ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, THE DIRECTOR OF THE WATER DIVISION U.S. EPA REGION 5, SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AND PENALTY ORDER CITING TEXTRON'S CWA CASTING DIVISION FOR VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT'S PRETREATMENT STANDARDS PURSUANT TO SECTION 307, AND ASSESSING AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY UNDER SECTION 309 (G), 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1317 AND 1319 (G), AND 40 C.F.R. PARTS 464, METAL MOLDING AND CAST- ING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY. THE COMPLAINT SEEKS A PENALTY OF $137,500 FOR BOTH DAILY AND MONTHLY EXCEEDANCES BY TEXTRON OF DISCHARGES OF OIL AND GREASE AND ZINC, AS WELL AS MONITORING VIOLATIONS FOR OIL AND GREASE. TEXTRON IS ONE OF THE MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN INDUSTRIAL USERS WHICH IS A SOURCE OF INDIRECT DISCHARGE OF METAL MOLDING AND CASTING PROCESS WATER, FROM ITS DUST COLLECTION SCRUBBERS AND MELT FURNACE SCRUBBERS, INTO MUSKEGON COUNTY'S PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS. THE MUSKEGON POTW DISCHARGE EFFLUENT INTO THE MUSKEGON RIVER AND BIG BLACK CREEK. U.S. EPA AS ASSESSED TEXTRON A PENALTY FOR EXCEEDING BOTH DAILY AND MONTHLY ALTERNATE CATEGORICAL LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY THE MUSKEGON POTW FOR OIL AND GREASE, AND ZINC, AND FOR IMPROPER MONITORING FOR OIL AND GREASE.