THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE DISCHARGES APPROXIMATELY 60 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER PER DAY, CONTAINING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS SECONDARY SEWER TREATMENT PLANT AT FIELDS POINT, PROVI- DENCE, RHODE ISLAND. THE CITY ALSO DISCHARGES WASTEWATER CONTAINING POLLUTANTS FROM 55 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS TO THE PROVIDENCE, SEEKONK, MOSHASSUCK, WEST, AND WOONASQUATUCKET RIVERS. ON DECEMBER 5, 1974, EPA ISSUED TO THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE MPDES PERMIT NO. RI0100315 (THE PERMIT ), WHICH AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO DISCHARGE POLLUTANTS FROM THE PROVIDENCE WASTE- WATER TREATMENT PLANT (THE WTP ) INTO THE PROVIDENCE RIVER AT PROVIDENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, MONITORING REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER CONDITIONS SET FORTH THERIN UNTIL JUNE 30, 1977. SINCE JANUARTY 1976, THE CITY HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH SPECIAL CONDITION C (MONITORING & REPORTING) AND SPECIAL CONDITION A(1) (EFFLUENT LIMITS) OF THE PERMIT. THESE FAILURES INCLUDE: 1. MONTHLY MONITORING REPORTS WERE NOT SUBMITTED FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1977. 2. MONTHLY MONITORING REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, 1976 WERE ALL SUBMITTED LATE--- ON JANUARY 25, 1977. 3. THE DATA IN THE MONTHLY MONITORING REPORTS FOR EACH AND EVERY MONTH FROM JANUARY, 1976 THRU SEPTEMBER, 1976 WAS INCOMPLETE AS TO ONE OR MORE