ON 12/20/99, GENESIS CRUDE OIL, LP NOTIFIED EPA OF A DISCHARGE OF CRUDE OIL FROM ITS GATHERING LINE INTO THE LEAF RIVER LOCATED IN SOSO, JONES, COUNTY, MS. APPROX. 5,000-8,000 BARRELS OF OIL WERE DISCHARGED. SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA, AS AMENDED BY OPA, PROHIBITS THE DISCHARGE OF OIL INTO THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE U.S. ON JUNE 16, 2001, REGION 4 REFERRED THE CASE TO DOJ ASKING FOR RELIEF IN THE NATURE OF A PENALTY AND POSSIBLE RESTORATIVE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. THIS REFLIEF IS MODERATE DUE TO THE LACK OF PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS. THIS CASE IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS THE LARGEST OIL SPILL IN MS HISTORY AND THE STATE OF MS WILL BE ACTING AS CO-PLAINTIF