APRIL 19, 2022: ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER - Respondent?s PWS provides piped water for human consumption and regularly serves at least 15 service connections and/or at least 25 residents, and is therefore a ?community water system? (?CWS?) as defined by 1401(15) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. ?300f(15), and 40 C.F.R. ?141.2.
On October 23, 2018, the SDWA was amended in accordance with the America?s Water Infrastructure Act (?AWIA?) of 2018 (Public Law 115-270). In relevant part, AWIA added Section 1433 to the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. ? 300i-2(a).
Section 1433(a)(3)(A)(iii) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. ? 300i-2(a)(3)(A)(iii), requires a CWS serving between 3,301 to 49,999 persons to submit its certification to the EPA Administrator that it conducted its RRA on or before June 30, 2021.
Section 1433(b) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. ? 300i-2(b), requires a CWS serving 3,301 or more persons to prepare or revise, where necessary, an emergency response plan (?ERP?) that incorporates the findings of the RRA no later than six months after certifying completion of its RRA.
Respondent?s deadline for submitting certification to the EPA Administrator that the ERP has been completed and/or revised was December 31, 2021. 42 U.S.C. ? 300i-2(b).
Respondent?s CWS serves a population between 3,301 and 49,999 people.
Although the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (?GAEPD?) administers the Public Water Supply Supervision Program in the State of Georgia pursuant to Section 1413 of the SDWA, the EPA retain