# LAKE CHARLES, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37734`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0037
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LAKE CHARLES, 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 LAKE CHARLES                                         1132 WEST 18TH STREET                                        LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA 70601           3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED       PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AS SHOWN IN THE CERTIFIED    DMRS THAT WERE FILED WITH EPA.                            4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA     ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RESPOND-    ENT TO: A) 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,AND B)        WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAIL-    ING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS     AND EXPLAINING WHY SUCH ACTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE        SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS.

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