RE: 2ND REFERRAL FOR THE AMENDED COMPLAINT: BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE CASE: THIS PENDING CIVIL ACTION WAS FILED BY THE U.S. ON MARCH 18, 1987. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT WAYNE COUNTY, MI., WAS OPERATING THE WYANDOTTE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE NATL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT LIMITATIONS. FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH WAYNE COUNTY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE CIVIL ACTION, IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT UNLESS AND UN- TIL THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT DISCHARGE TO THE WWTP ARE JOINED IN THIS CIVIL ACTION, WAYNE COUNTY WILL BEUNABLE TO OPERATE THE WWTP IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL NPDES REQUIREMENTS AT ALL TIME. CAUSE OF ACTION: THE LITIGATION REPORT RECOMMENDS THE JOINING OF THESE MUNI CIPALITIES IN THE INSTANT CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTS 301 AND 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA), 33 USC SS1311, 1319. LETTERS FROM THE DEPT OF JUSTICE TO THE ADMINISTRATORS OF EACH OF THESE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, OUTLINING THE U.S. LEGAL POSITION, ARE APPENDED TO THE LITIGATION REPORT AS AN ATTACH MENT. PROPOSED REMEDY: THE LITIGATION REPORT RECOMMENDS JOINING THESE MUNICIPALI- TIES AS PARTIES DEFENDANT TO ENCOURAGE THEIR ACTIVE PARTICI- PATION IN ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS OF A CON