# WHARTON COUNTY WCID #1, A TEXAS PERMITTEE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38761`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0081
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WHARTON COUNTY WCID #1 (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. WHARTON COUNTY WCID #1, A TEXAS PERMITTEE                    BETWEEN FM ROAD 1160 AND EAST MUSTANG CREEK, 850' NORTH      OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM ROAD 1160 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 59      LOUISE, WHARTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77455                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED       PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AND FAILING TO SUBMIT        DMRS FOR THE TIME PERIODS JUL. 1995, THROUGH SEPT. 1995,     AND THE TIME PERIOD JAN. 1997 TO THE PRESENT.             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 CITED, B) WITHIN 30     DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC AC-     TIONS TAKE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND HOW THEY WILL       PREVENT RECURRENCE, C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE        VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COM-     PREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO IN THE SHORTEST REASONABLE TIME,       AND D) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT THE REQUIRED DMRS TO EPA.

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