DATA SHEET: * DEFENDANT: FANSTEEL METALS OWNS AND OPERATES A METAL PROCESSING PLANT IN MUSKOGEE, OK WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS REFERRAL. * VIOLATIONS: VIOLATION OF PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITS AND REPORTING DEFICIEN- CES HAVE PERSISTED DESPITE NUMERIOUS PHONE CALLS, WARNING LETTERS AND AO'S ISSUED REGARDING THESE PROBLEMS. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE AND A MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $82,174. * RECENT CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT: TWO RECENT MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH FANSTEEL REPS AT THE EPA REGIONAL OFFICES IN DALLAS. THE FIRST, ON JAN 28, 1987, WAS CALLED BY THE EPA TO DISCUSS PERMIT VIOLATIONS; SUBSE- QUENTLY THIS ACTION WAS RECOMMENDED. THE SECOND, ON MAY 27, 1987, WAS CALLED BY FANSTEEL TO DISCUSS THEIR ENFORCE- MENT STATUS AND RECENT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN. * * SYNOPSIS: