# GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37573`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0747
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY, A TEXAS COMPANY         WASHBURN TUNNEL FACILITY                                     910 BAY AREA BOULEVARD                                       HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77058                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA AND    PART I.A. OF ITS PERMIT BY EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMIT-     ATIONS ON NUMEROUS 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 VIOLATIONS IN THE    SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, 2) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECT-     IVE DATE OF THE AO, SUBMIT A REPORT DETAILING THE SPECI-     FIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND WHY SUCH ACTIONS ARE SUFFICIENT TO     PREVENT RECURRENCES. AND 3) APPEAR AT EPA OFFICES AND        SHOW CAUSE.

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