EPA v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, TEXARKANA MILL, A NEW YORK CORP

Case 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. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, TEXARKANA MILL, A NEW YORK CORPORATION P.O. BOX 870 TEXARKANA, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS 75504 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY ECONOMICALLY ACHIEVABLE (BAT) LIMITATIONS AS ESTABLISHED IN THE ISSUED PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO THE RE- SPONDENT. THE AO ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE EXISTING TREATMENT WORKS SO AS TO DIS- CHARGE EFFLUENT WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED THE INTERIM LIMITA- TIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS FROM 10/26/98 TO 04/14/01, B) COMPLY WITH THE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES CONTAINED IN THIS AO TO MEET APPLICABLE LIMITATIONS BY APR. 15, 2001, C) MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERIM LIMITATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED IN PART VI.A OF THIS AO, D) REPORT ALL INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS OF PART VI.A OF THIS AO, E) COMPLY WITH ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT NOT LISTED IN THE AO, F) COMPLETE ALL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE ISSUED PERMIT AND ATTAIN COM- PLETE CONTINUOUS COMPLIANCE WITH THAT PERMIT BY APR.15, 2001, G) SUBMIT QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS, AND H) RE- PORTS OF COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS FOLLOWING EACH SCHEDULE DATE.

Defendants (1)

• INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO

  FM 3129 & HWY 59, TEXARKANA, TX, 75501

  Registry ID: 110008148496

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYentered 1998-10-26

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1998-10-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-10-26Final Order Issued
• 1998-11-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-07-31Enforcement Action Closed