EPA v. CLOUD COUNTRY ESTATES WATER USERS ASSOCIATION
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Compliance action
$20,500
Case summary
1. SECTION 1414(G)(2) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300G-3(A)(2), ( SDWA ). 2. CLOUD COUNTRY ESTATES WATER USERS ASSOCIATION #1 CLOUD COUNTRY DRIVE MAYHILL, OTERO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88339 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1412 OF THE SDWA BY EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) FOR COL- IFORM BACTERIA AND FECAL COLIFORM, AND FAILING TO COLLECT ENOUGH REPEAT SAMPLES AS REQUIRED AFTER A POSITIVE COLI- FORM SAMPLE ANALYSIS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414(G)(2) OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE- SPONDENT TO CORRECT THE FECAL COLIFORM AND TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA EXCEEDANCE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE AO, AND CORRECT THE COLIFORM BACTERIA REPEAT MONITORING VIO- LATIONS IMMEDIATELY.
Defendants (1)
- CLOUD COUNTRY ESTATES W.U.A.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CLOUD COUNTRY ESTATES WATER SYS
#1 CLOUD COUNTRY DR, MAYHILL, NM, 88339
Registry ID: 110010653177
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1412/1414 — National Drinking Water Regulations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CLOUD COUNTRY ESTATES WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONentered 1996-10-24
Primary law: SDWA
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1996-10-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1996-10-24Final Order Issued
- 1996-11-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1998-07-02Compliance Achieved
- 1998-07-02Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 36857
- Case number
- 06-1997-0025
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 6EN-L
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- National Drinking Water Regulations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1997-0025 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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