# GALVESTON, CITY OF (TX0047309)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36958`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0127
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $13.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GALVESTON, 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 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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