1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. MARATHON OIL COMPANY, AN OHIO CORPORATION P.O. BOX 3128 HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77252 FACILITY: GARDEN BANKS 840 LEASE, GULF OF MEXICO 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS OFFSHORE FACILITY INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF AN NPDES PER- MIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO THE RESPONDENT THAT REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITY SO THAT THE EFFLUENT IT DISCHARGES DOES NOT EXCEED THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN THE PERMIT (AS IT EXPIRED NOV. 18, 1997), THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, B) COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE LIMITATIONS IN THE PERMIT (AS IT EX- PIRED NOV. 18, 1997) UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THOSE DISCHARGES ARE AUTHORIZED BY A REISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT, C) OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITY SO THAT THE EFFLUENT IT DIS- CHARGES DOE NOT EXCEED THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS ESTAB- LISHED IN THE REISSUED PERMIT, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE RE- ISSUED PERMIT AUTHOROZES SUCH DISCHARGES, D) UNTIL THE REISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT AS TO SU