EPA v. PRESTIGE PROPERTIES, INC., AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION

Case summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. PRESTIGE PROPERTIES, INC., AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION FACILITY: OAK HILL RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION FACILITY EAST 114TH STREET, SOUTH OF SOUTH SANDUSKY TULSA, TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74100 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY CONDUCTING THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATING THE FA- CILITY WITHOUT NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO THE RTESPONDENT. THE AO ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AO, MAKE A COMPLETE AND CORRECT AP- PLICATION FOR NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE, SUBMIT A COPY OF THE APPLICATION, CONFIRMATION OF COVERAGE, AND THE PERMIT NUMBER TO EPA, B) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO CORRECT THE DEFICIEN- CIES AND ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLA- TIONA CITED, AND TO XOME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PERMIT, C) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND EXPLAINING WHY SUCH ACTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO PRE- VENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, D) IF THE PERMITTEE BELIEVES COMPLETE CORRECTION OF THE VIOLATIONS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN PLAN FOR ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSI- BLE, AND E) WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE AO, ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

Defendants (1)

• PRESTIGE PROPERTIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OAK HILL

  E 11TH STREET, S OF S SANDUSKY, TULSA, OK, 74100

  Registry ID: 110010644115

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PRESTIGE PROPERTIES, INC.entered 1998-03-09

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-03-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-03-09Final Order Issued
• 1998-04-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-05-22Compliance Achieved
• 1998-05-22Enforcement Action Closed