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08-2021-0045Administrative - FormalClosedFY 2021· Region 08

EPA v. Ethete Water System

Final Order No Penalty

Case summary

Administrative Order on Consent issued for failure to correct significant deficiencies, failure to monitor for lead and copper, failure to meet the treatment technique requirement for Giardia lamblia inactivation, failure to report monitoring results for nitrate, failure failed to monitor the System?s water for VOCs during 2017, failure to monitor the System?s water for cyanide and sodium during the 2017 monitoring period, failure to monitor the System?s water for disinfection byproduct precursors during February and March of 2020 and January of 2017, failure to monitor the System?s water for total coliform bacteria during September of 2018, and failure to collect TTHM and HAA5s samples during the first quarter of 2020.

Defendants (1)

  • Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, WyomiNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

  • ETHETE WATER SYSTEM-ETHETE TREATMENT

    P.O. BOX 1304, FORT WASHAKIE, WY, 82514

    Registry ID: 110012927538

Statutes cited

  • SDWA 1412/1414National Drinking Water Regulations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

  • Ethete Water Systementered 2020-12-11

    Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

  • 2020-12-11Final Order Issued
  • 2021-02-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
  • 2022-04-05Enforcement Action Closed

Case metadata

EPA activity ID
3602406236
Case number
08-2021-0045
Lead agency
EPA
EPA region
08
Voluntary self-disclosure
No
Primary statute
National Drinking Water Regulations

Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2021-0045 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.

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