# ORYX ENERGY COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38115`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0421
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ORYX ENERGY COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. ORYX ENERGY COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION                  P.O. BOX 2880                                                DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 77221                           FACILITIES: 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 ITS OFFSHORE FACILITIES IN       EXCESS OF 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 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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