# PONCHATOULA, LOUISIANA, CITY OF, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38179`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0487
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PONCHATOULA, LOUISIANA, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. CITY OF PONCHATOULA, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY                SOUTH OF PONCHATOULA, APPROX. 250' EAST OF HIGHWAY 51 AND    INTERSTATE 55                                                PONCHATOULA, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70454           3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED       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, WITHIN 30 DAYS, TO: (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         POSSIBLE, AND (D) MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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