# AMITE, TOWN OF, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37930`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0234
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMITE, 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 AMITE, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY                      TERMINUS OF CHERRY STREET                                    AMITE, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70422                 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     1) DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED    PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AND 2) FAILING TO IMPLE-     MENT CONTROLS ON THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS WHICH ARE       CAUSING PASS THROUGH AND/OR INTERFERENCE AT THE TREATMENT    WORKS.                                                    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 OF THE VIOLATIONS, C) IF    PERMITTEE BELIEVES COMPLETE CORRECTION OF THE VIOLATIONS     IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO,    SUBMIT A DETAILED SCHEDULE FOR ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION    OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS IN THE SHORTEST TIME POS-    SIBLE, D) WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE A

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