# RODEO WATER USER'S ASSOCIATION WATER SYSTEM
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36349`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0044
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $500
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RODEO WATER USER'S ASSOCIATION WATER SYS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1414(G) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ),     42 U.S.C. SECTION 300G-3(G).                              2. RODEO WATER USER'S ASSOCIATION                               RODEO WATER SYSTEM, MARY STOENHNER                           P.O. BOX 256                                                 RODEO, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88056                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECTIONS 141.21 BY     FAILING TO SUBMIT SAMPLES OF COLIFORM BACTERIA TO AN AP-     PROVED LAB FOR COLIFORM ANALYSES AND IN VIOLATION OF SEC-    TIONS 141.21(A), 141.21(B)(5) AND 141.21(F)(3) OF 40 CFR     BY FAILING TO COLLECT SUCH ROUTINE TOTAL COLIFORM SAMPLES    AND CONDUCT SUCH ANALYSES.                                4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414(G) OF THE SDWA,       EPA ISSUED AN ADMINSITATIVE ORDER, #F960002, REQUIRING       THE RESPONDENT TO COLLECT ROUTINE TOTAL COLIFORM SAMPLES     AND TO CONDUCT TOTAL COLIFORM ANALYSES. ANY VIOLATION OF     THE AO MAY RESULT IN PENALTIES OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE COM-     PLAINT. EPA MAY TERMINATE THE AO AFTER COMPLIANCE BY THE     RESPONDENT FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD.                         5. THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO HAS PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT RESPONS-     IBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE, BUT HAD NOT COMMENCED APPROPRIATE    ACTION AFTER 30 DAYS NOTIFICATION BY EPA.

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