BLUFFTON VIOLATED ITS NPDES PERMIT FOR THE ABOVE POLLUTANTS AND AILED TO TIMELY SUBMIT A COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW OPERAT- IONAL PLAN AS REQUIRED BY ITS PERMIT. AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT WAS FILED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1999, PROPOSING A CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY OF $127,500. RESPONDENT DISCHARGED POLLUTANTS IN AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDED THE LIMITS SET FORTH IN ITS NPDES PERMITS, AND ALSO FAILED TO SUBMIT AN ACCEPTABLE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW OPERATIONAL PLAN TO THE INDIANA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IDEM). RESPONDENT ACHIEVED COMPLIANCE WITH THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS IN IS PERMIT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE COMPLAINT BY CONSTRUCTING AN ADDITION TO ITS EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. REGION 5 ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COM- PLAINT PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $127,000. IN CONSIDERATION OF RESPONDENT'S AGREEMENT TO PERFORM A VALUABLE SEP, THE CASE WAS SETTLED FOR PAYMENT OF $30,000 AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SEP. RESPONDENT HAS ALSO SUBMITTED A REVISED CSO OPERATIONAL PLAN TO IDEM.