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GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, AN OHIO CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 40828

Penalty
Cost recovery
$1.50M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2000-1214
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, AN OHIO CORPORATION 2000 GOODYEAR DRIVE HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77262 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY: 1) DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS THAT EXCEEDED PERMITTED EFFLU- ENT LIMITATIONS; 2) UNAUTHORIZED AND UNPERMITTED DIS- CHARGE OF 15,000 GALLONS OF TREATED AND UNTREATED WASTE- WATER, MIXED WITH STORM WATER TO SIMS BAYOU; AND 3) VIO- LATING THE CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF ITS PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) PERFORM THE ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED IN THE AO; B) REPORT COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLI- ANCE WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS FOL- LOWING THE LAST DAY OF THE CALENDAR MONTH FOR EACH SPECIFIC ACTION; C) SUBMIT QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE 15TH DAY OF THE MONTHS OF JAN., APR., JUL., AND OCT., UNTIL ALL REQUIRED WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED; AND D) ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMITS ARE EFFECTIVE AS ISSUED AND REQUIRE COMPLIANCE.

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