# MOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCING U.S. INC., A DELAWARE CORP.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38112`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0418
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCING U.S. INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. MOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCING U.S. INC., A DELAWARE                                                   CORPORATION       1250 POYDRAS STREET                                          NEW ORLEANS, ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA 70113                 FACILITY: OFFSHORE FACILITIES IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL                 SHELF WATERS OF THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO      3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITIES 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 REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO, WITHIN 30 DAYS: A)        TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE    AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, B) SUBMIT A        WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO       CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND WHY THEY WILL PREVENT RECUR-      RENCE, C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUB-    MIT A PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, AND D)    MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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