DEFENDANTS OWN A CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION AND HAD SEVERAL DOCUMENTED DISCHARGES AND FAILED TO APPLY FOR AN NPDES PERMIT AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 122.23 AND SECTION 301 OF THE CWA. THERE WILL BE TWO DEFENDANTS WHICH ARE OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF THE FARM -- MURPHY FARMS, INC., THE INGRATOR, AND D.M. MURPHY FARMS, INC., THE FACILITY ITSELF. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF INCLUDES CEASE DISCHARGE AND APLY FOR A PERMIT; PENALTY WILL BE DECIDED BY LITIGATION TEAM. THE ISSUE OF CAFOS IS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, BUT DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS CASE (CITIZEN SUIT), OECA ALLOWED THIS TO BE A DIRECT REFERRAL. THREE CASES COMBINED. DOCKET NUMBERS ARE: 7:98-CV-4F(1) 7:98-CV-19-F(1) 7:98-CV-209-F(1) 2/9/01 - THIS IS AN AMENDMNT TO THE 9/16/98 CIVIL REFERRAL AGAINST MURPHY FARMS, INC., D/B/A MURPHY FAMILY FARMS, ET. AL., A CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION (CAF0). THE ORIGINAL 1998 REFERRAL ASKED DOJ TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS FOR DISCHARGED POLLUTANTS WITHOUT AN NPDES PERMIT IN VIOLATIO OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA. THE U.S. FILED ITS COMPLAINT ON 11/19/98, AS A PLAINTIFF- INTERVENOR WITH RESPECT TO A CITIZEN SUIT FILED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EDNC ON