# SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41682`
- **Case Number:** 06-2001-5134
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (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. SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION     OFF HIGHWAY 49 EAST, NEAR THE CITY OF                        AVINGER, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS 75630                         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-    CURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A      WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND      EXPLAIN HOW THE ACTIONS WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE; AND C)      IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS IN 30 DAYS,        WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN      THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.

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