AUGUST 31, 2023 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT
November 19, 2019. A corrective action plan (CAP) submitted by Respondent to address the significant deficiencies and deficiencies identified during the Sanitary Survey was approved by the EPA on March 31, 2020.
On August 31,2022, staff from the EPA Drinking Water Program Direct Implementation Team referred the System to the EPA Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division for alleged violations for failing to correct significant deficiencies within the CAP?s
designated timeframes.
On November 18, 2022, the EPA issued a Notice of Noncompliance (NONC) to Respondent, pursuant to Section 1414(a)(2)(B) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. ? 300g-3(a)(2)(B), to allow Respondent time to review the potential noncompliance and schedule a show-cause
meeting to discuss its compliance status.
On December 12, 2022, the EPA held a show-cause meeting with Respondent to discuss noncompliance.
Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. ? 141.403(a)(5)(ii), within 120 days of receiving written notification from the EPA of a significant deficiency, the System must be in compliance with an EPA-approved CAP and schedule. An unresolved deficiency is considered a treatment technique
violation under 40 C.F.R. ? 141.404(a)(1).
Respondent failed to correct the significant deficiencies within the designated timeframes within the CAP as required by 40 C.F.R. ? 141.403(a)(5)(ii) and 141.404(a)(1).
Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. ? 141.203(a)(1), all violations of