# KMCO, INC. D/B/A/ KMTEX (TXU000903)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36998`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0167
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $6K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $250K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KMCO, INC. D/B/A/ KMTEX (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(G)(2) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. KMCO, INC. D/B/A/ KMTEX                                      2450 S. GULFWAY DRIVE                                        PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS                      3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA     BY DISCHARGING FROM THE FACILITY WASTEWATER HIGH IN COD      FROM OUTFALL 001 DURING THE PERIOD MAR. 1, 1993 TO AUG.      1996 WITHOUT HAVING AN NPDES PERMIT FOR THE DISCHARGES.   4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G)(2) OF THE CWA,      EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $10,000 PER VIOLATION, UP    TO A MAXIMUM OF $25,000.

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