1. SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G). 2. MR. GARY HEBERT, D.B.A. HEBERT'S SCRAP METAL MATERIALS 39161 HIGHWAY 74 GONZALES, ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA 70737-6404 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY OPERATING ITS FACILITY AND DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. DURING PERIODS OF RAINFALL, SINCE SEPT. 29, 1995, WITHOUT AN NPDES PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $27,500 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.