# EAST TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. A TEXAS CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38289`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0597
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CORNELIUS-PIERCE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, I (complaint) (settlement)
- EAST TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. EAST TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., A TEXAS CORP. AND     P.O. BOX 63123,                                              NACOGDOCHES, NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, TEXAS 75961 AND             CORNELIUS-PIERCE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC., A TEXA CORP.    9020 HIGHWAY 377 SOUTH                                       FORT WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS 76126                      FACILITY: EAST TEXAS PROJECT IN ALTO, TEXAS TO JACKSON-                VILLE, TEXAS, AND IN CROCKETT, TEXAS            3. RESPONDENTS WERE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA      BY FAILING TO MAKE A TIMELY APPLICATION FOR PERMIT COVER-    AGE FOR ITS ACTIVITIES AT THE FACILITY, AND WERE NOT COV-    ERED BY A NPDES PERMIT AT THE RELEVANT TIMES FOR THE RE-     LEVANT ACTIVITIES.                                        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, AP-     PLY FOR AND OBTAIN PERMIT COVERAGE AND SUBMIT A COPY OF      THE APPLICATION, CONFORMATION OF COVERAGE, AND PERMIT        NUMBER TO EPA; (B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE WHATEVER CORRECT-    IVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES, E-      LIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND TO    COME INTO COMPLIANCE, (C) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A WRIT-     TEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC

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