EPA v. Los Alamos County Public Utilities Department (NM0020141)
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
Respondent violated their Clean Water Act NPDES permit by having sanitary sewer overflows from their collection system and by having effluent violations of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5-day) (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids. The primary effluent violations are the 7 months of BOD monthly average violations from Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2003. Permittee is being Ordered to develop a schedule to bring BOD discharges within effluent limits and to develop a plan to minimize sanitary sewer overflows.
Defendants (1)
- Los Alamos County Public Utilities DepartmentNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (3)
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY
BAYO CANYON ROAD, LOS ALAMOS, NM, 87544
Registry ID: 110015667731
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY
BAYO CANYON ROAD, LOS ALAMOS, NM, 87544
Registry ID: 110015667731
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY-WHITE ROCK P
600 OVERLOOK ROAD, WHITE ROCK, NM, 87547
Registry ID: 110009831209
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Los Alamos County Public Utilities (NM0020141)entered 2003-03-27
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2003-03-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2003-03-27Final Order Issued
- 2009-07-01Enforcement Action Closed
- 2009-07-01NPDES Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 92749
- Case number
- 06-2003-1933
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 6EN-W
- EPA region
- 06
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2003-1933 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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