# ATHENS, TEXAS, CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38827`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0152
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ATHENS, TEXAS, CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. CITY OF ATHENS, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY                         EAST OF ONE MILE CREEK AND 3100' NORTHWEST OF THE INTER-     SECTION OF PRAIRIEVILLE STREET AND STATE HIGHWAY 19          ATHENS, HENDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 75751                     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 CITED, B) WITHIN 30     DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC AC-     TIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND EXPLAIN HOW        THEY WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE, AND C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO      CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS,       SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN PLAN TO DO SO IN THE          SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.

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