# MERCEDES, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36788`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0502
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MERCEDES, 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 MERCEDES                                             P.O. BOX 837                                                 MERCEDES, TEXAS 78570                                     3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BEING OUT OF ORDER DUE TO A       BROKEN INFLUENT PIPE, SLUDE NOT BEING PROPERLY DISPOSED      OR REMOVED, NO THERMOMETER IN SAMPLE REFRIGERATOR, AND       THE POLYLEVEL ULTRASONIC DEVICE NOT CALIBRATED PROPERLY.  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 SUBMIT A REPORT DETAILING THE    OCRRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN.

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