# CHINO MINES COMPANY, A NEW MEXICO CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39742`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-0115
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHINO MINES COMPANY (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. CHINO MINES COMPANY, A NEW MEXICO CORPORATION                P.O. BOX 7                                                   HURLEY, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88043                    3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES OF 1,000,000 GALLONS OF COP-     PER ORE TAILINGS, 6,000 GALLONS OF STORM AND DISCHARGED      WATER, AND 600 GALLONS OF MINE SEEPAGE WATER INTO WHITE-     WATER CREEK.                                              4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA     ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT      REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE WHAT-    EVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE AND PRE-    VENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED; B) WITHIN 30        DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC AC-     TIONS TAKEN AND EXPLAIN HOW THESE ACTIONS WILL PREVENT       RECURRENCE; C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS     IN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN      TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME; AND D) WITHIN 45     DAYS, ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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