# PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF NM
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33744`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF N.M. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                             PUBLIC SERVICE OF NEW MEXICO OPERATES AN ELECTRIC          GENERATING STATION, THE SAN JUAN GENERATING STATION, WHICH   IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 301 AND 402 OF    THE CLEAN WATER ACT. THIS SUIT IS REQUESTED PURSUANT TO      SECTION 309(B) OF THE ACT.                                       CAUSE OF ACTION                                            ON JUNE 19, 1981, AN NPDES PERMIT WAS ISSUED WHICH WILL    EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 1983. PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW MEXICO    (PNM) HAS BEEN UNABLE TO MEET THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS       CONTAINED IN THIS PERMIT. ALSO, PNM HAS HAD NUMEROUS         BYPASSES OF ITS TREATMENT SYSTEM IN VIOLATION OF ITS PERMIT. FINALLY, THIS PERMIT, AS WELL AS TWO PREVIOUS PERMITS,       CONTAINS A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDUALE WHICH REQUIRES THE         FACILITY TO ATTAIN  NO DISCHARGE  BY JULY 1, 1983 TO ASSURE  COMPLIANCE WITH THE COLORADO RIVER SALINITY STANDARDS. THE   COLORADO RIVER SALINITY STANDARDS REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT        REDUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS           DISCHARGED INTO THE COLORADO RIVER AND ARE BASED UPON A      TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. PNM HAS, IN     CORRESPONDANCE, AND AT A MEEETING HELD JANUARY 24, 1983,     INFOMED EPA THAT IT WILL NOT MEET THE JULY 1, 1983 DATE      CURRENTLY CONTAINED IN ITS PERMIT.                               JUSTIFICATION                                              EPA HAS ISSUED TWO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDE

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