# CARLSBAD, CITY OF, A NEW MEXICO MUNICIPALITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `40716`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-1102
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CARLSBAD, CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA )    33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318(A) AND 1319(A).                   2. CITY OF CARLSBAD, A NEW MEXICO MUNICIPALITY                  45 BLACKFOOT ROAD                                            CARLSBAD, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88220                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING 2.2 MILLION GALLONS OF UNTREATED SEWAGE TO       THE PECOS RIVER, INCOMPLETE RECORDS OF MONITORING INFORM-    ATION, IMPROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY    AND INACCURATE MONITORING SAMPLING.                       4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF      THE CWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE         ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO CORRECT AND        PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS AND REPORT ON THE       ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN 30 DAYS, OR IN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A        COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE         TIME, AND ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

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