TILLAMOOK CO CREAMERY ASSOC OWNS AND OPERATES A SECONDARY BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM THAT TREATS THE PROCESS WASTES FROM ITS CHEESE/DAIRY PRODUCTION AND SANITARY WASTES FROM A VISITORS CENTER IN TILLAMOOK, OR. TCCA WAS ISSUED A NPDES PERMIT BY ODEQ. THE CURRENT PERMIT BECAME EFFECTIVE 7/21/88 AND EXPIRES 12/31/91. IT AUTHORIZES DISCHARGE FROM TCCA'S TREATMENT FACILITY TO THE WILSON RIVER WHICH THEN FLOWS INTO TILLAMOOK BAY, AN ESTUARY ADJACENT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. DMR'S SHOW THAT SINCE 1987 THE TREATMENT FACILITY HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF THE BOD, TSS, AND FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA LIMITATIONS OF THE PERMIT. THESE VIOLATIONS APPEAR TO CORRELATE WITH THE INCREASE OF CHEESE PRODUCTION OVER THE YEARS. IN 1987 VIOLATIONS OF PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITS BECAME CHRONIC. IN 9/88 TCCA SET A SCHEDULE FOR EVALUATION, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL TREATMENT COMPONENTS TO ADDRESS THE SHORTFALLS OF ITS WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND TO ALLOW FOR A PROJECTED INCREASE IN CHEESE PRODUCTION. ODEQ HAS ISSUED 6 NOTICES OF NONCOMPLIANCE SINCE 8/89 AND IMPOSED CIVIL PENALTIES. ON 7/23/90 AND 7/24/90 EPA CONDUCTED INSPECTIONS. THEY SHOWED NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE NPDES PERMIT. IT ALSO SHOWED THAT MANY OF THE BOD AND TSS ANALYSES PERFORME