DATA SHEET: * VIOLATIONS: VIOLATIONS OF AMERICAN LANTERN'S INDUSTRIAL USER PERMIT, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PERMIT, FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT ADEQUATE PRETREATEMENT TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH REGULATIONS AND WITH ITS IU PERMIT. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE AND MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $277,000. * RECENT CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT: A LETTER, DATED SEPTEMBER 23, 1987, WAS SENT BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO AMERICAN LANTERN, CONCERNING THE CO'S RESPONSES WHICH GENERALLY ONLY 'SUGGESTED SHORT-TERM TEM- PORARY SOLUTIONS' TO PAST EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS. THE CITY INFORMED AMERICAN LANTERN THAT 'WITHOUT THE INSTALLATION OF A PRETREATEMENT FACILITY CONSISTENT COMPLIANCE WITH EFFLUENT STANDARDS IS IMPOSSIBLE.' AMERICAN LANTERN WAS REQUIRED, BY THE CITY, TO SUBMIT A FORMAL COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE. * NATIONAL ISSUES: THE PURPOSE OF THE CWA IS FRUSTRATED