DATA SHEET: * DEFENDANT: CPS CHEMICAL CO, INC. OWNS AND OPERATES A SPECIALTY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING CO LOCATED IN WEST MEMPHIS, ARK. * VIOLATIONS: VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE ACT, BY DISCHARGING W/O A PERMIT. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE AND A MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000. THE REGION REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO COMMENCE SETTLEMENT NEGOIATIONS. * RECENT CONTACTS: THE MOST RECENT MEETING WITH PELLERIN-MILNOR REPS WAS HELD ON NOV 3, 1987. TO DATE, PERMIT VIOLATIONS CONTINUE. * CASE SYNOPSIS: CPS CHEMICAL CO, INC. OWNS AND OPERATES A SPECIALTY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING CO LOCATED IN WEST MEMPHIS, ARK. * EPA ISSUED NPDES PERMIT NO. AR0037770 TO CPS ON 8/29/84, WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 8/30/84.