CENTRAL HAD SUBSTANTIAL EXCEEDENCES OF ITS NPDES PERMIT. WE ARE TAKING AN ACTION UNDER SECTION 308 OF THE CWA FOR BOTH UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES AND FOR VIOLATIONS OF THEIR NPDES PERMIT. CENTRAL IS A MISSISSIPPI CORP. OWNED BY FIVE LARGE CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING TYSON. CENTRAL IS A LARGE CHICKEN RENDERING PLANT. THIS IS A PENALTY CASE PRIMARILY, ALTHOUGH WE WILL BE REQUESTED ANY NECESSARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO RETURN THE PLANT TO FULL COMPLIANCE. THIS CASE IS A PARALLEL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CASE IS TO PRESERVE THE VIOLATIONS AS THE FIVE YEAR SOL HAS ALREADY RUN ON A NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AND IS ABOUT TO RUN ON OTHERS. THUS, OECA ALLOWED THE REGION TO SEND THE REFERRAL DIRECTLY TO DOJ DESPITE IT BEING A CASE OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.