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EXHIBIT 1 TO PLAINTIFFS' CLOSING ARGUMENT TABLE OF VIOLATIONS: 00-cv-2325-MSK-MEH Claim1 Description of Violation 1(a) Discharge from Carlton Ponds/Waste Rock Dump into Fourmile Creek w/out Permit Discharge from Roosevelt Tunnel into Cripple Creek w/out Permit Discharge from various facilities into Arequa Gulch w/out Permit Discharge from Moffat Tunnel Cribbing Wall into Cripple Creek w/out Permit Discharge from Squaw Gulch Pond into Squaw Gulch w/out Permit Failure to comply w/ Permit condition prohibiting discharge unless authorized by Carlton Tunnel Permit (in the alternative to Claim 1a). Exceedence of 2.58 MGD 30-day avg. in Carlton Tunnel Permit

Dates of Violation

9/27/95 ­ 2/12/06 (3,789 days)

Total Number of Violations 3,789

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9/27/95 ­ 2/12/06 (3,789 days)

3,789

112

11/15/96 ­ 1/31/03 (2,266 days)

2,266

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8/21/01 ­ 2/12/06 (1,635 days)

1,635

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8/21/01 ­ 2/12/06 (1,635 days)

1,635

1(b)

9/27/95 ­ 2/12/06 (3,789 days)

same as 1(a)

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9/1995, 10/1995, 11/1995, 12/1995, 1/1996, 6/1999 (182 days)

182

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The Claims correspond to the Claims listed/described in Court Exhibit 1. Claim 11 is asserted in the alternative to Claims 8 and 12.

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8(b)

93

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Exceedence of 30 mg/l 30-day avg. for TSS in Carlton Tunnel Permit Exceedence of 45 mg/l 7-day avg. for TSS in Carlton Tunnel Permit Exceedence of 0.54 mg/l 30-day avg. for Zinc in Carlton Tunnel Permit Exceedence of 0.60 mg/l daily max. for Zinc in Carlton Tunnel Permit Exceedence of WET limit in Carlton Tunnel Permit Exceedence of WET limit in Arequa Gulch Permit Failure to Comply with WET testing requirement in Arequa Gulch Permit Exceedence of 0.021 mg/l 30-day avg. for WAD Cyanide in Arequa Gulch Permit Exceedence of 0.005 mg/l daily max. for WAD Cyanide in Arequa Gulch Permit Exceedence of daily limit for pH in Arequa Gulch Permit

12/1995, 1/1996, 3/1996 (93 days)

93

4/4/96, 5/6/96 (14 days)

14

8/1998, 6/1999 (61 days)

61

9/9/98, 5/19/99, 6/1/99 (3 days)

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2nd qtr./1996, 1st and 2nd qtrs./1997, 3rd qtr./1999, 2nd qtr./2004, 2nd qtr./2005 (6 quarters) 4th qtr./1996 1st qtr. 1997 to 1st qtr. 2003 (25 quarters)

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September 1998, May 1999, June 1999, July 1999, and August 1999 (153 days)

153

3/1998, 4/1998, 5/1998, 7/1998, 8/1998, 19 9/1998, 10/1998, 11/1998, 5/1999, 6/1999, 7/1999, 8/1999, 9/1999, 10/1999, 11/1999, 4/2000, 5/2000, 9/2001, 10/2001 (19 days) 4 (1996): 11/6, 11/14, 11/25, 12/30; (1997): 167 Jan., Feb., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct.; (1998): March, April, May, July, Aug., 9/3, 9/30, Oct., Nov.; (1999): 5/5, 5/6, 5/7, 5/18, 5/19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/24, 5/25, 5/26, 5/28, 5/31, 6/1, 6/2, 6/3, 6/7, 6/8, 6/10, 6/11, 6/14, 6/16, 6/28, 7/13, 7/14, 7/15, 7/16, 7/19, 7/20, 7/21, 7/22, 7/23, 7/26, 7/27, 7/28, 7/30, 7/31, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/5, 8/6, 8/10, 8/11, 8/12, 8/13, 8/16, 8/17,

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Claim 9 is asserted in the alternative to Claim 12 (as it relates to WAD Cyanide). Unless more than one specific day of a month is listed, a listed month is counted as only one violation.

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Exceedence of 0.087 mg/l 30-day avg. for Aluminum in Arequa Gulch Permit Exceedence of 0.750 mg/l daily max. for Aluminum in Arequa Gulch Permit

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Exceedence of 0.0034 mg/l 30-day avg. for Cadmium in Arequa Gulch Permit Exceedence of 1.0 mg/l 30-day avg. for Manganese in Arequa Gulch Permit Exceedence of 0.343 mg/l 30-day avg. for Zinc in Arequa Gulch Permit Exceedence of 0.379 mg/l daily max. for Zinc in Arequa Gulch Permit

8/19, 8/23, 8/25, 8/26, 8/27, 8/31; 9/24, 9/27, 9/30, 10/1, 10/6, 10/11, 10/13, 10/14, 10/22, 10/25, 10/28, 10/29, 11/3, 11/9, 11/10, 11/11, 11/12, 11/15, 11/17; (2000): 4/7, 4/10, 4/12, 4/13, 4/14, 4/17, 4/18, 4/19, 4/20, 4/21, 4/24, 4/25, 4/26, 4/27, 5/1, 5/2, 5/3, 5/4, 5/5, 5/8, 5/9, 5/10, 5/11, 5/12, 5/15, 5/16, 5/18, 5/22, 5/23, 5/24, 5/25, 5/26, 5/29, 6/3, 6/5, 6/29, 6/30, 7/7, 8/9, 8/25, 8/28, 8/29, 8/30, 8/31, 9/1, 9/4, 9/5, 9/6, 9/7; (2001): May, 7/16, 7/18, 7/20, 7/25, 7/27, 8/1, 8/3, 8/6, 8/8, 8/10, 8/17, 8/20, 9/24, 9/26, 9/28, 10/1, 10/5, 10/15, 10/17, 10/19, 10/24, 10/26 (167 days) 4/1998, 5/1998, 8/1998, 9/1998, 10/1998, 11/1998, 5/1999, 6/1999, 7/1999, 8/1999, 9/1999, 10/1999, 11/1999, 4/2000, 5/2000, 6/2000, 7/2000, 8/2000, 9/2000, 5/2001, 7/2001, 8/2001, 9/2001, 10/2001 (434 days) 4/1998, 5/1998, 7/1998, 8/1998, 9/1998, 10/1998, 11/1998, 5/1999, 6/1999, 7/1999, 8/1999, 9/1999, 10/1999, 11/1999, 4/2000, 5/2000, 6/2000, 7/2000, 8/2000, 9/2000, 5/2001, 7/2001, 8/2001, 9/2001, 10/2001 (25 days) 8/1998, 9/1998, 10/1998, 5/1999, 6/1999, 8/1999, 9/1999, 10/1999, 11/1999 (276 days)

434

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276

4/1998, 5/1998, 8/1998, 9/1998, 10/1998, 11/1998, 5/1999, 6/1999, 7/1999, 8/1999, 9/1999, 10/1999, 11/1999, 4/2000, 5/2000, 9/2001, 10/2001 (519 days) 8/1998, 9/1998, 10/1998, 6/1999, 7/1999, 8/1999, 9/1999, 10/1999 (245 days)

519

245

8/1998, 9/1998, 10/1998, 6/1999, 7/1999, 8/1999, 9/1999 (7 days) TOTAL NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS5

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17,569

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Since some of Plaintiffs' claims are asserted in the alternative, the actual number of violations is less than this grand total.

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