was convicted of three felony violations of the Arizona Pollution Discharge Elimination System. In addition to the fines and surcharges, the corporation was also placed on two years of felony probation.

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