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PERKIOMEN VALLEY PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Judicial · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 9610

$395K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-1983-0006
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

PERKIOMEN VALLEY PRESERVATION SOCIETY, INC. OWNS AND OP- ERATES A DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE SYSTEM SERVING A CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT IN MARLBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, MONT- GOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. THE CORPORATION HAS CON- SISTENTLY FAILED TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR BACTERIA AND TURBIDITY AS REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL IN- TERIM PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS, TO ANALYZE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL AND INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS, AND TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OF THE CORPORATION'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS. ON MARCH 4, 1983, FORMER ADMINISTRATOR BURFORD ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO THE PERKIOMEN VALLEY PRESERVATION SOCIETY, INC. THE ORDER WAS THE FIRST ISSUED UNDER SECTION 1431 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT. THE ORDER REQUIRES THE CORPORATION TO PROVIDE AN INTERIM, EMERGENCY SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER AND TO PROVIDE A SCHEDULE FOR ACHIEVING FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT. ALTHOUGH A TANK TRUCK HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CORPORATION'S DEVELOPMENT, THE COR- PORATION HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A SCHEDULE LEADING TO A PER- MANENT REMEDY AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDER.

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