THE CITY OF BOONVILLE, INDIANA, OWNS AND OPERATES A PUB- LICLY-OWNED WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) THAT TREATS WASTEWATER FROM RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SOURCES LOCATED IN BOONVILLE, WARRICK COUNTY, INDIANA. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN IN SERIOUS VIO- LATION OF NPDES REQUIREMENTS. MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, IT HAS SUBMITTED FALSE AND INACCURATE EFFLUENT MONITORING DATA TO U.S. EPA. LABORATORY METHODOLOGIES TO MONITOR THE EFFLUENT, AS REQUIRED TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE CITY'S NPDES PERMIT, ARE HAPHAZARD AND IMPROPER. FURTHER, THESE LABORATORY METH- ODOLOGIES WERE THE SUBJECT OF A U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATIVE OR- DER THAT REQUIRED COMPLIANCE WITH RELEVANT PERMIT REQUIRE- MENTS. THE RESPONSE TO THE U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER CONTAINED SIGNIFICANT MISREPRESENTATIONS OF FACT. ADDI- TIONALLY, MONITORING DATA HAS NOT BEEN RETAINED, AS RE- QUIRED, AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S NPDES PERMIT. FINALLY, U.S. EPA HAS LEARNED, AS A RESULT OF A COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, THAT THE OPERATORS OF THIS FACILITY CEASE CHLORINATION OF THE DISCHARGE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6:00 PM AND 6:00 AM. THIS IS ALSO A VIOLATION OF THE CITY'S NPDES REQUIREMENT. BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL CRIMINAL IMPLICATIONS OF THESE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS, THE RE- GION V CRIMINAL INSPECTION DIVISION HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THESE MATTERS. WHILE ANY ONE OF THESE VIOLATIONS