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PONCHATOULA, THE CITY OF, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 41078

$20K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$166K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2001-0176
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G). 2. THE CITY OF PONCHATOULA, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY SOUTH OF THE CITY, APPRX. 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 TO WATERS OF THE U.S. IN AMOUNTS EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN THE PER- MIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO $137,500 FOR THE VIOLA- TIONS CITED.

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