# BELEN, NEW MEXICO, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37656`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0831
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BELEN, NEW MEXICO, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. CITY OF BELEN                                                525 BECKER AVENUE                                            BELEN, VALENCIA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87002                  3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA AND    PARTS 1.A., III.B., III.C., AND III.D. BY EXCEEDING THE      EFFLUENT LIMITS OF THE PERMIT, INADEQUATE OPERATION AND      MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES, INADEQUATE RECORDKEEPING      AND REPORTING, AND UNSATISFACTORY MONITORING AND SAM-        PLING.                                                    4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA     ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RESPOND-    ENT TO: 1) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE       AO, TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIM-    INATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS IN THE        SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, AND 2) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO,     SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS       TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY SUCH AC-     TIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECUR-     RENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS.

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