# PAUL DURHAM, D/B/A WINDMILL HILL ESTATES WATER SYSTEM
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37776`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0079
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PAUL DURHAM (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1414 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42     U.S.C. SECTION 300G-3.                                    2. PAUL DURHAM, D/B/A WINDMILL HILL ESTATES WATER SYSTEM        WEATHERFORD, OTTAWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA                      3. MR. PAUL DURHAM , AS AN INDIVIDUAL, OWNS A SMALL PUBLIC      WATER SYSTEM IN RURAL OTTAWA COUNTY, OK. THE EPA REGION 6    OFFICE ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER TO MR. DURHAM IN AUG.       1992 TO REQUIRE HIM TO ANALYZE THE WATER AT THE WINDMILL     HILL WATER SYSTEM FOR COLIFORM BACTERIA ON A MONTHLY BAS-    IS. MR. DURHAM VIOLATED THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 3 TIMES     IN 1993 AND AS A RESULT THE REGION FILED A COMPLAINT A-      GAINST HIM IN AUG. 1993. AFTER RECEIVING THE COMPLAINT,      MR. DURHAM CONTINUED TO VIOLATE 22 TIMES THROUGH 1996. IN    HIS RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT MR. DURHAM REQUESTED A         FORMAL ADJUDICATORY HEARING TO RESOLVE THE MATTER. A         HEARING WAS HELD ON JAN. 14, 1997. ON APR. 15, 1997,         JUDGE SUSAN L. BIRO ASSESSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $5,000 TO    BE PAID BY MR. DURHAM WITHIN 60 DAYS OF SERVICE OF HER       DECISION. AS OF TODAY, EPA HAS NOR RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT      FROM MR. DURHAM.                                          4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414 OF THE SDWA, EPA      SUBMITS THIS DIRECT REFERRAL REQUESTING THAT DOJ INITIATE    A CIVIL ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE RESPONDENT FOR THE    COLLECTION OF AN UNPAID CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.

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