# KENTWOOD, LOUISIANA, THE TOWN OF, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALTY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38510`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0819
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KENTWOOD, LOUISIANA, THE TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. THE TOWN OF KENTWOOD, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY               LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 38 AT THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER                 KENTWOOD, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA 704444             3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS 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 MONITORING, REPORTING, AND EF-     FLUENT VIOLATIONS, B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN       REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT       THE MONITORING, REPORTING AND EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS AND EX-    PLAINING WHY SUCH ACTIONS WILL ENSURE THE TREATMENT FA-      CILITY IS OPERATED AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, AND C) IF     NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS,       SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST TIME    POSSIBLE.

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