# SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD, L.P., A TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38049`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0355
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $4K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SEATTLE  SHIPYRD, L.L.C. (complaint) (settlement)
- SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD, L.P. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD, L.P., A TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP BY     SEATTLE SHIPYARD, L.L.C., A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY CO.,     GENERAL PARTNER                                              18310 MARKET STREET                                          HIGHLAMDS, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77530                     3. RESPONDENTS WERE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA      BY 1) CONDUCTING THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATING       THE FACILITY WITHOUT NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE FROM NOV. 4,      1996, THRU JAN. 9, 1997, AND 2) DISCHARGING FROM THE SAN-    ITARY SEWER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE STEAM DOCK WITHOUT       AUTHORIZATION OF A PERMIT.                                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 CORRECTIVE ACTION    IS NECESSARY TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES AND ELIMINATE       AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED AND TO        COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THE APPLICABLE REQUIRE-     MENTS OF THE PERMIT, 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 AC-     TIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECUR-     RENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, C) IF PE

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