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RECEIVED <br />OCT 06 1998 <br /> <br />UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <br />REGION VIII ~' ". = ~ .l <br />Lr~ ~~~~w~, wa.i <br />til_r~iiiiiu CC_Etii; <br />In The Matter of: <br />Hall-Irwin Companies <br />P.O. Box 519 <br />Greeley, CO 80632 <br />Peter Baurer <br />Cindy Baurer <br />754 Weld County Road 233/, <br />Brighton, CO 80601 <br />Carl Eiberger <br />754 Weld County Road 233/, <br />Brighton, CO 80601 <br />FINDINGS OF VIOLATION <br />AND <br />ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER <br />FOR COMPLIANCE <br />DOCKET NO. CNA-8-99-23 <br />RESPONDENTS. <br />STATUTORY AUTHORITY <br />The following FINDINGS are made and ORDER issued pursuant to the authority vested <br />in the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") by Sections <br />308 and 309 of the Clean Water Act (CWA or the "Act"), 33 U.S.C. Sections 1318 and 1319. <br />These authorities have been properly delegated to the undersigned. The Order is based on the <br />findings of violation of Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 131 l (a)), which, <br />among other things, prohibits the discharge of pollutants (i.e., dredged or fill material) into Waters <br />of the United States except as in compliance with a permit issued pursuant to Section 404 of the <br />CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1344. <br />FINDINGS OF VIOLATION <br />1. Hal(-Irwin Companies ("Hall-Irwin") is a construction company that conducts surface <br />extraction of construction materials (sand and gravel mining) on land in the Section 36, Township <br />1 <br />