THIS CIVIL ACTION SEEKS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES UNDER SECTIONS 309(B) AND (D) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1319(B) & (D), AGAINST VICTORY POLISHING & PLATING CO. FOR VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL PRETRMT STDS TO WHICH DEF IS SUBJECT AS INDUSTRIAL USER OF A POTW. SYNOPSIS: VICTORY DISCHARGES APPROX. 150,000 GPD OF INDUSTRIAL WSTWTR FROM ITS ELECTROPLATING & POLISHING FACILITY IN PROVI DENCE, RI, TO A POTW LOCATED AT FIELDS POINT IN PROVIDENCE, WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION (NBC). THIS POTW HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER AN EPA-APPROVED PRETRMT PGM SINCE 9/14/84. HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF CN, CU, NI, & ZN IN DEF'S DSCHGE VIOLATE THE ELECTROPLATING NATIONAL CATEGORICAL STDS (40 CFR PART 413), WHILE ITS LOW PH VIOLATES THE SPECIFIC PRO- HIBITIONS OF THE NAT'L PROHIBITED DSCHGE STDS (40 CFR SECT 403.5(B)(2)). IN ADDN, VICTORY HAS FAILED TO COMPLY W/THE MONITORING & REPORTING REQ'S OF THE GEN. PRETRMT REGS (40 CFR SECT 403.12). VICTORY DOES JOB SHOP ELECTROPLATING & POLISHING OF COS TUME JEWELRY & NOVELTIES. IT IS ENGAGED PRIMARILY IN NI, CU, BRASS, & ZN PLATING. AS OF DATE OF REFERRAL, DEF DOES NOT PRETREAT ITS WSTWTRS BEFORE DISCHG'G TO THE NBC SEWER SYSTEM. THE REGION BELIEVES THAT A CIVIL ACT