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RIO COLORADO WATER SYSTEM - MS. DOROTHY WILSON

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 41320

Penalty
Cost recovery
$500
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2001-1244
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 1414(G) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300G-3(G). 2. RIO COLORADO WATER SYSTEM P.O. BOX 186 RED RIVER, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87558 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1447 OF THE SDWA BY: 1) EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) FOR COLIFORM BACTERIA; 2) FAILURE TO COLLECT MONTHLY ROUTINE SAMPLES FOR COLIFORM BACTERIAL; AND 3) FAILURE TO COLLECT REPEAT SAMPLES FOR COLIFORM BACTERIA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414(G) OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 60 DAYS, DELIVER WATER TO THE USERS THAT DOES NOT EXCEED THE MCL FOR FECAL AND TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; B) IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE TO COLLECT ROUTINE TOTAL COLIFORMS SAMPLES AND TO CONDUCT TOTAL COLIFORM ANALYSES; C) COLLECT TOTAL COLIFORM SAMPLES AND CONDUCT REPEAT TOTAL COLIFORM ANALYSIS WITHIN 24 HOURS OF A POSITIVE TOTAL COLIFORM ANALYSIS; AND D) SUBMIT TO EPA COPIES OF RECORDS TAKEN TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOTAL COLIFORM MCL.

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