# WEST COLUMBIA, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37504`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0676
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WEST COLUMBIA, 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 WEST COLUMBIA                                        P.O. BOX 487                                                 WEST COLUMBIA, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 77486               3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA AND    PART I.A. OF ITS PERMIT BY EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITA-    TIONS OF ITS PERMIT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.                 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      ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE EFFLUENT VIOLA-      TIONS, 2) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A REPORT DE-      TAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND WHY THEY WILL PRE-    VENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND 3) WITHIN 30 DAYS     RECEIPT OF THE AO, SUBMIT TO EPA A REPORT INDICATING WHAT    ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN TO ELIMINATE I/I IN THE COLLECT-     ION SYSTEM AND INCLUDE A SCHEDULE OR TIME FRAME OF THE       WORK TO BE DONE.

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