# WEST CARROLL, TWP OF
> **Judicial** · FY1980 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9050`
- **Case Number:** 03-1980-0032
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WEST CARROLL, TWP OF (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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