# VASTAR RESOURCES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `40999`
- **Case Number:** 06-2001-0096
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- VASTAR RESOURCES, INC. (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. VASTAR RESOURCES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION               15375 MEMORIAL DRIVE, HMB 2520A                              HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77079                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING SANITARY WASTE WITH FLOATING SOLIDS INTO THE     GULF OF MEXICO AND FAILING TO REPORT THE NONCOMPLIANCE       WITHIN 24 HOURS.                                          4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF      THE EPA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE         ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30      DAYS, TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION NECESSARY TO CORRECT AND        PREVENT RECURENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED; B) WITHIN 30      DAYS, SUBMIT A REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS         TAKEN AND EXPLAIN THEY WILL PREVENT TRCURRENCE; C) IF NOT    POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS IN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30     DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORT-     EST POSSIBLE TIME; AND D) WITHIN 45 DAYS, ARRANGE TO MEET    EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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