SUBJECT CONTEMPT ACTION FOR FAILURE OF STANDARD METALS CORPORATION (SMC) TO PAY SUSPENDED PENALTY OF $25,000, AS REQUIRED BY A STIPULATION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT. THIS STIPULATION WAS ENTERED INTO IN SETTLEMENT OF A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST SMC FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CONDITIONS IN ITS NPDES PERMIT (#CO- 0027529). THIS PERMIT WAS ISSUED TO SMC UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 402 OF THE CWA, AS AMENDED, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1342.