# INDEPENDENCE, LOUISIANA, TOWN OF, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37892`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0196
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $1.04M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- INDEPENDENCE, LOUISIANA, TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE, LOUISIANA, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY    P.O. BOX 35                                                  INDEPENDENCE, TANGIPOHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70443          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 SUBMIT         QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS, 3) FAILING TO INCLUDE THE        MISSING SAMPLES IN MONITORING, AND 4) FAILING TO HAVE A      CERTIFIED WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATOR.                  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 FECAL COLIFORM VIOLATIONS      AND CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES NOTED IN THE MAR. 22, 1996      INSPECTION CITED, B) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A      WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO       CORRECT THE FECAL COLIFORM VIOLATIONS AND THE DEFICIEN-      CIES IN THE SPECTION CITED AND EXPLAINING WHY SUCH AC-       TIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECUR-     RENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, C) IF THE PERMITTEE BELIEVES        COMPLETE CORRECTION OF THE FC VIOLATIONS AND INSPECTION      DEFICIENCIES IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH

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