# SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OF PR
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2002 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `8814`
- **Case Number:** 02-2002-3410
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OF PR (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

******6/12/02                                                ARECIBO COMPOSTING FACILITY FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE 40     CFR PART 503 VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS AND    THE FREQUENCY OF MONITORING FOR METALS AND FECAL COLIFORM.  
*****9/4/03
The Solid Waste Management Authority - Arecibo Sludge Composting Facility failed to comply with the pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements during 1997-2001.  Installation of the new Trommel Screener System will help reduce the recurrence of the future pathogen and vector attraction violations, increase the amount of sludge the faiclity processes into composting material that benefit the environment by allowing more sludge compost to be used beneficially and also benefits the population the facility serves to reduce the amount of sludge disposed at the landfills

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*