# KARNES CITY, TX., CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37462`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0634
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KARNES CITY, TX, 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 KARNES CITY,                                         P.O. BOX 399                                                 KARNES CITY, KARNES COUNTY, TEXAS 78118                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA AND    PARTS I.A., III.D.7., AND III.D.8. OF ITS PERMIT BY EX-      CEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS OF ITS PERMIT AND FAIL-     ING TO SUBMIT NONCOMPLIANCE REPORTS FOR VIOLATIONS WHICH     HAVE OCCURRED.                                            4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA,      EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE-     SPONDENT TO 1) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF       THE AO, TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO      CORRECT, ELIMINATE AND PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE VIO-    LATIONS IN THE SHORTES TIME POSSIBLE, AND 2) SUBMIT A RE-    PORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND WHY THEY       WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS.

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