EPA v. WARM SPRINGS COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWA 1414G2)

Case summary

1414 Order will require the Tribe to complete the actions identified in a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) submitted by the Tribe to EPA in March 2019. EPA would provide compliance monitoring of the Tribe?s work to implement the CAP under the 1414 Order to verify the Tribe has completed equipment fixes to address all significant deficiencies that were identified last summer during a Sanitary Survey performed by Indian Health Service on behalf of EPA. Our intention to issue a 1414 Order is consistent with Region 8?s practice of issuing a compliance order when a Public Water System owner fails to either correct the significant deficiencies within 45 days or submit a corrective action plan within that 45-day timeframe, as is the case here. The 1414 Order will also require the Tribe to continue providing Public Notice to customers quarterly until all items in the CAP have been completed and the water system is back in compliance.

Defendants (1)

• CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF WARM SPRINGSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WARM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  NW DRY CREEK RD, MADRAS, OR, 97741

  Registry ID: 110013239780

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1414G — PWS - Violation of 1414(g) AO

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WARM SPRINGS COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWA 1414G2)entered 2019-06-05

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2019-04-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2019-06-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2019-06-05Final Order Issued
• 2023-03-16Enforcement Action Closed