EPA v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY,ON BEHALF OF ITSELF & WATER & SEWER
Final Order No Penalty
Compliance action
$2,000,000
Case summary
ORDER REQUIRES METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER DEPT, TO CONDUCT HYDROGEOLOGIC STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF ANY MOVEMENT OF FLUID CONTAINING CONTAMINANTS AT THE COUNTY'S SOUTH DISTRICT WWTP INTO THE UPPER FLORIDAN AQUIFER, A PORTION OF WHICH IS AN UNDERGROUND SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER.
Defendants (2)
- METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
MIAMI DADE WATER & SEWER DEPT. SOUTH PLT
4200 SALZEDO ST, CORAL GABLES, FL, 33146
Registry ID: 110010703088
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1423 — Safe Drinking Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTYentered 1997-12-26
Primary law: SDWA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1997-11-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-12-26Final Order Issued
- 1998-02-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 22461
- Case number
- 04-1998-0087
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- WAT
- EPA region
- 04
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Safe Drinking Water Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-1998-0087 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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