THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SITUATED IN NORTHEAST OHIO, OWNS AND OPEATES A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT LOCATED AT 23775 MASTICK ROAD, NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO. THE PLANT DISCHARGES TO THE ROCKY ROAD, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. THE PLANT SERVES THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTH OLMSTED, FAIRVIEW PARK, AND PARTS OF OLMSTED TOWNSHIP. THE PLANT SERVES A POPULATION OF APPROX. 60,000, ALONG WITH A FEW INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USERS. SINCE NOVEMBER 1988, THE PLANT HAS BEEN VIOLATING CERTAIN FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ITS NPDES PERMIT.