# BASIS PETROLEUM, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36529`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0229
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $10K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BASIS PETROLEUM, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ).               2. BASIS PETROLEUM, INC.                                        9701 MANCHESTER                                              HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77262-5038                  3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT REPEATEDLY       DURING THE MONITORING PERIOD.                             4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE CWA, EPA IS-    SUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RESPONDENT    TO COMPLY WITH THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT.

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