DATE VIOLATION DETERMINED: 03/01/88; DATE DOCUMENTS RECEI- VED BY ORC: 03/30/88. THE CITY OF METROPOLIS, IL OWNS AND OPERATES A PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORK (POTW). FOR THE PAST NINE (9) MONTHS, METROPOLIS HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION OF THE COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE IN ITS NAT'L POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT IL 0029874. ON JANUARY 21, 1988, THE USEPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO METROPOLIS REQUIRING IT TO EXPLAIN ITS NONCOM PLIANCE, AND TO SUBMIT AN EXPEDITED COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE. METROPOLIS RESPONDED TO THE AO AND ADMITTED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE SCHEDULE IN ITS NPDES PERMIT, INCLUDING THE FINAL COMPLIANCE DATE OF JULY 1, 1988. BECAUSE COMPLIANCE BEYOND JULY 1, 1988, REQUIRES JUDICIAL APPROVAL, WE ARE PROPOSING PRE-FILING NEGOTIATIONS. IF THE MATTER CANNOT BE SETTLED, A LITIGATION REFERRAL WILL BE PRE- PARED FOR FILING AS A CIVIL ACTION.