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GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 38062

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Case

Case Number
06-1998-0368
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY 3902 WEST BAY AREA BOULEVARD FRIENDSWOOD, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77546 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLUTANTS FROM A DISCHARGE POINT OTHER THAN ONE FROM WHICH DISCHARGES ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE 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 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, AND C) IF PERMITTEE BELIEVES COMPLETE CORRECTION OF THE VIOLATIONS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A COM- PREHENSIVE WRITTEN PLAN FOR ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE.

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