Cases / Mining · United States · 2010
Doe Run agreed to spend 65 million dollars to fix Herculaneum air and water violations
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
The US Justice Department said in 2010 that Doe Run, owned by Renco, agreed to spend 65 million dollars to correct air and water violations at its Herculaneum lead smelter in Missouri. The sources reviewed do not describe the effects on the surrounding environment or residents.
What?
Doe Run agreed to spend 65 million dollars correcting air and water violations at its Herculaneum smelter, per the US Justice Department US Department of Justice
Where?
Herculaneum, Missouri, United States US Department of Justice
When?
2010 agreement US Department of Justice
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
An agreement to spend on corrective work for violations of air and water rules; the legal mechanism is not stated US Department of Justice
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
The US Department of Justice reported in 2010 that Doe Run, owned by Renco, agreed to spend 65 million dollars to correct air and water violations at its Herculaneum smelter.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe health or ecological effects in Herculaneum.
- None on record No personal penalty for Doe Run or Renco managers is recorded in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not state the emission levels that the violations involved.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- North America's largest lead producer to spend 65 million to correct environmental violationsUS Department of Justice · 2010
Connected cases
Related matters, and cases linked to this one through the same organisations, with the role each played in both.
- La Oroya smelter ruling (Peru) Peru · 1997–2024
- Renco (Company) — here: owner of Doe Run; there: Parent of Doe Run Peru; claimant in the arbitration against Peru