DATA SHEET: * DEFENDANT: PIPER INDUSTRIES OWNS AND OPERATES A WIRE PRODUCTS PLANT IN CLARENDON, AR WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS REFERRAL. * VIOLATIONS: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PERMIT AND INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS, FAILURE TO SUBMIT NONCOMPLIANCE REPORTS SINCE 1982 AND FAIL- URE TO COMPLY WITH THREE AOS. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE AND A MINIMUM PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,000. * * CASE SYNOPSIS: PIPER INDUSTRIES, INC. OWNS AND OPERATES AN ELECTROPLATING OPERATION IN CLARENDON, AR. THIS FACILITY BECAME OPERA- TIONAL IN 1958 UNDER THE STODDARD-QUIRK CORP. IN 1977, PIPER ASSUMED OWNERSHIP. PIPER IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR FACILITY ALTHOUGH IT DISCHARGES ONLY ABOUT 10,000 GPD. * EPA ISSUED NPDES PERMIT NO. AR0034851 IN FEB 1978. THIS PERMIT EXPIRED IN DEC 1980 (EXHIBIT