THIS REFERRAL SEEKS $511,000 IN CIVIL PENALTIES FROM MCDONNELL DOUGLAS SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. ( MCDONNELL DOUGLAS ) FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS AT ITS HUNTINGTON BEACH FACILITY. EPA REGION 9 SEEKS PENALTIES TO RECOVER THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF NON-COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNT FOR THE GRAVITY OF THE VIOLATIONS. MCDONNELL DOUGLAS OWNS AND OPERATES A MISSILE AND AIRCRAFT PARTS MANUFACTURING BUSINESS IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. UNTIL APRIL 1,1991, AS PART OF ITS MISSILE MANUFACTURING, MCDONNELL DOUGLAS PERFORMED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURING, WHICH IS A METAL FINISHING OPERATION. MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DISCHARGED AN AVERAGE OF 7,000 GALLONS PER DAY OF METAL FINISHING THROUGH A SINGLE DISCHARGE POINT INTO THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY ( CSD ORANGE COUNTY ) SEWERS. THE WASTE WAS THEN CONVEYED TO THE ORANGE COUNTY TREATMENT PLANT NO. 2 FOR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( THE ACT ) SETS PRETREATMENT STANDARDS GOVERNING THE LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS IN INDUSTRIAL WASTES DISCHARGED INTO A SEWER SYSTEM {33 U.S.C. SECTION 1317}. THESE INCLUDE INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS. THE DISCHARGES FROM MCDONNELL DOUGLAS' PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE CATEGORICAL PR