# AUSTIN, TEXAS, CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39206`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0540
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $21K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AUSTIN, TEXAS, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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