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06-2004-2199Administrative - FormalClosedFY 2004· Region 06

EPA v. Alto de Las Flores MDWCA (NM0028819)

Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication

Case summary

Respondent is a small/poor community in southern New Mexico that is operating a very old wastewater treatment plant without a permit, without a plant operator, and without sampling or reporting its discharges to EPA for 4 years. The plant discharges into a ditch along side a community field with residential homes along it. EPA is ordering Respondent to get a permit and, in the interim, comply with their previous permit.

Defendants (1)

  • Alto de Las Flores MDWCANamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

  • ALTO DE LAS FLORES MDWCA

    OFF TIERRA DEL SOL ST. IN SAN, SAN MIGUEL, NM, 88058

    Registry ID: 110028119042

Statutes cited

  • CWA 301NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

  • Alto de Las Flores MDWCA (NM0028819)entered 2004-05-24

    Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

  • 2004-04-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
  • 2004-05-24Final Order Issued
  • 2009-07-01Enforcement Action Closed
  • 2009-07-01NPDES Closed

Case metadata

EPA activity ID
118880
Case number
06-2004-2199
Lead agency
EPA
Branch
6EN-W
EPA region
06
Voluntary self-disclosure
No
Primary statute
NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2004-2199 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.

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