LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT SERVICE COMPANY ( LOCKHEED ONTARIO ) CONSISTENTLY VIOLATED FEDERAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS (40 C.F.R. PART 433) FOR TOTOL TOXIC ORGANICS, AND OCCASIONALLY FOR CHROMIUM AND CADMIUM, UNTIL START-UP OF AN ORGANIC DESTRUCTION UNITL ON JULY 1, 1988. (LOCKHEED ONTARIO ALSO VIOLATED LOCAL PRETREATMENT LIMITS, BUT THOSE VIOLATIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED COMPLAINT BECAUSE THE LIMITS IN EFFECT DURING THE PERIOD OF VIOLATION WERE NOT ENFORCEABLE. THE CITY OF ONTARIO HAS SINCE ADOPTED ENFORCEABLE LIMITS). THE DATA CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INDICATES THAT VIOLATIONS, PRIMARILY OF THE TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS STANDARD, WERE ONGOING BETWEEN MARCH, 1986, AND JULY 1, 1988. EPA WILL SEEK ADDITIONAL DATA TO SHOW EARLIER VIOLATIONS, SINCE LOCKHEED HAS REPRESENTED TO EPA THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE STANDARD WAS NEVER ACHIEVED UNTIL COMPLETION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT ON JULY 1, 1988. LOCKHEED ALSO VIOLATED AN EPA SECTION 309(A) ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED SEPTEMBER 9, 1988, BY FAILING TO MONITOR ONE POLLUTANT (OUT OF TEN) FOR SIX MONTHS, AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDER. THIS IS NOT A CONTINUING VIOLATION, BECAUSE REQUIREMENT DID NOT EXTEND BEYOND FEBRUARY 28, 1989. THE REGION SEEKS A CIVIL PENALTY OF $300,000. THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM IS $300,000, AND THE