# CARTHAGE, CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39565`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0901
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CARTHAGE, CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. CITY OF CARTHAGE, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY                       1.5 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 59       AND 79                                                       CATHAGE, PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS 75633                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED       PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.                           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, EXPLAINING HOW         THESE ACTIONS WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE, AND C) IF NOT POS-    SIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS IN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30        DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO.

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