USEPA, REGION 5, HAS HAD A LONG ENFORCEMENT HISTORY WITH THE HAMMONDSANITARY DISTRICT (HSD). A CIVIL ACTION WAS FILED BY DOJ IN 1980 TOREQUIRE HSD TO CEASE UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. DOJAGAIN FILED A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST HSD IN 1983 FOR UNPERMITTEDDISCHARGES OF SLUDGES INTO THE GRAND CALUMET RIVER. THAT CIVIL ACTIONWAS RESOLVED IN 1986 WITH THE FILING OF A CONSENT DECREE. IN 1988,HOWEVER, DOJ INITIATED CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HSD FOR ALLEGEDVIOLATIONS OF THE 1986 CONSENT DECREE, THE MOST SERIOUS OF WHICH WASHSD'S FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT ITS EPA-APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM. ASYOU KNOW, DOJ AND REGION V TOOK THIS MATTER TO TRIAL IN 11/91 THROUGH1/92. THE JUDGE HAS NOT RENDERED HIS DECISION YET. MY REFERRAL TO YOU TODAY IS BASED UPON YEARS OF NATIONAL POLLUTANTDISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT VIOLATIONS. AS DETAILED INGREATER DEPTH WITHIN THE REPORT, HSD HAS NOT SUBMITTED A