# NOME, TEXAS, THE CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38859`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0184
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NOME, TEXAS, THE CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. THE CITY OF NOME, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY                       ADJACENT TO COTTON CREEK APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE NORTH OF     NOME, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77620                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS FACILITY WHICH 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, SUB-    MIT DMRS FOR THE TIME PERIODS OCT. 1, 1996 THROUGH JUN.      30, 1997, AND JUN. 1, 1998 THROUGH JUN. 30, 1998, AND        SIGN THE DMRS IN INK, B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE WHATEVER       CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT      RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED, C) WITHIN 30 DAYS,       SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS       TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND EXPLAIN HOW THEY WILL    PREVENT RECURRENCE, AND D) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE    VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COM-     PREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST REASONABLE TIME.

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