# HOUSTON PLATING COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37815`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0118
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HOUSTON PLATING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 308 AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ),      33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318 AND 1319(A).                      2. HOUSTON PLATING COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION                 1315 GEORGIA AVENUE                                          SOUTH HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77587                 3. RESPONDENT, AN INDUSTRIAL USER (IU), WAS IN VIOLATION OF     SECTIONS 307(D) AND 308(A) BY 1) FAILING TO SUBMIT BASE-     LINE MONITORING REPORTS (BMRS) TO EPA, 2) FAILING TO SUB-    MIT PERIODIC REPORTS ON CONTINUED COMPLIANCE, AND 3)         FAILING TO NOTIFY EPA ABOUT MIXING PROCESS EFFLUENT PRIOR    TO TREATMENT WITH WASTEWATERS.                            4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308 AND 309(A) OF THE     CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE    RESPONDENT TO: A) SUBMIT BMRS TO EPA IN COMPLIANCE WITH      REQUIREMENTS, B) MONITOR ALL IU DISCHARGES TO THE POW BY     THE EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AO, C) SUBMIT MONI-      TORING RESULTS ON A DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORT (DMR),       AND D) WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AO,       ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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