# WESTLAKE POLYMERS CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37940`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0244
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WESTLAKE POLYMERS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. WESTLAKE POLYMERS CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION        STATE HIGHWAY 108                                            LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA 70602           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(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    THE RESPONDENT BELIEVES COMPLETE CORRECTION OF THE VIOLA-    TIONS 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 SHORT-     EST TIME POSSIBLE, AND D) WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE AO, AR-      RANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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