THE TOWN OF PALMER, MA, OWNS & OPERATES A 5.6 MGD (DE- SIGN FLOW) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, W/ASSOCIATED SEWER LINES & PUMPING STATIONS. THE SYSTEM SERVES THE TOWN OF PALMER, TOWN OF MONSON, & A SMALL PORTION OF THE TOWN OF BELCHERTOWN. PALMER IS AUTHORIZED UNDER NPDES PERMIT NO. MA0101168 TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATERS FROM ITS ADVANCED SECON- DARY TRMT PLT & 26 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS, TO CHICOPEE, SWIFT, WARE, & QUABOAG RIVERS. THE PLT WAS DESIGNED TO AC- CEPT APPROX 20% OF ITS INFLUENT WASTEWATER FROM THE DIAMOND INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO., WHICH IS LOCATED IN PALMER. UPON ISSUANCE OF ITS NPDES PERMIT IN AUG 1979, PALMER WAS RE- QUIRED TO DEVELOP A PRETREATMENT PGM BY JANUARY 1, 1982, PUR SUANT TO 40 CFR PART 403.8(A), WHICH SETS FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR POTWS TO CONTROL CONTRIBUTIONS OF POLLUTANTS FROM INDUS- TRIAL USERS. EPA ISSUED 2 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS TO PALMER, ON FEB 4, 1982 & NOV 7, 1983, BASED UPON VIOLATIONS OF THE PERMIT SCHEDULE FOR PGM DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH A PRETRMT PGM WAS SUBMITTED ON MAY 14, 1984, THE PGM REMAINS UNAPPROVABLE TO DATE. THUS, THE TOWN IS CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION OF ITS REISSUED (JANUARY 24, 1985) NPDES PERMIT, WHICH REQ'D IMME- DIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN APPROVED PRETRMT PGM. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 4 SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS OF THE PALMER POTW. THEY ARE: PIONEER ENTERPRISES, A PUBLISH- ING FIRM DISCHARGING 35 GPD OF CN & AG BEARING WASTES FROM ITS PHOTOPROCESSING UNIT; CREATIVE CHEMIC