# NEW MEXICO SMELTING AND REFINING, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37494`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0666
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $4K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEW MEXICO SMELTING AND REFINING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. NEW MEXICO SMELTING AND REFINING, INC.                       NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY 394                                 DEMING, LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88030                     3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHOUT AN      NPDES PERMIT AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE ENVIRON-    MENT AND ITS ACTIVITIES.                                  4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA,      EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE-     SPONDENT TO 1) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF       THE AO, SUBMIT INFORMATION DETAILING WHY RESPONDENT HAS      NOT COMPLIED WITH SECTION 301 OF THE CWA, 2) WITHIN 30       DAYS OF THE AO, OBTAIN NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE, 3) SUBMIT A    POLLUTION PREVENTUION PLAN DEVELOPED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH     THE PERMIT, AND 4) ARRANGE TO MEET AND APPEAR AT EPA AND     SHOW CAUSE WHY.

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