EPA v. High Country Transportation
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
This Proposed Compliance Order, Penalty Complaint, and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing is issued to High Country Transportation for owning, operating, or maintaining a Class V disposal well which, through injection activity, allows the movement of fluid containing contaminants into underground sources of drinking water. Respondent is also in violation for operating a motor vehicle waste disposal well after the 1/1/2007 ban of all motor vehicle waste disposal wells.
Defendants (1)
- High Country TransportationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
HIGH COUNTRY TRANSPORTATION, INC.
6590 ROAD 24.1 CORTEZ, CORTEZ, CO, 81321
Registry ID: 110040054222
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1422/1423 — UIC Regulations Classes I - V
Enforcement conclusions (1)
High Country Transportationentered 2011-04-27
Primary law: SDWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2010-11-23Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2010-11-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2011-04-27Final Order Issued
- 2011-05-05Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2200031749
- Case number
- 08-2011-0008
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- UIC Regulations Classes I - V
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2011-0008 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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