# SONAT EXPLORATION COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38123`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0429
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SONAT EXPLORATION COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. SONAT EXPLORATION COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION            P.O. BOX 4792                                                HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77210                          FACILITIES: 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, AS SHOWN IN THE    CERTIFIED DMRS FILED WITH EPA.                            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, 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 RECURRENCE, C)      IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT IN 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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