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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Amador Mine Cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency, Honeywell and land developers settled a dispute over who should pay the cost of removing arsenic from the Central Eureka Mine in Amador County, Calif., a gold mine that was in operation from 1855 to 1958. The EPA declared the mine and surrounding property a Superfund site in the 1990s. After the EPA brought suit against Honeywell (successor to the Central Eureka Mining Company) and the developers in February 2006 to recover cleanup costs, Honeywell settled for $2 million.
- Misconduct Type
- Environment
- Enforcement Agency
- EPA
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Consent Decree
- 11/3/2006
