# AMERICAN CHROME & CHEMICALS, L.P., A TEXAS PARTNERSHIP
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38868`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0193
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN CHROME & CHEMICALS, L.P. (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. AMERICAN CHROME & CHEMICAL, L.P., A TEXAS PARTNERSHIP        3800 BUDDY LAWRENCE DRIVE                                    CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS 78469                3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SCETION 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 PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST REA-    SONABLE TIME.

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