# PORT ARTHUR, THE CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39269`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0605
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PORT ARTHUR, THE 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 PORT ARTHUR, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY                6300 PROCTOR STREET                                          PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77640                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) 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 THE    ACTIONS 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 POS-    SIBLE TIME.

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