# DALE, JIM DBA J & D MINING
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Litigated With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53994`
- **Case Number:** 10-1984-0014
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DALE, JIM (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

JIM DALE, DBA J & D MINING, OPERATES A PLACER MINING       FACILITY ON DEEP CREEK, APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES NE OF         FAIRBANKS, AK.  THE FACILITY IS LOCATED ON CLAIMS OWNED BY   RICHARD MCINTOSH AND LEASED TO JIM DALE.                       EPA CONDUCTED UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS OF THE DALE          OPERATION 8/28/84 & 9/7/84 JOINTLY WITH THE STATE OF AK      DEC.  AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF   THE CLEAN WATER ACT WERE OBSERVED.  WASTEWATER FROM THE      SLUICING OPERATION WAS DISCHARGED TO DEEP CREEK.  NO         APPLICATION FOR AN NPDES PERMIT HAS BEEN FILED AND NO PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED.  IN ADDITION, THE WASTEWATER WAS            INADEQUATELY TREATED PRIOR TO DISCHARGE, BY THE USE OF       SETTLING PONDS.                                                THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE     CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 USC, 1311 FOR DISCHARGES FROM DALE'S     FACILITY DURING 1984 W/O AN NPDES PERMIT.  THE COMPLAINT     SEEKS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST DEFENDANT TO ENJOIN HIM      FROM FURTHER DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS INTO THE WATERS OF     DEEP CREEK OR ANY OTHER NAVIGABLE WATERS EXCEPT AS           AUTHORIZED BY AN NPDES PERMIT.  THE COMPLAINT ALSO SEEKS     CIVIL PENALTIES IN AN AMOUNT OF $10,000 PER DAY EACH DAY     DALE VIOLATED THE CLEAN WATER ACT

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