# TECOLOTE MUTUAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38954`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0283
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $1K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TECOLOTE MUTUAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMERS (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1414 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42     U.S.C. SECTION 300F TO 300J-26.                           2. TECOLOTE MUTUAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION         HC 31 BOX 35A                                                LAS VEGAS, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87701            3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1412 OF THE SDWA      BY 1) FAILING TO COLLECT THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF ROUTINE      SAMPLES FROM THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND SUBMIT THEM TO A    STATE CERTIFIED LAB, 2) FAILING TO COLLECT REPEAT SAMPLES    AS REQUIRED AFTER A TOTAL COLIFORM POSITIVE SAMPLE, AND      3) HAVING MORE THAN ONE COLIFORM POSITIVE SAMPLE PER         MONTH FOR A SYSTEM THAT COLLECTS 40 OR FEWER SAMPLES PER     MONTH.                                                    4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414 OF THE SDWA, EPA      ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO). THE      AO ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE        COLIFORM ROUTINE MONITORING, 2) IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE COL-    IFORM REPEAT MONITORING, AND 3) WITHIN 60 DAYS, CORRECT      THE COLIFORM EXCEEDANCES.

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