# SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY CONSERVATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31812`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0506
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $3K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $3K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY CONSERVATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

AO WAS ISSUED ON JUNE 02, 1997.  IT ORDERED THAT THEY SAMPLE THEIR DRINKING WATER FOR PRESENCE OF NITRATE AND NITRITE,    AND NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THEIR PAST NONCOMPLIANCE.  SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY CONSERVATION PROVIDED LAB RESULTS FOR NITRATES A ND NITRITES DONE BACK IN 1995.  IN LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION  PROVIDED BY SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY CONSERVATION, THEY ARE      STILL IN VIOLATIONS OF NITRATE SAMPLING IN 1997, AND NOT     PROVIDING PUBLIC NOTICE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR PAST VIOLA-   TIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE AO.  HOWEVER, THEY SATISFIED THE    REQUIREMENTS FOR NITRITE SAMPLING SINCE A TRANSIENT SYSTEM I S REQUIRED TO SAMPLE FOR NITRITE ONLY ONCE.  WE HAVE SENT    THEM A WARNING LETTER TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME    BACK INTO COMPLIANCE AND THEY BASICALLY IGNORED IT AND WE    RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THEM.1                             RESPONDENT, SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY CONSERVATION, OPERATES A    WATER FOUNTAIN (A  PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM  AS DEFINED BY THE    SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AND APPLICABLE REGULATIONS) IN ITS   CLUBHOUSE BAR.  RESPONDENT VIOLATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER  ISSUED BY U.S. EPA ON JUNE 2, 1997, UNDER SECTION 1414 OF    THE SDWA, BY FAILING TO: (1) SAMPLE FOR NITRATE BY JUNE 30,  1997, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER FOR THE YEARS 1998 AND 1999;   (2) REPORT TO THE U.S. EPA THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH A      PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATION; AND (3) NOTIFY PERSONS    SERVED BY THE WATER SYSTEM OF ITS FAILURE TO MONITOR         ANNUALLY FOR NITRATE IN 1993, 1994, 

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