NATURE OF THE CASE: VIWAPA OPERATES OIL-FIRED POWER GENERATION & DESALINI- ZATION FACILITIES ON THE ISLANDS OF ST. TOMAS & ST.CROIX. THESE INSTALLATIONS ARE STATIONARY SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS &, AS SUCH, ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CAA & THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. VIWAPA ACQUIRED 2 GENERAL ELECTRIC STATIONARY GAS TUR- BINES IN LATE 1980 AS A CONSEQUENCE OF AN ISLAND-WIDE POWER CRISIS. THESE ARE ELECTRIC-GENERATING TURBINES POWERED BY HOT GASES, USALLY FROM A DIESEL-FUELED COMBUSTION SOURCE. THEREAFTER, EPA REGN 2 ISSUED NOTICES OF VIOL TO VIWAPA IN CONNECTION W/ITS CONSTRUCTION & SUBSEQUENT OPERATION OF TURBINES AT THE ST. THOMAS & ST.CROIX POWER INSTALLATIONS IN VIOL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USVI IMPLEMENTATION PLAN & THE PSD & NSPS REGULATIONS. EPA REGN 2 HAS HAD NUMEROUS CONFERENCES W/REPS OF VIWAPA SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NOVS. THESE DISCUSSIONS HAVE RECENTLY RESULTED IN AN AGREE- MENT, THE TERMS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE PROPOSED CD. ************************************************************ ENTERED CONSENT DECREE IN CDETS #02-82-C004 ************************************************************ *ENFORCEMENT OF CONSENT DECREE ENTERED NOVEMBER 7, 1988. VIOLATIONS UPON WHICH ACTION IS BASED: