GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION OWNS AND OPERATES A COKE CALCINIFICATION FACILITY LOCATED IN PORT ARTHUR, TX. THE FACILITY'S DISCHARGES ARE REGULATED BY EPA VIA NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT # TX0068781. THE FACILITY DISCHARGES TO THE WEST TURJING BASIN, THENCE TO THE SABINE-NECHES CANAL. BEGINNING IN JULY 1984, THE FACILITY HAS A HISTORY OF NEAR-CONTINUOUS VIOLATIONS OF THE TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS AND TOTAL ORGANIC COMPOUND LIMITATION IN ITS PERMIT. IN RESPONSE TO RESPONSE TO SAID VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301(A)OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C 1311(A), EPA HAS ISSUED NUMEROUS ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDERS AND MET WITH GREAT LAKES IS CURRENTLY CONSTRCTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITYS WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO BRING THE FACILITY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ITS PERMIT BY MID-1990. EPA REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO COMMENCE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH GREAT LAKES THE INTENDED RESULT OF WHICH IS GREAT LAKE' AGREEMENT TO PAY, VIA CONSENT DECREE, A CIVIL PENALTY OF AT LEAST 327, 000 FOR THE FACILITY'S PAST VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA.