# THORNDALE, CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38265`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0573
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- THORNDALE, 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 THORNDALE                                            1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 79 AND    FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD 486                                      THORNDALE, MILAM PARISH, TEXAS 76577                      3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING DISSOLVED OXYGEN, 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 TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE     WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE AND     PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS,     SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS       TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND EXPLAINING HOW THEY      WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE; AND C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO COR-      RECT THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A PLAN TO DO      SO IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE.

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