# CARTHAGE, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37794`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0097
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CARTHAGE, 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 CARTHAGE                                             1.5 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 59       AND 79                                                       CARTHAGE, PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS 75633                      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 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 THE RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED, B)       WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAIL-    ING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS     CITED AN EXPLAINING WHY SUCH ACTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO      BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLA-        TIONS, AND C) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, IF THE RESPONDENT    DOES NOT BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE TO COMPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS,    SUBMIT A SCHEDULE TO COMPLY WITHIN THE SHORTEST TIME POS-    SIBLE.

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