# HARDIN COUNTY WCID #1, A TEXAS WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38055`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0361
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HARDIN COUNTY WCID #1 (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. HARDIN COUNTY WCID #1, A TEXAS WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVE-                           MENT DISTRICT                         NORTH OF LITTLE PINE ISLAND BAYOU, 2 MILES NORTH OF IN-      TERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 105 AND PINEWOOD BOULEVARD       SOUR LAKE, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS 77659                     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) 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 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 AC-    TIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECUR-     RENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, C) IF THE RESPONDENT BELIEVES       COMPLETE CORRECTION OF THE VILATIONS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH    IN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A COMPREHEN-    SIVE WRITTEN PLAN FOR ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF VIO-     LATIONS IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, AND D) WITHIN 45      DAYS OF THE AO, ARRANGE TO MEET W

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