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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Western Energy Company
Penalty: $12,239,538
Year: 2009
Date: July 21, 2009
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: federal leasing royalty violation
Violation Description: Western Energy Company, operator of the Rosebud Mine on federal coal leases outside of Billings, Montana paid the United States more than $12 million in mineral royalties and accrued interest as the result of a settlement agreement announced by the Justice Department and Department of the Interior.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Interior Department referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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