DATA SHEET: * VIOLATION(S) UPON WHICH THE ACTION IS BASED: THIS REFERRAL IS BASED ON NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA, PRIMARILY INVOLVING BYPASSING THE TREATMENT WORKS. * PROPOSED RELIEF: REGION VI RECOMMENDS A BOTTOM-LINE SETTLEMENT AMOUNT OF $17,500 FOR A CIVIL PENALTY PLUS AN INJUNCTION PLACING THE CITY ON A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND STIPULATED PENALTIES, IF A CONSENT DECREE CAN BE NEGOTIATED. * THE RECENT CONTACTS: THE MOST RECENT FACE-TO-FACT CONTACT WAS A MEETING HELD PURSUANT TO AN AO ON MARCH 31, 1988. * * SYNOPSIS: THE PERMITTEE, BRIDGE CITY, OWNS AND OPERATES A POTW IN ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS. IT DISCHARGES MUNICIPAL WASTE INTO AN UNNAMED DITCH, THENCE TO COW BAYOU TIDAL IN THE SABINE RIVER BASIN. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN OPERATED BY THE CITY SINCE OCTOBER 1, 1986. (THE PERMIT REFLECTS THE CHANGE IN OPERATION, BUT THE DATE OF ORIGIANL ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT TO PERMIT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ISSUE