# SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39728`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-0101
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION     OFF HIGHWAY 49 EAST                                          AVINGER, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS 75630                         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      REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE WHAT-    EVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE AND PRE-    VENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED; B) WITHIN 30        DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC AC-     TIONS TAKEN AND EXPLAIN HOW THESE ACTIONS WILL PREVENT       RECURRENCE; C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS     IN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN      TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME; D) CONTINUE TO       REPORT ALL INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE CWA ON A      MONTHLY BASIS; AND E) ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE        PERMIT ARE EFFECTIVE AS ISSUED AND REQUIRE FULL COMPLI-      ANCE.

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