NATURE OF THE CASE/PROPOSED REMEDY: BETHLEHEM MINES HAS AGREED TO A STIPULATED STTLMNT IN AN ONGOING ADJUDICATORY HEARING CONCERNING THE NATION- AL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM(NPDES) PERMIT FOR THESE THREE OUTFALLS ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT A JUD- ICIAL CONSENT ORDER WOULD BE ENTERED TO RESOLVE THE CO'S CWA LIABILITY ON A COMPATIBLE SCHED. BETHLEHEM MINES HAS ALREADY SIGNED THE PROPOSED CD. THE PROPOSED DECREE WILL STTL BETHLEHEM MINES' CWA LIABILITY FOR DISCHARGE OF MINE DRAINAGE FROM INACTIVE DEEP MINE POOLS BENEATH THE CO'S CURRENTLY ACTIVE SURFACE MINE THROUGH THREE OUTFALLS.