THIS IS A CIVIL REFERRAL SEEKING PENALTIES AGAINST SOUTHERN STATES UTILITIES FOR NPDES PERMIT VIOLATIONS AT TWO OF ITS FLORIDA FACILITIES: SEABOARD UTILITIES WWTP AND UNIVERSITY SHORES WWTP. SSU OWNS AND OPERATES OVER 100 TREATMENT FACILITIES IN FLORIDA. SEABOARD DISCHARGED EFFLUENT IN VIOLATION OF ITS PERMIT TO THE TAMPA BAY WATERSHED WHICH IS BOTH A REGION IV GEOGRAPHICAL ENFORCEMENNT INITIATIVE AND PART OF THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM. THE UNIVERSITY SHORES PLANT DISCHARGES INTO THE LITTLE ECONLOCKHATCHEE RIVER, AN OUTSTANDING FLORIDA WATER. NON-COMPLIANCE BEGAN IN 1988 (UNIVERSITY SHORES) AND 1990 (SEABOARD) AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1994. NEITHER PLANT HAD THE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO MEET THE STRINGENT 309 PERMIT LIMITATIONS. BOTH FACILITIES HOOKED INTO NEARBY MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SYSTEMS.