1. SECTION 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 1976 ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SEC. 6901 ET SEQ., AS A- MENDED BY THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984 ( HSWA ). 2. THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY TEXAS OPERATIONS P.O. BOX BB FREEPORT, TEXAS 77541 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN OF SECTION V.EE OF ITS PERMIT BY DIS- POSING HAZARDOUS WASTE WHICH DID NOT MEET THE REQUIRED TREATMENT STANDARDS AND OR METHODS OF TREATMENT PRIOR TO LAND DISPOSAL, SECTIONS V.L AND V.I. OF ITS PERMIT BY FAILING TO NOTIFY EPA AND TWC AS SPECIFIED IN 40 C.F.R. SEC. 268.41, AND IN A TIMELY MANNER, THAT IT DISPOSED OF HAZARDOUS WASTES WHICH EXCEEDED TREATMENT STANDARDS, AND 40 C.F.R. SEC. 268.7(A) BY FAILING TO TEST ITS WASTE TO DETERMINE IF THE WASTE IS RESTRICTED FROM LAND DISPOSAL. 4. PROPOSED RELIEF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO COMPLY WITH THE BAN ON DISPOSAL OF RESTRICTED WASTE, SUBMIT TO EPA AND TWC A PLAN ENSUR- ING COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 268, REMOVE AND PROP- ERLY TREAT ALL WASTES THAT EXCEED THE REGULATORY TREAT- MENT STANDARDS FOR LAND BAN WASTE, DETERMINE WHETHER THE WASTE IDENTIFIED IN SECTION 268.41 EXCEEDS THE CONCENTRA- TIONS FOR ANY HAZARDOUS CONSTITUE