THE PERMITTEE TREATS DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE IN A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT THAT IS SO DETERIORATED THAT THE ONCE SECONDARY TREATMENT PLANT NO LONGER PROVIDES EVEN GOOD PRI- MARY TREATMENT. IT HAS FAILED TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE PLANT PROPERLY AND HAS NOT CARRIED OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ITS PLAN TO MAXIMIZE TREATMENT WITH MINIMAL EXPENDITURES. IT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH INTERIM PERMIT LIMITATIONS BASED ON PRIMARY TREATMENT. FURTHER, IT HAS FAILED TO CON- VEY ITS SEWAGE TO THE BERGEN COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY (WHICH COULD PROVIDE SECONDARY TREATMENT), AS REQUIRED BY ITS PERMIT. THE RELIEF SOUGHT INCLUDES A PENALTY IN THE AREA OF FIVE FIGURES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF INCLUDING CONVEYANCE OF ALL FLOWS TO THE BERGEN COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY, THE IMPLE- MENTATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ITSELF, AND A BAN ON ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS TO THE SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND THE DISCHARGE OF HIGHER VOLUMES OF POLLUTANTS FROM PRESENT CONTRIBUTORS. IN ADDITION TO THE JOINT MEETING, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACTION BE DIRECTED AGAINST THE BOROUGHS OF RUTHERFORD, EAST RUTHERFORD AND CARLSTADT. THE JOINT MEETING IS SIMPLY A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THESE BOROUGHS, UNDER WHICH THE BOROUGHS BUILT AND OPERATE THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. ** SEE CASE #02-86-E241 - CIVIL CONT