U.S. EPA, COMPLAINANT, INITIATED THIS PROCEEDING BY FILING AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE RESPONDENT ON APRIL 5, 1999. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES, IN ONE COUNT, THAT RESPONDENT COMMITTED A SINGLE VIOLATION OF APPLLICABLE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL REGULATIONS. COUNT I OF THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE PROHIBITIONS IN C.F.R. 144.11 AND 144.31 BY CONSTRUCTING A WELL WITHOUT A PERMIT. FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLATION, COMPLAINANT PROPOSED IN THE COMPLAINT THAT THE RESPONDENT BE ASSESSED A TOTAL CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,000. COMPLAINANT ALSO PROPOSED IN THE COMPLAINT THAT RESPONDENT BE ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING RESPONDENT TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS REASONABLE AND NECESSARY TO ASSURE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT AND ANY AND ALL APPLICABLE UIC REGULATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITEDTO, THE PERMIT CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS THAT WERE THE SUBJECT OF THE COMPLAINT. ON 4, 1999, RE- SPONDENT FILED AN ANSWER TO THE COMPLAINT IN WHICH RESPON- DENT DENIED THE ALLEGED VIOLATION.