# VALLECITOS MUTUAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38346`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0654
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $3K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- VALLECITOS MUTUAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUME (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1414 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ).     2. VALLECITOS MUTUAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION       P.O. BOX 1213                                                VALLECITOS, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87581           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 COLLECT 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 COLIFORM POSITIVE SAMPLE. PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414 OF    THE SDWA, THE AO ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO (1) BEGIN COLI-    FORM MONITORING IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF THE AO; (2)      BEGIN COLIFORM REPEAT MONITORING IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT      OF THE AO; AND (3) CORRECT THE COLIFORM EXCEEDANCES WITH-    IN 60 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE AO.

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