# COBRE MINING COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41751`
- **Case Number:** 06-2001-5206
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $350K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COBRE MINING COMPANY (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA )    33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318(A) AND 1319(A).                   2. COBRE MINING COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION                 303 FIERRO ROAD                                              HANOVER, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88041                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     EACH DAY RESPONDENT CONDUCTED THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND    OPERATED THE FACILITY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF AN NPDES      PERMIT.                                                   4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF      THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT        ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) PERFORM THE ACTIVITIES         SPECIFIED IN THE AO BY THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH INDICAT-    ED; B) REPORT COMPLIANCE/NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-     MENTS OF A) NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF      COMPLETION OF EACH SPECIFIC ACTION; C) SUBMIT SEMIANNUAL     PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE 15TH OF THE MONTHS OF JAN. AND       JUL. UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE REQUIRED WORK; AND D) ALL       OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT ARE EFFECTIVE AS    ISSUED AND REQUIRE FULL COMPLIANCE.

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