# OLSON, RICHARD (RED) & LILLIAN
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54024`
- **Case Number:** 10-1986-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $14K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- OLSON, LILLIAN (complaint)
- OLSON, RICHARD (RED) (complaint)
## Summary

DEFENDANTS RICHARD AND LILLIAN OLSON OPERATE A GOLD PLACER MINE NEAR CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS, AK, THAT DISCHARGES POLLUTANTS TO DEADWOOD CREEK.  THE DEFENDANTS' FACILITY ON DEADWOOD     CREEK WAS INSPECTED BY EPA ON 7/12/84 AND 7/27/85.  AS A     RESULT OF THESE INSPECTIONS, EPA DETERMINED THAT MR. & MRS.  OLSON WERE DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS DIRECTLY TO WATERS OF THE  U S, IN VIOLATION OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR SETTLE-    ABLE SOLIDS, ARSENIC, AND TURBIDITY SET FORTH IN AN NPDES    PERMIT #AK-003554-8 ISSUED BY EPA TO RICHARD (RED) OLSON.    THE PERMIT BECAME EFFECTIVE 7/9/84, AND WILL EXPIRE ON       12/31/86.  THE OLSONS DID NOT SUBMIT DISCHARGE MONITORING    REPORTS (DMR'S) FOR THE 1984 AND 1985 MINING SEASONS AS      REQUIRED BY THE NPDES PERMIT.  THIS REFERRAL ADDRESSES       PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMIT VIOLATIONS FOR THE 1984 AND 1985       MINING SEASONS.                                                THIS REFERRAL SEEKS PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO         PREVENT FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND CIVIL  PENALTIES OF NOT LESS THAN $14,000 FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.

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