# MARATHON OIL COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37759`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0062
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MARATHON OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. MARATHON OIL COMPANY, AN OHIO CORPORATION                    1320 LOOP 197S                                               TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590                 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(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 ELIMINATE    AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED, B) WITHIN    30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE     SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS CITED       AND EXPLAINING WHY SUCH ACTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE        SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND      C) WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE AO, ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND    SHOW CAUSE.

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