On July 5, 2017, Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order resolving alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act by Stepping Stone Builders, Inc., located in Fairbanks, Alaska. Stepping Stone Builders, which leases building space for three motor vehicle service businesses, is alleged to be in violation of the regulation protecting underground (groundwater) sources of drinking water from injection wells. Injection well activity can allow movement of fluid containing contaminants (such as wastewater from vehicle servicing) into underground sources of drinking water. Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Wells (MVWDW) were banned in Alaska in August, 2005. Stepping Stone Builders was aware of the ban and constructed a MVWDW following the ban. The facility is under a compliance schedule to close the well by August 31, 2017. If contamination is found, closure requires removal of all contaminated liquids, sludge and soil in and around the injection well. The company agreed to pay a penalty of $36,500, which recovers the economic benefit the company received by operating a MVWDW.