# CAREFREE HOMES
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25248`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $8K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DE ROSE, ROBERT (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                            CAREFREE HOMES, INC. AND ROBERT DE ROSE, ITS PRESIDENT,    THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS, HAVE REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE SAFE   DRINKING WATER ACT, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300F ET SEQ., AND      EPA'S NATIONAL INTERIM PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS    PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, 40 C.F.R. PART 141.}i                     CAUSE OF ACTION                                           THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLIED BY CAREFREE HOMES, INC. FOR    USE AT THE CAREFREE HOMES MOBILE HOME PARK HAS REPEATEDLY    BEEN FOUND TO EXCEED MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS (MCL) FOR    COLIFORM BACTERIA, WHICH ARE CODIFIED AT 40 C.F.R. SECTION   141.14.  THIS BACTERIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION PRESENTS A       POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK TO USERS OF THE SYSTEM.  CAREFREE AND  DE ROSE HAVE FAILED TO SAMPLE THEIR WATER AND REPORT         ANALYTICAL RESULTS TO EPA, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 141.21 AND 141.31.  CAREFREE AND DE ROSE HAVE ALSO FAILED    TO NOTIFY USERS OF THE SYSTEM OF EXCEEDANCES OF THE MCL OR   OTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE REGULATIONS IN VIOLATION OF          40 C.F.R. SECTION 141.32.  THESE VIOLATIONS HAVE CONTINUED   DESPITE A NUMBER OF EPA TELEPHONE, WRITTEN AND PERSONAL      CONTACTS WITH CAREFREE HOMES, INC. AND DE ROSE BEGINNING IN  EARLY 1980 IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE INFORMALLY.    AFTER REPEATED CONTACTS BY EPA EMPLOYEES WERE UNSUCCESSFUL,  AN ADMINISTRATIVE  FINDINGS AND ORDER  LETTER WAS SENT TO    MR. DE ROSE ON AUGUST 1, 1983.           

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