EPA v. DARKHORSE WHEEL & TRACTION CORPORATION - MOTORCARS LTD.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$1,630
Compliance action
$4,000
Case summary
1. SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G). 2. DARKHORSE WHEEL & TRACTION CORPORATION, A TEXAS CORP. KENNETH J. EDWARDS III MOTORCARS LTD. 8200 WASHINGTON HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77007 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY CONDUCTING THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATING THE FA- CILITY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF AN NPDES PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO $27,500 FOR THE VIOLA- TION CITED.
Defendants (1)
- DARKHORSE WHEEL & TRACTION CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
MOTORCARS LTD.
8200 WASHINGTON, HOUSTON, TX, 77007
Registry ID: 110010781975
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
DARKHORSE WHEEL & TRACTION CORPORATIONentered 2000-02-15
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $1,630
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1999-08-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-08-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-02-15Final Order Issued
- 2000-02-15Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 39447
- Case number
- 06-1999-0783
- 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 06-1999-0783 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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