# JAMES BIRCHFIELD DAIRY - JAMES BIRCHFIELD
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38043`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0349
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JAMES BIRCHFIELD (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. JAMES BIRCHFIELD                                             JAMES BIRCHFIELD DAIRY, AN ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION          ROUTE 5, P.O. BOX 227                                        SULPHUR SPRINGS, HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS 75482              3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     FAILING TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN APPROPRIATE POLLUTION    PREVENTION PLAN BY MAR. 29, 1995.                         4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA     ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO THE RESPONDENT.       THE AO ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE    EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AO, TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECES-     SARY TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN    (PPP) UTILIZING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND MAINTAINING    IT AT THE FACILITY, AND B) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUB-    MIT A LETTER TO EPA CERTIFYING THAT THE PPP HAS BEEN COM-    PLETED AND IMPLEMENTED, OR IF PERMITTEE BELIEVES COMPLET-    ION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PPP IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN 30    DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A WRITTEN PLAN        FOR THE COMPLETION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PPP WITHIN THE    SHORTEST REASONABLE TIME, INCLUDING A DETAILED DESCRIP-      TION OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AND A PROPOSED      DATE OF COMPLETION AND IMPLEMENTATION.

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