EPA v. PEOPLE'S IMPROVEMENT & SERVICE DISTRIBUTION

Case summary

MONITORING RESULTS SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENT FOR ITS COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM DURING AUGUST 1987, JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MAY 1988 EXCEEDED THE MCL FOR COLIFORM BACTERIA, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 141.14. FAILURE TO SAMPLE AND TEST ITS WATER FOR CONTAMINATION BY COLIFORM BACTERIA DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE THROUGH DECEMBER, 1986; JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, JULY, AND NOVEMBER 1987, ALL IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 141.21. FAILURE TO REPEAT SAMPLING AND TESTING IN JUNE 1988, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 141.23(A)(2). FAILURE TO TAKE 4 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERLY SAMPLES FOR RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 141.26(A) (3). FAILURE TO REPORT TO EPA ITS NONCOMPLIANCE WITH 40 CFR PART 141, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 141.31(B). FAILURE TO GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE OF ITS NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE BACTERIOLOGICAL MCL IN AUGUST 1987, FEBRUARY AND MAECH 1988, ITS NONCOMPLIANCE WITH BACTERIOLOGICAL MONITORING REQUIREMENTS IN OCTOBER 1986, ITS NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING REQUIREMENTS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARETERS OF 1986, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS OF 1987 AND IN THE FIRST, SENCOND, AND THIRD QUARTERS OF 1988, ALL IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 141.36. FAILURE TO MONITOR ITS WATER FOR SODIUM IN 1985 AND 1988, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 141.41. FAILURE TO SAMPLE FOR CORROSIVITY, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 141.42.

Defendants (1)

• PEOPLE'S INMPROVEMENT & SRV DISNamed in complaint

Facilities (1)

• CONCHO VALLEY WATER USERS

  MAIN STREET, GILLETTE, WY, 82716

  Registry ID: 110010597096

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1414G — PWS - Violation of 1414(g) AO

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1988-12-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1989-02-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1989-04-28Final Order Issued
• 1991-05-13Enforcement Action Closed