# ERNEST O. GALLEGOS - GALLEGOS SCRAP IRON
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39771`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-0144
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ERNEST O. GALLEGOS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(G).                                          2. ERNEST O. GALLEGOS - GALLEGOS SCRAP IRON                     HOT SPRINGS BOULEVARD                                        LAS VEGAS, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87701            3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     CONDUCTING THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATING THE FA-     CILITY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF AN NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G) OF THE CWA, EPA     PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO $27,500 FOR THE VIOLA-     TION CITED.

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