# PHELPS-DODGE MINING COMPANY - COBRE MINING CO., INC. WATER S
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39806`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-0179
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $3K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PHELPS-DODGE MINING COMPANY (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1414 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42     U.S.C. SECTIONS 300F TO 300J-26.                          2. PHELPS-DODGE MINING COMPANY                                  FACILITY: COBRE MINING COMPANY, INC. WATER SYSTEM                      GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO                        3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1412 OF THE SDWA      BY: 1) FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SURFACE    WATER TREATMENT; 2) EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT        LEVEL (MCL) FOR COLIFORM; 3) FAILING TO COLLECT THE RE-      QUIRED NUMBER OF SAMPLES FROM THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND    SUBMITTING THEM TO A STATE CERTIFIED LAB; AND 4) FAILING     TO COLLECT ENOUGH REPEAT SAMPLES AS REQUIRED AFTER A         TOTAL COLIFORM POSITIVE SAMPLE.                           4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414 OF THE SDWA, EPA      ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT      REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) COMPLY WITH THE COLIFORM      MONITORINING REQUIREMENTS IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT OF THE      AO; B) COMPLY WITH THE COLIFORM REPEAT MONITORING RE-        QUIREMENTS IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT OF THE AO; C) CORRECT      THE FECAL COLIFORM EXCEEDANCES WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECEIPT     OF THE AO; AND D) COMPLY WITH THE SURFACE WATER TREATMENT    REQUIREMENTS WITHIN 180 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE AO.

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