THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE GOVT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE US, ITS DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS, & CERTAIN OTHER SUBORDINATE DEPT'S FOR VIOLATIONS OF SEC 301 & 402 OF THE CWA, 33 USC SEC 1311 & 1342. THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, WHICH HAS AN EPA APPROVED TPDES PROGRAM, OWNS & OPERATES A NUMBER OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. THE VIRGIN ISLANDS HAS NO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, ONLY EXECUTIVE DEPT'S OR AGENCIES. CONSEQUENTLY, ONE DEPT OF THE ISLAND GOVT ISSUES PERMITS TO ANOTHER TO RUN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. WHEN THERE ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA, 1 VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPT MUST ENFORCE THE LAW AGAINST ANOTHER DEPT. IT WAS REFERRED BY REGION 2 TO HQ AS THREE SEPERATE REFERRALS (TITLED ST. CROIX, CHARLOTTE, AMALIE, & TURPENTINE RUN/MANGROVE LAGOON) AND CONSOLIDATED BY HQ INTO ONE CASE. THERE ARE 2 MAJOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES ON THE ISLANDS -- THE ST. CROIX WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ON ST. CROIX, & THE CHARLOTTE AMALIE FACILITY ON ST. THOMAS. BOTH ARE PRIMARY TREATMENT FACILITIES. TOGETHER, THEIR TREATMENT CAPACITY IS 10.2 MGD. ST CROIX WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF SERVICE BY EPA PERSONNEL ON 9/2/82, DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE & THE FAILURE OF A STANDBY GENERATOR. NO O&M RECORDS WERE KEPT AT THE SITE. THE OPERATOR INDICATED THAT TESTING HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE PRIMARY (SEDIMENTATION) TANK WAS SEPTIC (BLACK & ODOROUS). INFILTRATION WAS OCCURRING AS EVIDENCED BY THE AMT OF SAND IN THE PLANT SYSTEM. ONE OF THE GRIT COLLECTORS WAS OUT OF SERVICE. SLUDGE WAS DUMPE