EPA v. SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$41,500
Case summary
1. SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G). 2. SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION OFF HIGHWAY 49 EAST 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 SECTION 309(G) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $137,500 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.
Defendants (1)
- SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
HWY 49 @ WILKE PWR PLT, AVINGER, TX, 75630
Registry ID: 110000704925
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
HWY 49 @ WILKE PWR PLT, AVINGER, TX, 75630
Registry ID: 110000704925
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
SOUTH WESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANYentered 2000-03-01
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $41,500
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1999-06-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-07-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-03-01Final Order Issued
- 2000-03-01Compliance Achieved
- 2000-03-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 39282
- Case number
- 06-1999-0618
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 6RC-E
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1999-0618 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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