# PERKIOMEN VALLEY PRESERVATION SOCIETY
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9610`
- **Case Number:** 03-1983-0006
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $395K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PERKIOMEN VALLEY PRES. SOCIETY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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