# TRI STATE METALS, INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37943`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0247
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $4K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TRI STATE METALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. TRI STATE METALS, INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION                  4110 EAST AMARILLO BOULEVARD                                 AMARILLO, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS 79107                      3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     CONDUCTING THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATING THE FA-     CILITY WITHOUT NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE.                     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    MAKE A COMPLETE AND CORRECT APPLICATION FOR PERMIT COVER-    AGE, SUBMITTING A COPY OF THE APPLICATION, CONFIRMATION      OF COVERAGE, AND PERMIT NUMBER TO EPA, B) WITHIN 30 DAYS     OF THE AO, TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY      TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES AND ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RE-    CURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED AND TO COME INTO COMPLI-    ANCE WITH ALL OF THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PER-     MIT, C) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEAO, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT     DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIO-     LATIONS CITED AND EXPLAINING WHY SUCH ACTIONS ARE ANTICI-    PATED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIO-     LATIONS INCLUDING WITH THE REPORT A COPY OF THE STORM        WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP) PREPARED IN AC-      CORDANCE WITH PERMIT REGULATIONS,

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