# CACY, ROBERT J JR DBA POINTS NORTH CO
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54008`
- **Case Number:** 10-1985-0016
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CACY, ROBERT J JR (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DEFENDANT OPERATES A GOLD PLACER MINE NEAR CENTRAL, AK     WHICH DISCHARGES POLLUTANTS TO DEADWOOD CREEK.  THE MINE     WAS INSPECTED BY EPA AND THE STATE OF ALASKA IN JULY AND     AUGUST 1985.  AS A RESULT OF THOSE INSPECTIONS, EPA          DETERMINED THAT CACY WAS DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS TO THE       WATERS OF THE U S IN VIOLATION OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITATION    FOR SETTLEABLE SOLIDS, TURBIDITY AND ARSENIC SET FORTH IN    THE NPDES PERMIT ISSUED BY EPA TO CACY FOR THE FACILITY.     AFTER REVEIWING THE DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS SUBMITTED   BY CACY FOR THE 1984 MINING SEASON, EPA DETERMINED THAT      CACY HAD VIOLATED THE 1984 PERMIT'S INSTANTANEOUS            MAXIMUM EFFLUENT LIMITATION FOR SETTLEABLE SOLIDS AT LEAST   7 TIMES (WITH A HIGH VALUE OF 35.0 ML/L) AND THAT THE        MONTHLY AVERAGE LIMIT FOR SETTLEABLE SOLIDS HAD BEEN         VIOLATED FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 1984.     THUS, THIS REFERRAL ADDRESSES PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMIT          VIOLATIONS FOR BOTH THE 1984 AND 1985 MINING SEASONS.          THIS REFERRAL SEEKS PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO         PREVENT FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA AND CIVIL PENALTIES OF NOT LESS THAN $15,000 TO $20,000 FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.

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