# TEHACHAPI-CUMMINGS WATER DISTRICT
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52693`
- **Case Number:** 09-1996-0077
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $11K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TEHACHAPI-CUMMINGS WATER DISTRICT (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ACTION AGAINST TEHACHAPI-CUMMINGS WATER         DISTRICT BROUGHT UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT FOR       VIOLATIONS OF EPA UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC)        REGULATIONS.  SPECIFICALLY, TEHACHAPI VIOLATED 40 C.F.R.     SECTION 144.12(A) BY DISCHARGING WASTE FLUIDS FROM           AUTOMOTIVE STEAM CLEANING OPERATIONS INTO A SHALLOW          DISPOSAL WELL IN A MANNER THAT RISKED GROUNDWATER            CONTAMINATION.

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