# AMITE, TOWN OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37506`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0680
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMITE, TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. TOWN OF AMITE                                                212 EAST OAK STREET                                          AMITE, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70422                 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA AND    PARTS I.A. AND II.A.1.A.4. OF ITS PERMIT BY EXCEEDING THE    EFFLUENT LIMITS OF THE PERMIT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND      AND BY FAILING TO IMPLEMENT CONTROLS ON THE DISCHARGE OF     POLLUTANTS WHICH ARE CAUSING PASS THROUGH AND/OR INTER-      FERENCE AT THE TREATMENT WORKS.                           4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA,      EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE-     SPONDENT TO 1) CONDUCT A TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF THE         TREATMENT PLANT AND COLLECTION SYSTEM, INCLUDING DETAILED    ANALYSES OF TREATMENT PLANT INFLUENT, EFFLUENT, AND IN-      DIVIDUAL PROCESS DISCHARGES, AND SLUDGE QUALITY, TO DE-      TERMINE IF SPECIFIC LIMITS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED IN ORDER     TO PREVENT PASS THROUGH AND/OR INTERFERENCE AT THE PLANT     AND TO ENFORCE THE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS IN      THE PERMI, 2) WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE    AO, SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY AND ANY SPECIFIC LIM-    ITS DEVELOPED AND IDENTIFY ALL INDUSTRIAL USERS REQUIRED     BY PERMIT TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL LIMITS, AND 3) WITHIN 30      DAYS OF APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC 

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