# E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37824`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0127
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. E.I. DUPONT NEMOURS                                          STATE HIGHWAY 347                                            BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77704                   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 OPERATE AND    MAINTAIN THE FACILITY PROPERLY BY ALLOWING THE SAWTOOTH      WEIRS IN THE CLARIFIERTO HAVE AREAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED        WITH SOLIDS, 3) USING THE METHODOLOGY OF THE 17TH EDITION    OF STANDARD METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF WATER AND         WASTEWATER RATHER THAN THE 18TH EDITION, AND 4) THE PER-     MITTEE'S MONITORING RECORDS DID NOT INDICATE THE TIME OF     ANALYSES.                                                 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     AND EXPLAINING WHY SUCH ACTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE        SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, OR C)    IF THE PERMITTEE BELIEVES COMPLET

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