# MARATHON OIL COMPANY, AN OHIO CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37902`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0206
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $23K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MARATHON OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(G)(1) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G)(1).                                2. MARATHON OIL COMPANY, AN OHIO CORPORATION                    P.O. BOX 1191                                                TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590                 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED       PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.                           4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G)(1) OF THE CWA,      EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $27,500, WHICH CONTITUTES    NO MORE THAN $11,000 PER DAY PER VIOLATION FOR EACH VIO-     LATION.

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