ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2001, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COM- PLAINT AGAINST PRASA/CA'S JARDINES DEL TORITO STP TREATMENT PLANT FOR FAILURE TO MEET EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THE JARDINES DEL TORITO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NPDES PERMIT (PR0023779) FOR THE UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF UNTREATED OR PARTIALLY TREATED SEW SEWAGE (WASTEWATER) INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES,AND FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE PROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) AT THE FACILITY, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA. ON JUNE 15, 2000 AND MAY 31,2001, AN EPA REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION (CEPD) CON- DUCTED COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTIONS OF THE JARDINES DEL TORITO STP IN CAYEY, PUERTO RICO, AND OBSERVED VERY CRITICAL EQUIPMENT THAT IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE SECONDARY TREATMENT TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS WAS OUT OF SERVICE OR NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DURING THE JUNE 15, 2000 AND MAY 31, 2001 CEIS GRAB SAMPLES OF THE FACILITY'S EFFLUENT WERE COLLECTED BY THE EPA REPRESENTATIVE AS OART OF THE FACILITY EVALUATION TO ASSESS THE EFFLUENT QUALITY. THE EFFLUENT SAMPLES COLLECTED BY EPA DURING THESE CEIS WERE UNACCEPTABLE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF VISIBLE FLOTABLE SOLIDS, AND/OR VISIBLE PARTICLES AND/OR TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS OR A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THE ABOVE. IN ADDITION,PRASA/CAPR HAVE NOT SUBMITTED TO EPA BYPASS NOT- IFICATION REPORTS (AS REQUIRED BY TH