RESPONDENT VIOLATED AO ISSUED BY EPA IN MARCH 2000 FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT (CCR) RULE. ******* PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SDWA CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS. SINCE THE TIME OF THE FILING OF THE ADMIN. COMPLAINT, NEITHER MR. FITZSIMMONS NOT THE HUDSON VIEW WATER WORKS (HVWW) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM HAS PROVIDED EPA WITH AN ANSWER TO THE COMPLAINT. ON OR ABOUT APR. 26, 2001, EPA LEARNED THAT MR. FITZSIMMONS HAD FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND ABANDONED THE HVWW PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, THE TOWN OF EAST FISHKILL HAS INDICATED TO EPA THAT THE TOWN HAS ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SYSTEM SINCE 1999 TO THE PRESENT. PURSING MR. FITZSIMMONS, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, WOULD BE AN EMPTY ACT. HENCE, WE HAVE INFORMED THE TOWN OF EAST FISHKILL THAT IT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CCRS FILINGS FOR THE HVWW PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. THEREFORE FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THE COMPLAINT BE WITHDRAWN WITH NOTICE TO THE ACTING REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR.