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ROHM AND HAAS TEXAS INCORPORATED, A TEXAS CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37796

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Case

Case Number
06-1998-0099
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. ROHM & HAAS TEXAS INCORPORATED, A TEXAS CORPORATION INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 225 (LA PORTE FREEWAY) AND STATE HIGHWAY 134 (BATTLEGROUND ROAD) DEER PARK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77536 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, AND BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES AND BYPASSES AT LOCATION OTHER THAN THAT SPECIFIED IN THE PERMIT. 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 EEFECTIVE 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, C) IF PERMITTEE BELIEVES CORRECTION OF THE VIOLATIONS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A SCHEDULE FOR ELIM- INATING THE VIOLATIONS IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, AND D) WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE AO, ARRA

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