DEFENDANT JUAN ROBERTSON OPERATES THE DOUBLE EAGLE MINING CO. PLACER MINE NEAR CENTRAL, AK. THE MINE DISCHARGES POLLUTANTS TO PORTAGE CREEK. PRIOR TO 7/23/85, THE MINE WAS CO-OWNED AND OPERATED BY JUAN ROBERTSON AND ROBERT DALE HORCHLER. THEIR PARTNERSHIP WAS TERMINATED ON OR ABOUT 7/23/85, WITH ROBERTSON REMAINING AS SOLE OWNER OF THE CLAIM. THE MINE WAS INSPECTED BY EPA AND THE STATE OF ALASKA ON 7/27/85. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, ROBERTSON DID NOT HAVE A VALID NPDES PERMIT FOR THE OPERATION. A REVIEW OF EPA FILES INDICATED ROBERT HORCHLER FILED AN APPLICATION THROUGH ANN RHIAN, AN ATTORNEY, FOR AN NPDES PERMIT FOR THIS MINE 7/1/85. EPA AND THE STATE OF ALASKA CONDUCTED INSPECTIONS OF THE MINE IN 8/85. AS A RESULT OF THESE INSPECTIONS, EPA DETERMINED THAT DEFENDANTS WERE DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHOUT A VALID NPDES PERMIT, IN VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 301 AND 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 USC, PARTS 1311 AND 1342. THIS REFERRAL ADDRESSES VIOLATIONS DURING THE 1985 MINING SEASON. THIS REFERRAL SEEKS PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE REFIEF TO PREVENT FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND CIVIL PENALTIES OF NOT LESS THAN $14,000. TO $19,000. FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.