ON 3/24/89 THE EXXON VALDEZ RAN AGROUND ON BLIGH REEF IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND (PWS) AND SPILLED APPROXIMATELY 10.8 MILLION GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO PWS AND THE GULF OF ALASKA. THIS CONSTITUTED AN UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER 5301(A) OF THE CWA. EPA IS SEEKING PENALTIES OF $25,000 PER DAY FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE, ALONG WITH APPROPRIATE INJUNCTIVE AND EQUITABLE RELIEF UNDER SECTION 504 OF CWA AND SECTION 7003 OF RCRA.