# PONCHATOULA, THE CITY OF, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38991`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0322
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $11K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $10K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PONCHATOULA, THE CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(G).                                          2. THE CITY OF PONCHATOULA WWTP, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY       250' EAST OF HIGHWAY 51 AND INTERSTATE 55, P.O. BOX 428      PONCHATOULA, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUSIANA 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 301 OF THE CWA, EPA        PROPOSED A CLASS I CIVIL PENALTY OF $27,500 FOR THE VIO-     LATIONS CITED.

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