# MERRITT'S MOBILE MANOR
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `49713`
- **Case Number:** 08-1993-0272
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $19K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MERRITT, ROY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

WATER SYSTEM HAS BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH PRIMARY DRINK-  ING WATER REGULATIONS ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS SINCE AT LEAST    1980.  MOST SIGNIFICANT VIOLATIONS ARE EXCEEDANCES OF        MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) FOR NITRATES.  MERRITT       ENTERED CONSENT DECREE WITH EPA ON FEB. 27, 1987. PURCHASED  WATER SYSTEM IN 1987.  SHORTLY AFTER EXPIRATION OF CONSENT   DECREE ON SEPT. 30, 1988, MERRITT CEASED PAYMENT TO CON-     TRACTOR HIRED TO PERFORM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.  CON-    TRACTOR RESIGNED FOR LACK OF PAYMENT.  SYSTEM DETERIORATED-  BECOMING ALMOST USELESS, THEN SHUT OFF BY MERRITT.  END      RESULTS ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL TO VIOLATIONS HE FACED IN       1987 U.S. DISTRICT COURT ACTION.                               11/23/93  DOJ HAS ASSIGNED JOHN MOSCATO AS ATTORNEY.

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