Region 10 Assesses $8,000 Penalty Against Samuel Turner for CWA Violations at his Placer Mine. On February 25, 2011, Region 10 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order against Samuel Turner that resolves a CWA violation at his placer mine. Mr. Turner operates a placer mine along Spruce and Cache Creeks near Petersville, Alaska, in the Yentna Mining District. During overflight surveillance of placer mining operations in July 2010, Alaska state inspectors observed washplant wastewaters entering a ditch that was directly connected to Spruce Creek. Mr. Turner was covered under the Alaska General Permit for Mechanical Placer Miners for discharges into Cache Creek and not Spruce Creek. Mr. Turner has agreed to pay a penalty of $8,000.