# TEHACHAPI - CUMMINGS COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52692`
- **Case Number:** 09-1996-0076
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TEHACHAPI - CUMMINGS COUNTY WATER DIST
## Summary

EPA ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER TO TEHACHAPI-CUMMINGS        WATER DISTRICT PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY SET FORTH IN SECTION    1431 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT.  THIS ORDER WAS         EFFECTIVE UPON ISSUANCE.  THE ORDER DOES NOT INCLUDE A       PENALTY BECAUSE 1431 DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR PENALTY            AUTHORITY.  EPA SOUGHT PENALTIES AGAINST TEHACHAPI IN A      SEPARATE ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO SDWA SECTION 1423.         THE SECTION 1431 ORDER REQUIRES INVESTIGATION OF SOIL AND    POTENTIAL GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY TEHACHAPI'S    DISCHARGING WASTE FLUIDS FROM AUTOMOTIVE STEAM CLEANING      OPERATIONS INTO A SHALLOW DISPOSAL WELL OVER SEVERAL YEARS.

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