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SULPHUR, CITY OF

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37414

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Case Number
06-1997-0586
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
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. CITY OF SULPHUR P.O. BOX 1309 SULPHUR, CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA 70664 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA AND PARTS I.A. AND III, SECTION B.3. OF ITS PERMIT BY 1) EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS OF ITS PERMIT, 2) PER- MITEE FAILED TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ITS COL- LECTION SYSTEM, 3) FAILED TO OPERATE BACK-UP OR AUXILIARY FACILITIES OR SIMILAR SYSTEMS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE COM- PLIANCE, 4) FAILURE OF LIFT STATIONS CAUSED NUMEROUS BY- PASSES OR OVERFLOWS OF THE SYSTEM, AND 4) DISCHARGES OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER FROM POINTS IN THE SYSTEM THAT WERE NOT PERMITTED AS OUTFALLS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE- SPONDENT TO TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE NECES- SARY TO CORRECT, ELIMINATE AND PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND SUBMIT A REPORT DETAILING THE CORREC- TIVE ACTIONS TAKEN AND HOW THEY WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE.

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