THIS IS A CIVIL REFERRAL BASED ON CLEAN WATER ACT 301. PRASA IS THE OWNER OF THE EL YUNQUE FILTER PLANT. THE FACILITY HAS A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT. DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS (DMRS), PERIODIC REPORTS OF TEST RESULTS ON THE EFFLUENT OF THE FACILITY REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT, FILED BY PRASA, HAVE REVEALED VIOLATIONS OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITS IN ITS PERMIT FOR MANY PARAMETERS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES IN THE DMRS THEMSELVES. THEY FAIL TO REPORT CERTAIN EFFLUENT DATA REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT. IN ADDITION, THE DMRS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED LATE ON AT LEAST 45 OCCASIONS AND HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS. THE PROPOSED RELIEF TO BE SOUGHT IS A JUDICIAL ORDER DIRECTING PRASA TO COMPLY WITH ITS PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS AND THE IMPOSITION OF A CIVIL PENALTY. THE VIOLATIONS ARE DOCUMENTED IN PRASA'S DMRS RECEIVED OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. THE ACCUMULATION OF THESE VI- OLATIONS AND THE LACK OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS FACILITY, DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS BY THE AGENCY, LED TO THE DECISION TO INITIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. THE REFERRAL OF THIS MATTER IS THE LAST IN A SERIES OF REFERRALS FOR CIVIL LITIGATION PREPARED BY THE REGION AGAINST PRASA FOR LONG-STANDING CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS AT ITS WTPS. COMMENCING IN LATE DECEMBER 1990, THE REGION HAS REFERRED 8 WPTS TO DOJ FOR THE INI