EPA v. COTTONWOOD TRAILER PARK

Case summary

1. SECTION 1414(G)(3)(B) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300G-3(G)(3)(B). 2. MS. JEAN LYLES COTTONWOOD TRAILER PARK POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS 3. MS. JEAN LYLES (RESPONDENT), DOING BUSINESS AT COTTON- WOOD TRAILER PARK WATER SYSTEM IN POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, HAS VIOLATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED UNDER SEC- TION 1414(G)(1) OF THE SDWA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300G-3 (G)(1). VIOLATIONS: RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH 40 C.F.R SECS. 141.21(A), 141.21(B)(5) AND 141.21(F)(3) IN NOV. 1991, BY FAILING TO COLLECT SUCH ROUTINE TOTAL COLIFORM SAMPLES AND FAILING TO CONDUCT SUCH ANALYSES. RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH 40 C.F.R. SECS. 141.21 (B)(1), 141.21(B)(4) AND 141.21(F)(3) IN MAY 1991 AND OCT. 1991 BY FAILING TO COLLECT REPEAT TOTAL COLIFORM SAMPLES AND CONDUCT REPEAT TOTAL COLIFORM ANALYSES WITH IN 24 HOURS OF BEING NOTIFIED OF A POSITIVE TOTAL COLI- FORM ANALYSES. RESPONDENT VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. SECTION 141.32 BY FAILING TO NOTIFY PERSONS SERVED BY THE SYSTEM OF NATIONAL PRI- MARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS VIOLATIONS ON OCT. 1991 AND NOV. 1991. RESPONDENT FURTHER VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. SECTION 141.32(D) BY FAILING, WITHIN 10 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF EACH PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 141.32, TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE A REPRESENTATIVE COPY OF EACH TYPE OF NOTICE DISTRIBUTED, PUBLISHED, POSTED OR MADE AVAIL- ABLE TO THE PERSONS SERVED BY THE SYSTEM OR THE MEDIA. RESPONDENT VIOLATED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, DOCKET NO. F930008, BY FAILING TO SUBMIT COPIES OF MICROBIOLOGICAL (TOTAL COLIFORM) ANALYSIS RECORDS TAKEN TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOTAL COLIFORM MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL IN OCT. 1993 THROUGH DEC. 1993 AND JAN. 1994 THROUGH MAR. 1994. 4. ON DEC. 18, 1992, AFTER OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEARING, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, DOCKET NO. F930008, TO RESPONDENT UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 1414(G) OF THE SDWA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300G-3(G), ADDRESSING THE VIOLA- TIONS OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. 5. PERMIT NO. TX1880049.

Defendants (2)

• COTTONWOOD TRAILER PARKNamed in complaint
• JEAN LYLES

Facilities (1)

• COTTONWOOD TRAILER PARK

  RT 2, BOX 912, AMARILLO, TX, 79101

  Registry ID: 110010745480

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1412/1414 — National Drinking Water Regulations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• **PROPOSED SETTLEMENT**

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1994-06-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1994-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1995-05-26Final Order Issued
• 1995-05-26Compliance Achieved
• 1995-05-26Enforcement Action Closed