# NEW IBERIA, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37818`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0121
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEW IBERIA, 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 NEW IBERIA, LUOISIANA                                PARKER STREET, 3.5 MILES EAST OF THE CITY                    NEW IBERIA, IBERIA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70560                3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     1) DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED    PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, 2) FAILING TO MEET THE       SCHEDULE FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT        PLANT AND ATTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT, 3) ALLOWING     NUMEROUS LEAKS OF UNTREATED AND PARTIALLY TREATED SEWAGE     AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS, 4) INADEQUATE OPERATION AND MAIN-      TENANCE OF THE FACILITY, 5) DISCHARGES OF SOLIDS FROM THE    FACILITY, 6) INACCURATE CALIBRATIONS AND READINGS OF FLOW    AND 7) AND BY ALLOWING UNAUTHORIZED BYPASSES/OVERFLOWS       FROM THE FACILITY.                                        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 

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