DATA SHEET: * VIOLATIONS: ALCOA'S EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS CONSIST OF DISCHARGES IN EXCESS OF PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITS OF DCPB, HCB AND PH. * RELIEF: REGION 6 REQUESTS THAT A CIVIL SUIT BE INSTITUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, REQUESTING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $265,914. * RECENT CONTACTS: EPA HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT FACILITY BY TELEPHONE AND CORRESPONDENCE. EPA HAS MET WITH ALCOA AND HAS VISITED THE FACILITY. AS THIS WRITING, AND ORDER FOR INFORMATION IS BEING PREPARED. NO NEGOS HAVE BEEN INITIA- TED. * * SYNOPSIS: ALCOA OPERATES A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY IN ANDERSON COUNTY, TEX, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALCOA SMEL- TING PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY ALUMINUM. THE PLANT BEGAN OPERATION IN 1976 AND ALL PRODUCTION OPERATIONS CEASED IN AUG 1982. A SKELETON CREW