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WEST CARROLL, TWP OF

Judicial · FY1980 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 9050

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Case

Case Number
03-1980-0032
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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N
Self-disclosure
N

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Summary

THIS ACTION IS A SUIT FOR CIVIL PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SWDA) PURSUANT TO SECT 1414 OF THE ACT, 42 U.S.C. SECT 300(G-3), WHICH PROVIDES THAT: (A)(2) WHNEVER, ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO HIM, THE ADMINISTRATOR FINDS DURING A PERIOD DURING WHICH THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IN SUCH STATE- (A) FOR WHICH A VARIANCE UNDER SECT 1415(A-2) OR AN EXEMPTION UNDER SECT 1416(F) IS NOT IN EFFECT, DOES NOT COMPLY WITH ANY NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATION IN EFFECT UNDER SECT 1412...HE MAY COMMENCE A CIVIL ACTION UNDER SUBSECTION (B). THE PROPOSED DEFENDANT (DEF) IS THE WATER & SEWAGE AUTHOR- ITY OF THE TWOSHIP OF WEST CARROL, WHICH OWNS & OPERATES TWO WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, THE BAKERTON SYSTEM WITH 225 SERVICE CONNECTIONS & THE ST. BENEDICT SYSTEM WITH 99 SERVICE CON- NECTIONS. SINCE NOVEMBER 1978, BOTH SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN IN CONTINUOUS VIOLATION OF THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) FOR TURBIDITY, THE MCL BEING 1 TURBIDITY UNIT (NTU) AS A MONTHLY AVERAGE & 5 NTU FOR A TWO DAY AVERAGE. FROM JUNE 14 1977 TO NOVEMBER 1978, THE AUTHORITY VIOLATED THE INTERIM REGULATIONS BY FAILING TO MONITOR AND REPORT TURBIDITY. EPA HAS FULLY INFORMED THE PROPOSED

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