# FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION, LOUISIANA , A DELAWARE CORP.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39780`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-0153
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA )    33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318(A) AND 1319(A).                   2. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION, LOUISIANA, A DELAWARE CORP.    GULF STATES ROAD                                             BATON ROUGE, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA 70805     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) WITHIN 45 DAYS    ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE; AND E) ALL TERMS    AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT ARE EFFECTIVE AS ISSUED, AND    REQUIRE FULL COMPLIANCE.

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