# MILLENNIUM PETROCHEMICALS, INC., A VIRGINIA CORP., AND EQUIS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39377`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0713
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP (settlement)
- MILLENNIUM PETROCHEMICALS, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. MILLENNIUM PETROCHEMICALS, INC., A VIRGINIA CORPORATION      AND                                                          EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP, A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP       FACILITY: 1515 MILLER CUT-OFF ROAD                                     LA PORT, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77572          3. RESPONDENTS WERE 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 AND NON-COMPLIANT NOTIFICATION LETTERS FILED WITH       EPA.                                                      4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA     ISSUED THE RESPONDENTS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO). THE     AO ORDERED THE RESPONDENTS 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 CITED AND EXPLAIN      HOW THESE 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 POSSIBLE TIME.

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