# ELF ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA, INC., A PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38865`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0190
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $4K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ELF ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. ELF ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA, INC., A PENNSYLVANIA CORP.        2231 HADEN ROAD                                              HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77015-6499                  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, 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, C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO COR-     RECT THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUB-     MIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST REASON-    ABLE TIME, D) SUBMIT A COPY OF THE SWPPP PREPARED IN AC-     CORDANCE WITH THEIR PERMIT, AND E) WITHIN 45 DAYS,           ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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