THIS REFERRAL ARISES OUT OF THE PLACER MINING ACTIVITIES OF WARREN E. MAGNUSON AND ALICE M. MAGNUSON, DBA MAGNUSON MINING CO., ON GANES CREEK IN THE MOUNT MCKINLEY MINING DISTRICT OF ALASKA. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. 1311, FOR DISCHARGES OF POLLUT- ANTS INTO GANES CREEK WITHOUT AN NPDES PERMIT DURING THE 1984 AND PRIOR MINING SEASONS, AND IN QUANTITIES GREATLY IN EXCESS OF THE CURRENT PERMIT'S EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS. THE COMPLAINT SEEKS PRELIMINARY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF PROHIBITING THE MAGNUSONS FROM FURTHER DISCHARGES OF POLLUT- ANTS INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT FIRST OBTAIN- ING AND EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY A PROPERLY ISSUED NPDES PERMIT. THE COMPLAINT ALSO REQUESTS CIVIL PENALTIES IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEED $10,000/DAY OF VIOLATION. BECAUSE PRE- LIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IS SOUGHT, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS ACTION BE FILED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 1984 MINING SEASON.