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AUSTIN, TEXAS, CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 39206

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Case

Case Number
06-1999-0540
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Summary

1. SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G). 2. CITY OF AUSTIN, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY P.O. BOX 1088 AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS 78767 FACILITIES: GOVALLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WALNUT CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SOUTH AUSTIN REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BRUSHY CREEK SANITARY SEWER LIFT STATION 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY 1) DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM POINTS OTHER THAN THOSE AUTHORIZED BY ITS PERMIT, 2) FAILING TO REPORT UNAUTHOR- IZED DISCHARGES IN TIMELY MANNER, AND 3) DISCHARGING POL- LUTANTS FROM A FACILITY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF AN NPDES PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $27,500 FOR THE VIOLATIONS.

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