# ATLANTA, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36739`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0452
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ATLANTA, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. CITY OF ATLANTA                                              P.O. BOX 669                                                 ATLANTA, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS 75551-0669                    3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF PERMIT, USING INADEQUATE    MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, AND FAILING TO NOTIFY EPA OF BY-      PASS VIOLATIONS.                                          4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA,      EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE-     SPONDENT TO CORRECT AND PREVENT THE VIOLATIONS IN THE        SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE AND TO SUBMIT ALL INFORMATION AND     EXPLANATION OF THE BYPASS VIOLATIONS.

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