EPA v. City of Avenal
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
This is an AO pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act issued to the City of Avenal, CA. The violations involve exceedance of the maximum contaminant level for total trihalomethanes, failure to submit monitoring reports to the state and failure to notify the public of these violations. The Order directs Avenal to conduct a treatment study, implement the study's recommendations, comply with the TTHM MCL and notify the public of the past violations. Final MCL compliance is required no later than March, 2005
Defendants (1)
- City of Avenal (California)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CITY OF AVENAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT (CA1610002)
33115 CUTOFF ROAD (MAIN OFFICE: 919 SKYLINE BLVD), AVENAL, CA, 93204
Registry ID: 110015761415
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1412 — Nat'l Drinking Water Compliance Schedule - Effective Date
Enforcement conclusions (1)
City of Avenal Compliance Orderentered 2003-06-26
Primary law: SDWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2002-10-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2003-06-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2003-06-26Final Order Issued
- 2003-07-09Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 86687
- Case number
- 09-2003-0079
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Nat'l Drinking Water Compliance Schedule - Effective Date
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2003-0079 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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