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1  <br />  <br />IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT <br />FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO <br /> <br />UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, <br /> <br /> Plaintiff, <br /> <br />v. <br /> <br />VARCA VENTURES, INC., and <br />WILDCAT MINING CORPORATION, <br /> <br /> Defendants. <br /> <br />_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />COMPLAINT <br /> <br />_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> The United States of America, through its undersigned attorneys, by the authority of <br />the Attorney General, and at the request of the United States Environmental Protection <br />Agency, alleges as follows: <br />NATURE OF THE ACTION <br /> 1. This is a civil action commenced under section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water <br />Act (“CWA” or “Act”), to obtain injunctive relief and civil penalties against Varca Ventures, <br />Inc. (“Varca”) and Wildcat Mining Corporation (“Wildcat”) (collectively, “Defendants”), for <br />discharging pollutants into waters of the United States in La Plata County, Colorado, <br />without authorization by the United States Department of the Army, in violation of CWA <br />section 301(a), 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a), and for violation of a compliance order issued by the <br />United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to Defendants pursuant to CWA <br />section 309(a)(3), 33 U.S.C. § 1319(a)(3). <br />Case 1:16-cv-02008-WYD Document 1 Filed 08/08/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 10