# HARLINGEN, CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37967`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0273
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HARLINGEN, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. CITY OF HARLINGEN, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY                      2.5 MILES EAST OF THE 15TH STREET AND EAST HARRISON AVE.     (FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD 106) INTERSECTION, SOUTH OF HARRISON    AVE., P.O. BOX 1950                                          HARLINGEN, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS 78551                    3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     1) DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED    PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AS SHOWN IN THE CERTIFIED    DMRS FILED WITH EPA, 2) FAILING TO SUBMIT TO EPA THE AN-     NUAL REPORT FOR THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TIME        PERIOD FROM 7/1/96 TO 6/30/97, AND 3) FAILING TO SUBMIT      AN UPDATED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM STATUS REPORT TO EPA AND     THE STATE.                                                4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA     ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) REQUIRING THE RESPON-    DENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DATS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE      AO, TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIM-    INATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED, B)     WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAIL-    ING 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 COMPLE

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