NATURE OF THE CASE: TITANIUM METALS CORP OF AMERICA, TIMET DIVISION, OP- ERATES A TITANIUM REFINING FACILITY IN HENDERSON, NV WHICH PRODUCES TITANIUM INGOTS. THE TIMET FACILITY CUR- RENTLY OPERATES UNDER AN NPDES PERMIT ISSUED BY THE STATE OS NV PURSUANT TO THE CWA. UNDER THE PERMIT, TIMET IS AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE CERTAIN LOW-LEVEL CHEMICAL WASTES INTO AN OPEN RECEIVING WATER DITCH WHICH FLOWS THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA & INTO AN AREA WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED AS A DESERT WETLANDS PARK. CAUSE OF ACTION: THIS ACTION INVOLVES MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS BY TIMET OF SEC'S 301 & 402 OF THE CWA BETWEEN 1/80 AND 8/82. THESE VIOLATIONS INCLUDE: 73 EXCEEDANCES OF EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS BETWEEN 1980 AND THE PRESENT. 28 DISCHARGES OF UNAUTHORIZED POLLUTANTS IN 1980 AND 1981 AND 2 UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS IN 1982 CAUSED BY BYPASSES OF FACILITIES NECESSARY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT. FROM 1977 TO THE PRSENT, EPA AN D TEH STATE OF NV HAVE UNDERTAKEN A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS DIRECTED TOWARDS BRINGING TIMET INTO COMPOLIANCE WITH ITS PERMITS. HOWEVER, IN SPITE OF THESE ACTIONS, EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS VIOLATIONS ARE CONTINUING. IN ADDITION THE POOR MAINTENANCE OF THE PLANT AND ASSOCIATED TREATMENT WORKS STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT OTHER PROB