ON JUNE 4, 2015, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER (DOCKET NUMBER CWA-02-2015-3114) AGAINST RESPONDENTS FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANT INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE ORDER SOUGHT THAT RESPONDENTS UPGRADE THE PLANTS AND OBTAIN A TPDES PERMIT FROM VIDPNR. UPON RECEIPT OF THE ORDER, RESPONDENTS AND EPA DISCUSSED SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES TO BRING RESPONDENTS INTO COMPLIANCE, INCLUDING ISSUANCE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT, IN WHICH RESPONDENTS AGREED TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING PLANTS AND OPERATE THEM WHILE TWO NEW PLANTS WILL BE BUILT TO REPLACE THE OLD ONES. THE ORDER ON CONSENT WAS EXECUTED ON MAY 25, 2016, AND INCLUDE COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES. BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RESPONDENTS, THE ESTIMATED VALUE TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING PLANTS IS ABOUT $120,000, AND THE ESTIMATED COST TO BUILT THE NEW PLANT IS $900,000.