NATURE OF CASE THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION UNDER SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AS AMENDED, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(B) AGAINST THE ATLAS MINERALS DIVISION OF ATLAS CORPORATION (HEREINAFTER ATLAS MINERALS) FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1311(A) AND THE PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED IN A NATIONAL POLLU- TANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT ISSUED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF EPA PURSUANT TO SECTION 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1342. CAUSE OF ACTION IN NOVEMBER 1982, ATLAS MINERALS WAS ISSUED NPDES PERMI T NUMBER UT-0023914 TO DISCHARGE FROM ITS VELVET MINE FACIL- ITY IN LA SAL, UTAH, CERTAIN NAMED POLLUTANTS INTO THE RECEIVING WATERS OF AN UNNAMED WASH, TRIBUTARY TO KANE CANYON CREEK. THIS PERMIT DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL MARCH 31, 1987. THE PERMIT PROVIDED FOR CERTAIN EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS ON CONCENTRATIONS OF TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS(TSS); SOLUBLE RADIUM-226; TOTAL RADIUM-226; TOTAL URANIUM (EMPHASIS OURS); TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD); OIL AND GREASE; AND TOTAL ZINC TO BE DISCHARGED FROM THE VELVET MINE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PONDS. THESE LIMITATIONS WERE BAS ED UPON BEST PRACTICABLE TREATMENT (BPT) EFFLUENT STANDARDS. FURTHER, THE PERMIT REQUIRED ATLAS TO SUBMIT SELF-MONIOTOR- ING REPORTS ON DISCHARGES OF THE COVERED