# LORDSBURG, THE CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38312`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0620
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LORDSBURG, THE CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1414 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ).     2. CITY OF LORDSBURG                                            FACILITY: LORDSBURG WATER SYSTE                                        206 SOUTH MAIN STREET                                        LORDSBURG, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88045     3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1412 OF THE SDWA      BY (1) FAILING TO COLLECT THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SAMPLES     FROM THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND SUBMITTING THEM TO A        STATE CERTIFIED LAB; (2) FAILING TO COLLEC ENOUGH REPEAT     SAMPLES AS REQUIRED AFTER A TOTAL COLIFORM POSITIVE SAM-     PLE; AND (3) EXCEEDING THE STANDARD FOR SYSTEMS THAT COL-    LECT 40 OR FEWER SAMPLES PER MONTH BY HAVING MORE THAN       ONE POSITIVE COLIFORM SAMPLE.                             4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414 OF THE SDWA, EPA      ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO THE RESPONDENT.       THE AO ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO: (1) IMMEDIATELY UPON RE-    CEIPT OF THE AO, BEGIN COLIFORM MONITORING; (2) BEGIN        COLIFORM REPEAT MONITORING IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF       THE AO; AND (3) WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE AO, COR-    RECT THE COLIFORM EXCEEDANCES.

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