6/25/2025 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON A REVIEW OF SECTION 1433 CERTIFICATIONS IN THE EPA'S CROSS-MEDIA ELECTRONIC REPORTING ( CROMERR ) DATABASE, RESPONDENT CERTIFIED COMPLETION OF ITS RISK AND RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT (RRA) ON OCTOBER 8, 2021, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN (ERP) ON JANUARY 28, 2022. ON FEBRUARY 26, 2025, THE EPA COMPLETED AN ONSITE INSPECTION OF RESPONDENT'S PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. DURING THE INSPECTION, THE EPA INSPECTION TEAM REQUESTED THAT THE RESPONDENT PRODUCE ITS RRA AND ERP, WHICH IT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN ONSITE PURSUANT TO SECTION 1433(D) OF THE SDWA. THE RESPONDENT PRODUCED DOCUMENTS TITLED VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT GUIDE FOR CENTURY, FLORIDA AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 1433(D) OF THE SDWA.
DURING THE REVIEW OF THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT GUIDE FOR CENTURY, FLORIDA, THE EPA INSPECTION TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE DOCUMENT DID NOT ASSESS ALL REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF 1433(A) OF THE SDWA. SPECIFICALLY, THE DOCUMENT FAILED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE RISKS TO THE SYSTEM FROM MALEVOLENT ACTS AND NATURAL HAZARDS, THE RISKS TO THE FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM, AND THE RISKS TO THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1433(A)(1) OF THE SDWA.
THEREFORE, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 1433(A) OF THE SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300I-2(A), BY CERTIFYING AN INCOMPLETE RRA TO THE EPA. FURTHERMORE, THE RESPONDENT HAS NOT PROVIDED A COMPLE