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HARAHAN, TOWN OF (LA0043940)

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37122

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Case Number
06-1997-0291
Type
Administrative - Formal
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EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)3). 2. TOWN OF HARAHAN 6437 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY HARAHAN, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA 70183 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA BY THE UNPERMITTED DISCHARGE OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER THAT CAUSED HYDRAULIC OVERLOADING AT THE PLANT, ACCUMULATION OF SOLIDS IN THE DRAINAGE DITCH ADJACENT TO THE PLANT, PIPES ENTERING THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE DITCH ARE LEAK- ING, BELT PRESS IS INOPERATIVE, ADEQUATE ALARM SYSTEM FOR POWER OR EQUIPMENT FAILURE NOT AVAILABLE, AND PH BUFFER USED IN THE LAB HAD EXPIRED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE- SPONDENT TO CORRECT, ELIMINATE AND PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, AND SUB- MIT A REPORT DETAILING THE STEPS TAKEN TO CORRECT, ELIM- AND PREVENT THE RECURRENCES OF THE VIOLATIONS.

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