# Rio Rancho, City of
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2023 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603417544`
- **Case Number:** 06-2023-1704
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- City of Rio Rancho (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

EPA is issuing an Administrative Complaint under its authority pursuant to Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. ? 1319(g), to the City of Rio Rancho, NM (Respondent) for violations of Section 301(a) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1311(a). The violations alleged were identified during a file review.  The violations alleged are for sanitary sewer overflows and NPDES Permit effluent violations from Respondent's wastewater treatment plant. The Administrative Complaint proposes to assess a civil penalty of $142,000 against Respondent for the alleged CWA violations.

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