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GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (WASHBURN TUNNEL)

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 37747

$56K
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Case

Case Number
06-1998-0050
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 309(G)(2)(B) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G)(2)(B). 2. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY FACILITY: WASHBURN TUNNEL FACILITY 1002 NORTH RICHEY PASADENA, HARRIS COUNTY, YEXAS 77506 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 FILED BY THE PERMITTEE WITH EPA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G)(2)(B) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $137,500, WHICH CON- STITUTES NO MORE THAN $11,000 PER DYA PER VIOLATION FOR EACH VIOLATION.

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