# HARLINGEN, CITY OF, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `40827`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-1213
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HARLINGEN, 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 HARLINGEN, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY                  P.O. BOX 1950                                                HARLINGEN, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS 78550-1950               3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED       PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.                           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 CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RE-    CURENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUB-     MIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN    AND HOW THEY 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 IN THE SHORT-     EST POSSIBLE TIME.

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