# GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY- WASHBURN TUNNEL FACILIT
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36599`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0301
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY -                         WASHBURN TUNNEL FACILITY                                    910 BAY AREA BOULEVARD                                       HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77058                       3. RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 30(A) OF THE CWA BY EXCEEDING    THE PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR CN(A).                     4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA,      EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE PER-    MITEE TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITY SO THE DIS-       CHARGE EFFLUENT DOES NOT EXCEED PERMIT LIMITATIONS, COM-     PLY WITH THE SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS FOR TOTAL    CYANIDE AND CN(A), REPORT ALL TEST RESULTS ON DMRS WITH      NOTATION THAT THE IC METHOD USED AND REPORT ALL INSTANCES    OF NONCOMPLIANCE, TEST RESULTS FOR CYANIDE USING THE IC      METHOD BECOME PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD, AND THAT THIS     ORDER REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL JUN. 1, 1998 OR PERMIT IS       REISSUED, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

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