DATA SHEET: * DEFENDANT: PELLERIN-MILNOR CORP IS A COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY LAUNDRY EQUIP- MENT MANUFACTURER LOCATED IN KENNER, LA. * VIOLATIONS: VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE ACT, BY DISCHARGING WITHOUT A PERMIT. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE AND A MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $226,000. THE REGION REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO COMMENCE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. * RECENT CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT: THE MOST RECENT MEETING WITH PELLERIN-MILNOR REPS WAS HELD ON NOV 3, 1987. TO DATE, PERMIT VIOLATIONS CONTINUE. * CASE SYNOPSIS: AS A PART OF THE CITY OF KENNER PRETREATMENT AUDIT, ON MAY 28, 1987, A ROUTINE VISIT WAS MADE TO PELLERIN-MILNOR. DURING THIS AUDIT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT PELLERIN-MILNOR WAS DISCHARGING SOME PROCESS WASTE (WASHING MACHINE TEST- WATER) INTO A STORM DRAINAGE DITCH,