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06-2022-1203Administrative - FormalClosedFY 2022· Region 06

EPA v. CITY OF LOVINGTON

Final Order No Penalty

Case summary

EPA Region 6 issued an Administrative Order (AO) to the City of Lovington, New Mexico. The Administrative Order was issued in response to violations of Section 1433(a) of the SDWA. The America Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) requires that community water systems (CWS) serving communities with populations between 3,301 and 49,999 to conduct a Risk and Resilience Assessment (RRA) of its drinking water system by June 30, 2021. City of Lovington, NM must respond to EPA Region 6 by December 17, 2021.

Defendants (1)

  • City of LovingtonNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

  • CITY OF LOVINGTON

    214 S. LOVE ST, LOVINGTON, NM, 88260

    Registry ID: 110062703089

Statutes cited

  • SDWA 1412/1414National Drinking Water Regulations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

  • CITY OF LOVINGTONentered 2021-11-05

    Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

  • 2021-11-05Final Order Issued
  • 2021-11-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
  • 2021-12-13Compliance Achieved
  • 2022-07-20Enforcement Action Closed

Case metadata

EPA activity ID
3602892323
Case number
06-2022-1203
Lead agency
EPA
Branch
ECDW
EPA region
06
Voluntary self-disclosure
No
Primary statute
National Drinking Water Regulations

Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2022-1203 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.

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