# MITCHELL ENERGY CORPORATION - GALVESTON SHIP CHANNEL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37609`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0784
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MITCHELL ENERGY CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3).                                2. MITCHELL ENERGY CORPORATION, A TEXAS CORPORATION             P.O. BOX 4000                                                THE WOODLAND, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS 77387-4000            FACILITY: GALVESTON SHIP CHANNEL                          3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING PRODUCED WATER IN VIOLATION OF THE DISCHARGE     PROHIBITIONS AT PART I.2.C.A. OF NPDES PERMIT NO.            TXG290000.                                                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, AND 2) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO,     SUBMIT A REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO      PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THESE VIOLATIONS.

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