# MATRIX OIL & GAS INC., A LOUISIANA CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38142`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0448
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MATRIX OIL & GAS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. MATRIX OIL & GAS INC., A LOUISIANA CORPORATION               P.O. BOX 2468                                                COVINGTON, SAINT TAMMANY PARISH, LOUISIANA 70434             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 THE 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 CORECT 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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