# GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (WASHBURN TUNNEL)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37747`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0050
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $56K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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