DIRECT REFERRAL INVOLVES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION TO SEEK PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF CWA SECTION 301 BY AN ALASKAN SEAFOOD PROCESSOR. THE VIOLATIONS INCLUDE DISCHARGES OF FISH WASTE INTO LOST HARBOR, AK IN VIOLATION OF NPDES GENERAL SEAFOOD PERMIT AK-G520075, UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF UNWANTED FISH CATCH, AND VIOLATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE GENERAL SEAFOOD PERMIT. THE DEFENDANT, ARCTIC FISHERIES INC, A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF DEFENDANT ARCTIC ALASKA FISHERIES CORP, OWNS AND OPERATES COMMERCIAL FISHING AND OFFSHORE SEAFOOD PROCESSING VESSELS. THESE VESSELS OPERATE IN LOST HARBOR, AK AND OTHER HEADQUARTERS ARE IN SEATTLE, WA. ON 5/11/87 AND 11/28/89 DEFENDANTS SUBMITTED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO BE COVERED UNDER NPDES GENERAL SEAFOOD PERMIT #AK-G520075. IN THE 1987 NOTICE, THE VESSEL LISTED FOR COVERAGE WAS THE ARCTIC ENTERPRISE AND THE VOLUME OF RAW PRODUCE TO BE PROCESSED WAS 200,000 POUNDS PER DAY. ON 5/23/89 EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED VIOLATIONS OF VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1984 GENERAL SEAFOOD PERMIT, INCLUDING THE DISCHARGE OF UNGROUND FISH WASTES AND VIOLATION OF AK WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. FURTHERMORE, INSPECTORS OBSERVED THE DUMPING OF UNWANTED FISH CATCH FROM A SUPPLY VESSEL OWNED BY DEFENDANTS WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE NPDES GENERAL PERMIT. ADDITIONALLY, DEFENDANTS PRESENTED P