# GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY, WASHBURN TUNNEL FACILIT
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `40513`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-0898
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (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. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY, WASHBURN TUNNEL FA-     CILITY                                                       1002 NORTH RICHEY                                            PASADENA, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77506                      3. RESPONDENT WAS 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 FILED WITH EPA.                                      4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF      THE CWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE         ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30      DAYS, TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO E-     LIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED;     B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE     SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND EXPLAIN HOW THE ACTIONS WILL      PREVENT RECURRENCE; C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE        VIOLATIONS IN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPRE-      HENSIVE REPORT TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME;       AND D) WITHIN 45 DAYS, ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW     CAUSE.

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