EPA v. EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER VEDAUWOO CAMPGROUND

Case summary

Emergency Administrative Order (Order) issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the USDA Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland, under section l431 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. ? 300i. The EPA has determined that conditions exist at the Vedauwoo Campground Public Water System (System) that may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to the persons served by the System. The EPA has made this determination based on notification from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture Analytical Services Lab that five samples from the System have been analyzed as E. coli positive.

Defendants (1)

• USDA FOREST SERVICE MEDICINE BOW-ROUTT NATIONAL FONamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• VEDAUWOO CAMPGROUND, MEDICINE BOW NF

  2468 JACKSON STRET (MAILING ADDRESS), ALBANY, WY, 82070

  Registry ID: 110043709074

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER VEDAUWOO CAMPGROUNDentered 2016-07-26

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2016-07-26Final Order Issued
• 2016-08-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2018-06-19Enforcement Action Closed