# MOUNT VERNON, CITY OF (WWTP)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37880`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0184
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MOUNT VERNON, CITY OF (WWTP) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. CITY OF MOUNT VERNON                                         1500' E OF STATE HIGHWAY 37 AND 1500' N OF US HIGHWAY 67     MOUNT VERNON, FRANKLIN COUNTY, TEXAS 75457                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 ELIM-    INATE AND PREVENT 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 AND EXPLAINING WHY SUCH ACTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO     BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS,       AND C) IF THE RESPONDENT BELIEVES COMPLETE CORRECTION OF     THE VIOLATIONS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30     DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A SCHEDULE FOR ELIMINATION AND        PREVENTION OF THE VIOLATIONS IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSI-     BLE.

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