After a brief silence, I said, sort of thinking out loud: "We do have the authority to issue an abatement order to the Navy." The admiral looked at me and grinned. He said: "Tell me a bit more about that". I responded by outlining what is called a "Consent Order". Such orders are issued where an organization is in violation of Federal law or policy and the guilty party has agreed to do something about that. Where EPA then agrees to accept the response...