DATE VIOLATION DETERMINED: 03/01/88; DATE DOCUMENTS RE- CEIVED BY ORC: 03/21/88. THE CITY OF JOLIET HAS DELAYED CONSTRUCTION OF NITRIFICA- TION FACILITIES AT ITS EAST SIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AS A RESULT JOLIET WILL BE UNABLE TO MEET ITS NPDES PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR AMMONIA NITROGEN UNTIL WELL AFTER JULY 1, 1988, THE STATUTORY COMPLIANCE DATE. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ REFERRING DIRECT LITIGATION REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS VIOLATIONS OF THECLEAN WATER ACT CONSENT DECREE ENTERED BY THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ON 8/28/88. SPECIFICALLY, THE CITY OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES. AS DETAILED IN THE ATTACHED REPORT JOLIET VIOLATED VARIOUS POLLUTANT PARAMETERS AND CONSTRUC- TION MILESTONES FROM JUNE 1988 THROUGH DECEMBER 1989, AND IN DOING SO INCURRED STIPULATED PENALTIES. - REGION V BELIEVES THAT AN APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION AT THIS POINT IS TO NEGOTIATE A SHORT STIPULATION WITH JOLIET THAT WILL REQUIRE IT TO PAY STIPULAED PENALTIES OF $43,000 FOR EFFLUENT LIMIT VIOLATIONS, AS WELL AS THE FAILURE TO COM PLETE THE SOLIDS HANDLING BUILDING AND THE MCDONOUGH STREET INTERCEPTOR BY THE REQUIRED DATES.