# RANSOM INDUSTRIES, INC., AN ALABAMA CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38522`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0832
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RANSOM INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. RANSOM INDUSTRIES, INC., AN ALABAMA CORPORATION              U.S. HIGHWAY 69 AND JIM HOGG HIGHWAY (OLD LINDALE HIGHWAY    SWAN, SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS 75704                           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 ORDERED 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 WHY SUCH      ACTIONS WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE, AND C) IF NOT POSSIBLE      TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COM-      PREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO AND PREVENT RECURRENCE IN THE       SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE.

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