# BIRDSELL, RUSSELL
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54016`
- **Case Number:** 10-1985-0024
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $8K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BIRDSELL, RUSSELL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DEFENDANT OPERATES A GOLD PLACER MINE NEAR BOUNDARY, AK,   THAT DISCHARGES POLLUTANTS TO CHERRY CREEK.  THE MINE WAS    INSPECTED BY EPA AND THE STATE OF ALASKA IN 8/85.  AS A      RESULT OF THAT INSPECTION, EPA DETERMINED THAT BIRDSELL WAS  DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. IN VIOLATION    OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR SETTLEABLE SOLIDS AND        TURBIDITY SET FORTH IN THE NPDES PERMIT ISSUED BY EPA TO     BIRDSELL FOR DISCHARGES FROM THE FACILITY.  DISCHARGES OF    POLLUTANTS WHICH DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT ARE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CLEAN   WATER ACT, 33 USC PART 1311.                                   THIS REFERRAL SEEKS PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO         PREVENT FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND CIVIL  PENALTIES OF NOT LESS THAT $8,000 TO $13,000 FOR PAST        VIOLATIONS.

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