# PENNZOIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORP
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38116`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0422
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PENNZOIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. PENNZOIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY, A DELAWARE                                                   CORPORATION     P.O. BOX 51843                                               LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA 70505                 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 WRIT-    TEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO COR-      RECT THE VIOLATIONS AND WHY THEY WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE,    C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A       PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, AND D) MEET     WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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