# GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38062`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0368
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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