EPA v. USDA Forest Service Region 3
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
This is an EPA Administrative Order for Compliance on the Consent of Respondent, U.S. Dept of Agriculture Forest Service. Respondent has violated and continues to violate requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulations which required owners or operators of existing large capacity cesspools (LCCs) to close them no later than April 5, 2005. Respondent has at least 15 LCCs on its federal property in the state of Arizona. Respondent agreed to comply with this order to close specified LCCs no later than December 31, 2022, and remaining specified LCCs no later than December 31, 2024.
Defendants (1)
- U.S. Dept of Ag. Forest ServiceNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
FLAGSTAFF HOTSHOT CAMP
SNOWBOWL ROAD, FLAGSTAFF, AZ, 86001
Registry ID: 110070385907
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1422/1423 — UIC Regulations Classes I - V
Enforcement conclusions (1)
USDA Forest Service Region 3entered 2019-09-03
Primary law: SDWA
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 2019-09-03Final Order Issued
- 2019-09-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601978653
- Case number
- 09-2019-6501
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- UIC Regulations Classes I - V
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2019-6501 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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