# TEXMARK CHEMICALS, INC. (TX0005860)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37005`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0174
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TEXMARK CHEMICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. TEXMARK CHEMICALS, INC.                                      P.O. BOX 67                                                  GALENA PARK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77547-0067              3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     VIOLATING PART I.A. AND III.B.4.C. OF ITS PERMIT AND AO      VI-96-0402 BY EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, ALLOW-     ING 60,000 GALLONS OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER TO BE DIS-        CHARGED INTO PANTHER CREEK, AND FAILING TO START CON-        STRUCTION OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS BY MAY 1, 1996, AND       COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION BY OCT. 15, 1996.                   4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA,      EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE-     SPONDENT TO CORRECT AND PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE        VIOLATIONS AND MEET EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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