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GALVESTON, CITY OF (TX0047309)

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 36958

Penalty
Cost recovery
$13.00M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1997-0127
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3). 2. CITY OF GALVESTON P.O. BOX 779 GALVESTON, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77553 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY ALLOWING OVERFLOWS 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 COMPLY WITH THE SCHEDULE TO ELIMINATE THE OVERFLOWS FROM THE COLLECTION SYSTEM, SUBMIT PROGRESS RE- PORTS QUARTERLY AND ANNUALLY, AND OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE COLLECTION SYSTEM AS TO MINIMIZE THE FREQUENCY, DURA- TION AND MAGNITUDE OF OVERFLOWS IN THE COLLECTION SYSTEM.

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