# FORMOSA HYDROCARBONS CO., INC. (TX0004707)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36935`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0104
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JACK WU (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. JACK WU                                                      FORMOSA HYDROCARBONS COMPANY, INC.                           POINT COMFORT PLANT                                          P.O. BOX 769                                                 POINT COMFORT, TEXAS 77978                                3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING PRODUCED WATER AND SAND INTO WATERS OF THE       U.S. THAT EXCEED THE EFFLUENT LIMITS.                     4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA,      EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE-     SPONDENT TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITIES SO AS TO     DISCHARGE EFFLUENT WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED THE EFFLUENT        LIMITATIONS.

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