# PONTCHATOULA, CITY OF, PERMITTEE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38949`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0278
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $100K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PONTCHATOULA, 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 PONCHATOULA WWTF                                 SOUTH OF THE CITY, APPROX. 250' EAST OF HIGHWAY 51 AND       INTERSTATE 55                                                PONCHATOULA, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70454           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 THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO). THE      AO ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) ACCOMPLISH THE TASKS AND    AND COMPLY WITH THE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES CONTAINED IN      THIS AO, B) REPORT COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THOSE    REQUIREMENTS NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE        THAT EACH SPECIFIC ACTION IS REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED, C)    SUBMIT PROGRESS REPORTS TO EPA IN JAN. AND JUL., AND D)      TAKE ALL REASONABLE MEASURES FOR THE EXPEDITIOUS ELIMINA-    TION AND PREVENTION OF DISCHARGES OF ZINC AND LEAD IN EX-    CESS OF THE PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.

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