# U.S. DEPT OF NAVY (NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2014 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3400263089`
- **Case Number:** 03-2014-0230
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- U.S. DEPT OF NAVY (settlement)
## Summary

ON JULY 7, 2014, THE REGION ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 1431 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, 42 U.S. C. SECTION 300i, TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (NAVY), NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER-WARMINISTER, WARMINISTER, PA (NAWC) FOR THE NAVY TO TAKE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION FROM PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS KNOWN A PERFLUROOCTANOAIC ACID (PFOA) AND PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID (PFOS).   THE CONCENTRACTION OF PFOS EXCEED EPA'S PROVISIONAL HEALTH ADVISORY (PHA) IN TWO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELLS SERVING THE CITY OF WARMINISTER, WELL NO. 26 AND WELL NO. 13.  PURSUANT TO THE ORDER, THE NAVY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR THE WELLS OR AN ALTERNATE WATER SUPPLY FOR RESIDENTS.  IN ADDITION, IF PRIVATE WELLS SHOW CONTAMINANT LEVELS ABOVE THE PHA, THE NAVY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUCH WELLS OR ASSIST RESIDENTS IN CONNECTING THE CITY'S PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY.   WELL NOs. 26 AND 13 ARE CURRENTLY TURNED OFF UNTIL SUCH TIME AS TREATMENT SYSTEMS CAN BE INSTALLED.
IN A SEPARATE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIORONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA), THE NAVY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE REGION CONDUCT CERTAIN REMOVAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CONTRACTING RESIDENTS WITH PRIVATE WELLS, SAMPLING SUCH WELLS AND SUPPLYING BOTTLED WATER IF NECESSARY FOR A SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD.

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