EPA v. Agnes Leggins PWS-Lodgepole Housing

Case summary

This Emergency Administrative Order is issued to Prairie Mountain Utilities and the Fort Belknap Community Council for violations at the Agnes Leggins and Lodgepole Housing Public Water Systems. The Order is based on a loss of pressure in the distribution pipes of the Systems, which can cause a net movement of water from outside the pipe to the inside through cracks, breaks, or joints in the distribution system. Such failures may carry with them a high potential that fecal contamination or other disease causing organisms could enter the distribution pipes.

Defendants (2)

• Prairie Mountain UtilitiesNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Fort Belknap Community CouncilNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• LODGEPOLE HOUSING WATER SYSTEM

  RR1, BOX 66, HARLEM, MT, 59526

  Registry ID: 110032598909

• AGNES LEGGINS

  RR 1, BOX 61, HARLEM, MT, 59526

  Registry ID: 110037084142

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1412/1414 — National Drinking Water Regulations
• SDWA 1431-PWS — Emergency Powers/PWS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Agnes Leggins PWS-Lodgepole Housingentered 2008-07-16

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2008-07-16Final Order Issued
• 2008-07-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2008-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2008-09-02Amended Administrative Order
• 2010-04-23Enforcement Action Closed
• 2010-04-23Pipeline Closed