CASE SUMMARY THE SOUTHLAND CORPORATION ( SOUTHLAND ) OPERATES A CUSTOM AND SPECIALTY ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN GREAT MEADOWS, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1975, THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUED A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM ( NPDES ) PERMIT NO. NJ0005291 ( THE PERMIT ) UNDER SECTION 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT TO ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY FOR THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS AT THE GREAT MEADOWS FACILITY INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY (DRAINAGE DITCH) OF THE PEQUEST RIVER, CLASSIFIED FW-2 TROUT MAINTENANCE. BY ITS TERMS, THE PERMIT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 31,1975 AND EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 31, 1980. THE PERMIT REMAINS IN EFFECT BY VIRTUE OF THE A.P.A. AND STATE LAW EQUIVALENT. TIMELY AND COMPLETE REAPPLICATION WAS MADE BY SOUTHLAND. ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY CONVEYED THE ENTIRE FACILITY TO SOUTHLAND ON OR ABOUT MAY 1, 1978. MODIFICATION OF THE PERMIT (ATTACHMENT 1) WAS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A STIPULATION DATED APRIL 28, 1978 SETTLING AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING CONTESTING THE PERMIT (ATTACHMENT 2). ANY REFERENCE IN THIS REPORT TO THE PERMIT MEANS THE PERMIT AS MODIFIED. THE PERMITS SETS FORTH DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS FOR OUTFALL 001 WHICH HAD TO BE ACHIEVED BY ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, SOUTHLAND, BY JULY 1,