# MAGIC CIRCLE INC
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54012`
- **Case Number:** 10-1985-0020
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MAGIC CIRCLE INC (complaint) (settlement)
- WEBER, STEPHEN (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

MAGIC CIRCLE INC. AND STEPHEN R. WEBER OPERATE A GOLD      PLACER MINE NEAR CENTRAL, AK WHICH DISCHARGES POLLUTANTS     TO DEADWOOD CREEK.  THE MINE WAS INSPECTED BY EPA IN JULY    1984 AND IN JULY AND AUGUST 1985.  AS A RESULT OF THOSE      INSPECTIONS, EPA DETERMINED THAT DEFENDANTS WERE             DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF U S IN VIOLATION OF      THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR SETTLEABLE SOLIDS, TURBIDITY    AND ARSENIC AS SET FORTH IN THE 1984 AND 1985 NPDES PERMITS  ISSUED TO DEFENDANTS BY EPA FOR DISCHARGES FROM THE          FACILITY.  THIS REFERRAL ADDRESSES BOTH THE 1984 AND 1985    PERMIT VIOLATIONS.  DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS WHICH DO NOT    COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT ARE IN    VIOLATION OF SEC 301 OF CWA, 33 USC, PART 1311.                THIS REFERRAL SEEKS PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO         PREVENT FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA AND CIVIL PENALTIES    OF NOT LESS THAN $18,000 TO $23,000 FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.

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