CYPRUS BAGDAD AND ITS PARENT CORPORATION, CYPRUS MINERALS, VIOLATED THE CLEAN WATER ACT AT THEIR BAGDAD MINING FACILITY IN BAGDAD, ARIZONA. THE VIOLATIONS CONSIST OF EIGHT SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN WHICH THE DEFENDANTS DISCHARGED COPPER IN VIOLATION OF THE FACILITY'S NPDES PERMIT. MANY OF THE VIOLATIONS MAY ALSO BE PLEAD, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, AS DISCHARGES WITHOUT A PERMIT.