EPA v. DESERT RANCH WATER CO-OP

Case summary

1. SECTION 1414 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 300F TO 300J-26. 2. DESERT RANCH WATER CO-OP ROUTE 1, BOX 7, JILL STREET CLOVIS, CURRY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88101 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1412 OF THE SDWA BY EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) FOR SYS- TEMS THAT COLLECT 40 OR FEWER SAMPLES PER MONTH, BY HAV- ING MORE THAN ONE POSITIVE COLIFORM SAMPLE DURING OF MON- THS OF JUN. 1998, JUL. 1998, AND AUG. 1998. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414 OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO). THE AO ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RE- CEIPT OF THE AO, CORRECT AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE FECAL COLIFORM EXCEEDANCES.

Defendants (1)

• DESERT RANCH WATER CO-OPNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• DESERT RANCH WATER CO-OP

  RT 1 BOX 7 JILL ST, CLOVIS, NM, 881019655

  Registry ID: 110010657413

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1412/1414 — National Drinking Water Regulations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• DESERT RANCH WATER CO-OPentered 1999-06-29

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1999-06-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-06-29Final Order Issued
• 1999-07-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-03-06Compliance Achieved
• 2001-03-06Enforcement Action Closed