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WALTER OIL & GAS CORPORATION, A TEXAS CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 38196

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Case

Case Number
06-1998-0504
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. WALTER OIL & GAS CORPORATION, A TEXAS CORPORATION 1201 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2200 HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77002 FACILITIES: OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF WATERS OF THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS OFFSHORE FACILITIES IN EXCESS OF PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AS SHOWN IN THE CERTIFIED DMRS FILED WITH EPA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO THE RESPONDENT. THE AO ORDERS THE RESPONDENT, WITHIN 30 DAYS, TO: (A) SUBMIT DMRS FOR THE MONITORING PERIOD OCT. 1,1994, THRU SEPT. 30, 1995 AND FOR THE MONITORING PERIOD OCT. 1, 1995 THRU SEPT. 30, 1996, (B) TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, (C) SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND WHY THEY WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE, (D) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO COR- RECT THE VIOLATIONS IN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, AND (E) MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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