# PIEDRA, INC., A NEW MEXICO CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38270`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0578
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $4K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PIEDRA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. PIEDRA, INC. A NEW MEXICO CORPORATION                        OFF STATE HIGHWAY 582                                        EL GUIQUE, RIO ARRIBA, NEW MEXICO 87566                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     CONDUCTING THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATING THE FA-     CILITY WITHOUT NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE BETWEEN OCT. 1, 1992    AND JAN. 8, 1997, WITHOUT PERMIT COVERAGE.                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 CORRECT THE       DEFICIENCIES, ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE        VIOLATIONS, AND COME INTO COMPLIANCE; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS,     SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS       TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND EXPLAINING HOW THEY      WILL PREVENT RECURENCE; C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE    VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A PLAN TO DO SO IN THE     SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE; AND D) ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA      AND SHOW CAUSE.

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