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Richard Sykora Administrative Civil Liability Order No. R5-2012-0093

On October 5, 2012, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board  issued Administrative Civil Liability Order No. R5-2012-0093 to Richard Sykora, the mine claimant and operator of the Red Ink Maid and Big Seam Mine in Forest Hill. The Central Valley Water Board imposed $368,624 in administrative civil liabilities for six violation categories:

1) unauthorized discharges of waste to Mad Canyon, tributary to the Middle Fork of the American River
2) failure to submit Annual Summary Monitoring Reports required pursuant to Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) Order No. R5-2007-0181
3) failure to submit Annual Facility Inspection Reports required pursuant to WDR Order No. R5-2007-0181
4) failure to submit multiple industrial stormwater annual reports required pursuant to Industrial Storm Water General Permit Order 97-03-DWQ Industrial Permit
5) failure to pay annual waste discharge requirement fees
6) failure to pay annual industrial storm water fees.