# PONCHATOULA, THE CITY OF, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `40632`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-1018
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PONCHATOULA, THE CITY OF (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. THE CITY OF PONCHATOULA, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY            SOUTH OF THE CITY, 250' EAST OF HIGHWAY 51 AND INTERSTATE    55                                                           PONCHATOULA, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70454           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 SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF      THE CWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE         ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO CORRECT AND        PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED IN 30 DAYS OR     SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST POS-    SIBLE TIME, AND TO ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW         CAUSE.

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