# NORCEN EXPLORER, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38114`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0420
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NORCEN EXPLORER, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. NORCEN EXPLORER, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION                200 WESTLAKE PARK BOULEVARD, SUITE 800                       HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77079                          FACILITIES: OFFSHORE 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 ITS OFFSHORE FACILITIES IN       EXCESS OF PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.                 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PUSUANT 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 THE VIOLATIONS IN 30    DAYS, SUBMIT A PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSI-     BLE, AND D) MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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