HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREAT- MENT FACILITY (DALE MABRY PLANT) WHICH DISCHARGES MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER INTO THE BRUSHY CREEK, AN UPSTREAM TRIBUTARY OF TAMPA BAY. THE DALE MABRY PLANT OPERATES UNDER NPDES PERMIT NO. FL0036820. THE PLANTHAS EXCEEDED THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ITS PERMIT; HAS DIS- CHARGED POLLUTANTS AT DISCHARGE POINTS NOT PERMITTED BY THAT PERMIT; HAS FAILED TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE PLANT PROPERLY AND HAS FAILED TO REPORT NON-COMPLIANCE AT THE PLANT.