FACILITY REFUSES TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS AFTER MUCH CORRESPONDENCE AND PHONE CONTACTS. PLEASE ASSIGN ATTORNEY F FOR IMMEDIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. (B.A. CARR) ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2000, U.S. EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 311 (B)(3) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1321(B)(3) AND 40 CFR 112.7(E)(4), FOR ITS FAILURE TO HAVE A QUICK DRAIN- AGE SYSTEM FOR ITS TANK TRUCK LOADING/UNLOADING AREA WITH A CONTAINMENT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO HOLD AT LEAST THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF ANY SINGLE COMPARTMENT OF A TANK TRUCK USED FOR LOADING/UNLOADING. IN THE COMPLAINT, U.S. EPA SOUGHT A PENALTY OF $25,000. ILLINOIS POWER HAS AGREED TO PAY THE PROPOSED PENALTY AND TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE RE- GULATION WITHIN 9 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREE- MENT, UNLESS IT BECOMES EXEMPT FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE REGULATION PRIOR TO THAT TIME. COMPLAINANT, U.S.EPA, AND RESPONDENT, ILLINOIS POWER COM- PANY, HAVE AGREED THAT SETTLEMENT OF THIS MATTER IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND THAT ENTRY OF THIS CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ( CAFO ) WITHOUT FURTHER LITIGATION IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE MEANS OF RESOLVING THIS MATTER. COMPLAIN- ANT ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO HAVE A QUICK DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR THE TANK TRUCK LOADING/UNLOADING AREA WITH A CONTAINMENT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO HOLD AT LEASE THE MAXIMUN CAPACITY OF ANY SINGLE COMPARTMENT O