# GROVES, CITY OF (STP #0001)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36807`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0521
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $14.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GROVES, CITY OF (STP #0001) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ).               2. CITY OF GROVES (STP #0001)                                   P.O. BOX 846                                                 GROVES, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77619                     3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 309 OF THE CWA BY     EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT.              4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE CWA, EPA IS-    SUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RESPONDENT    TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND COMPLY WITH THE EFFLUENT       LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT.

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