# HOUSTON, CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39561`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0897
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HOUSTON, CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. CITY OF HOUSTON, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY                        12010 WEST BELFORT (HARRIS COUNTY MUD NO. 123)               HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77087                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS FACILITY WHICH 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) THAT      ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE COR-      RECTIVE ACTION TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE    VIOLATIONS; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT       DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND HOW THEY WILL       PREVENT RECURRENCE; C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT WITHIN     30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO      DO SO; D) REPORT COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANCE WITHIN 14       DAYS OF A SPECIFIC ACTION; E) CONTINUE TO REPORT ALL IN-     STANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE ON A MONTHLY BASIS; AND F) ALL      TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT ARE EFFECTIVE AS IS-      SUED AND REQUIRE FULL COMPLIANCE.

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