DATA SHEET: * VIOLATIONS: BYPASSES AND EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS: SECTION 301 OF THE CWA 33 USC 1311. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A DECREE PROVIDING FOR A MINIMUM PENALTY OF $20,000, A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE AND STIPULATED PENALTIES. THE REGION REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO COMMENCE PRE-FILING SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. * RECENT CONTACT WITH RESP: MARCH 11, 1988 'SHOW CAUSE' MEETING. * * CASE SYNOPSIS: THE PERMITTEE, CITY OF HITCHCOCK, OWNS AND OPERATES A POTW PLANT IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TX. IT DISCHARGES MUNICIPAL WASTE INTO A DIVERSION CHANNEL, THENCE TO WEST GALVESTON BAY. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE 1980. THE CURRENT PERMIT HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 25, 1986. * THE CITY HAS A HISTORY OF BYPASSES AND EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NFLO AND INFILTRATIO