# SERMATECH TECHNICAL SERVICES AND LONE STAR DEVELOPMENT AND C
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41888`
- **Case Number:** 06-2002-1719
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LONE STAR DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, (settlement)
- SERMATECH TECHNICAL SERVICES (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. SERMATECH TECHNICAL SERVICES, A PENNSLYVANIA CORPORATION     LONE STAR DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, INC., A TEXAS        CORPORATION                                                  25 SOUTH BELT INDUSTRIAL DRIVE                               HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77053                       3. RESPONDENTS WERE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA      BY EACH DAY THAT RESPONDENTS CONDUCTED THE RELEVANT ACT-     IVITIES AND OPERATE THE FACILITY WITHOUT NPDES PERMIT     4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF      THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT        ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, OBTAIN         NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE, SUBMITTING A COPY OF THE APPLICA-     TION, CONFIRMATION OF COVERAGE AND THE PERMIT NUMBER TO      EPA; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO CORRECT    THE DEFICIENCIES AND ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF     THE VIOLATIONS CITED AND TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE; C) WITH    IN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECI-     FIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND EXPLAIN HOW THE ACTIONS WILL PRE-      VENT RECURRENCE; D) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLA-    TIONS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO     SO IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME; AND E) WITHIN 45 DAYS,     ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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