ENFORCE26318

• Permit No: M1997058
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 3/15/2000
• Doc Name: FINDINGS OF VIOLATION & ORDER FOR COMPLIANCE DOCKET CWA-8-99-23
• From: US EPA
• To: HALL-IRWIN CO PETER BAUERR CINDY BAURER CARL EIBERGER JEFFREY W SCHWARZ
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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UNITED STATES ENVIItONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION VIII
In The Matter of:
Hall-Irwin Companies
P.O. Box 519
Greeley, CO 80632
Peter Baurer
Cindy Baurer
754 Weld County Road 23'h
Brighton, CO 80601
Carl Eiberger
754 Weld County Road 23'/,
Brighton, CO 80601
RESPONDENTS.
FINDINGS OF VIOLATION
AND
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
FOR COMPLIANCE
DOCKET NO.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
The following FINDINGS are made and ORDER issued pursuant to the authority vested
in the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") by Sections
308 and 309 of the Clean Water Act (CWA or the "Act"), 33 U.S.C. Sections 1318 and 1319.
These authorities have been properly delegated to the undersigned. The Order is based on the
findings of violation of Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1311(a)), which,
among other things, prohibits the discharge of pollutants (i.e., dredged or fill material) into Waters
of the United States except as in compliance with a permit issued pursuant to Section 404 of the
CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1344.
FINDINGS OF VIOLATION
1. Hall-Irwin Companies ("Hall-Irvin") is a construction company that conducts surface
extraction of constnrction materials (sand and gavel mining) on land in Section 36, Township 1N,