NATURE OF CASE: THE CIVIL VIOL CONSISTS OF DISCHARGES W/O NPDES PER- MIT. THE CO'S(THROUGH THEIR COMMON PRESIDENT, EARL M. HARDY) WERE ISSUED A DISCHARGE PERMIT EFFECTIVE 6/75, BUT THAT PERMIT EXPIRED BY ITS TERMS ON 12/31/79. ALTHOUGH THE CO'S HAVE SHOWN THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE W/EPA THAT THEY ARE FAMILIAR W/THE PERMIT'S CONDITIONS, THEY HAVE NEVER APPLIED FOR REISSUANCE OF THE PRIOR PERMIT. IT THUS CANNOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE STILL IN EFFECT. ALL OF THE COS' DISCHARGES SINCE 12/31/79 HAVE THUS VIOL'D THE CWA.