POWNAL TANNING COMPANY, INC. IS A SUPPLIER OF WATER FOR TWO PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS, ONE COMMUNITY AND ONE NON-COMMUN- ITY SYSTEM. POWNAL HAS REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE SDWA BY FAILING TO MONITOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS AND BY EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR COLIFORM AND TURBIDITY. REGION 1 AND THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAVE INFORMED POWNAL REPEATEDLY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE SDWA. EPA BEGAN DISCUSSIONS WITH POWNAL REGARDING THE COM- MUNITY SYSTEM'S VIOLATIONS IN DEC., 1986. NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN WHEN POWNAL FILED A PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY IN JULY, 1987.