Document 3QjD0epebYzRbzj3oqr5wp9L6

Ref: 8WD-SDR November 15, 2024 SENT VIA EMAIL Trent Dunn, Lead Forestry Technician Shoshone National Forest - Eagle Creek CG 203a Yellowstone Avenue Cody, Wyoming 82414 trent.dunn@usda.gov Re: Notice of Noncompliance Revised Total Coliform Rule Failure to Monitor (Routine Sample) PWS ID# WY5680218 NC Dear Trent Dunn: The purpose of this letter is to inform you that Shoshone National Forest - Eagle Creek CG has failed to conduct the required monitoring for total coliform bacteria for not submitting at least 3 samples per month. Our office has not received any or all of your system's routine bacteriological monitoring results for October 2024 as required by 40 C.F.R. 141.854-141.858 and 141.31(a) of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR). Monitoring results are due to EPA by the 10th of the month following each monthly monitoring period. If you cannot provide monitoring results for this time period, the conditions at the system may pose an immediate risk to human health and constitutes a violation of the NPDWR. If not already done, please complete the following actions: (1) Collect your currently due monthly samples as soon as possible and report the results to EPA immediately. (2) Notify your customers of this monitoring violation by hand delivery or posting of the public notice no later than one year after the violation. To reach other persons served by the system who may not see a posted notice you must publish the notice in a local newspaper or newsletter distributed to customers, use E-mail to notify employees or students, or deliver multiple copies to central locations (e.g., community centers). You can use the PN template enclosed with this letter or create your own Tier 3 public notice using the EPA Microsoft Word templates available at: https://www.epa.gov/region8-waterops/reporting-forms-drinkingwater-systems-wyoming-and-tribal-lands-epa-region-8#pn. (3) Please forward a copy of your public notice and certify that it was completed. The PN and certification must be delivered to our office within ten days of completion. If you collected samples and they were analyzed, please forward copies of the results to our office using one of the methods listed below. Collecting your samples and analyzing them but not reporting them to EPA within 10 days after the end of the month is a reporting violation that also requires public notification. Include your PWS name and PWS ID# on all correspondence. Email: R8DWU@epa.gov (preferred) Fax: 1-877-876-9101 Mail: Refer to the address at the top of this letter. Use Mail Code 8WD-SDR on the envelope. It is your responsibility to make sure that EPA has your drinking water sample results, even if your lab sends results to EPA on your behalf. You can check the EPA database by going to Drinking Water Watch on-line and navigating to your water system with your PWS ID# (found in the heading of this letter). The website can be found at https://sdwisdww.epa.gov/DWWR8WY/. Please give EPA at least one week from the time you receive your sample results from the lab before checking the EPA database. You should be aware that repeated violations of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations may result in formal enforcement action taken against your water system. If formal enforcement action were to be necessary, the Safe Drinking Water Act provides for civil penalties of up to $69,733 per day of violation. We prefer to address problems before such formal enforcement is necessary and ask your cooperation to resolve problems quickly and effectively. If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Harris at 303-312-6072 or by email at harris.jamie@epa.gov. Enclosure cc: Rudy Batista, Forest Engineer Shoshone National Forest Wapiti District rudy.batista@usda.gov Sincerely, SETH TOURNEY Digitally signed by SETH TOURNEY Date: 2024.11.15 10:20:52 -07'00' Seth Tourney, P.E. Supervisor, Rule Implementation Section Drinking Water Program Jayson Thompson, Lead Forestry Technician Shoshone National Forest jayson.thompson@usda.gov PUBLIC NOTICE Date of Release: PWS Number: _____________________ FAILURE TO MONITOR VIOLATION TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA To All _____________________________________________ Water Users (Name of water system/business) We are required to monitor your drinking water for total coliform bacteria on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not our drinking water meets health standards. During _____________________ we did not complete all monitoring for total coliform (compliance period) bacteria and therefore cannot be sure of the quality of our drinking water during that time. The table below lists the failure to monitor violations we received for total coliform monitoring during the last year. (Please check the ones that apply to your system.) Monitoring Period (Month/Year) Failure to Monitor No Replacement Sample after a Routine Sample was Invalidated by the Lab Insufficient Number of Routine Samples What happened? What is being done? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If you have any questions, please contact __________________________ at ____________________. (Water system contact person) (Phone) Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail. Optional: If applicable, you may also include the statement that "Subsequent water samples have been analyzed as safe." ____________________________ SAMPLE: Suggested public notice language for FAILURE TO MONITOR FOR TOTAL COLIFORM. You may use the above notice sample or write your own but the text in italics must be included in any notification. PWS Operator/Responsible Party: Since most monitoring violations are included in Tier 3, you must provide public notice to persons served within one year after you learn of the violation. Multiple monitoring violations can be serious, and your primacy agency may have more stringent requirements. Check with your primacy agency to make sure you meet its requirements. Community Systems must use one of the following methods: hand or direct delivery mail, as a separate notice or included with the bill Non-Community Systems must use one of the following methods: posting in conspicuous locations hand delivery mail In addition, both community and non-community systems must use another method reasonably calculated to reach others if they would not be reached by the first method. Such methods could include newspapers, e-mail, or delivery to community organizations. If you post the notice, it must remain posted until the violation is resolved but in no case less than seven (7) days, even if the violation is resolved. If the violation has been resolved, you must post the notice for at least one week. If you mail, post, or hand deliver, print your notice on letterhead, if available. The notice on the reverse is appropriate for distribution after each violation or collectively at the end of the calendar year. If you choose to wait until the end of the year to give notice, the enclosed form can be issued alone, or it can be inserted into your CCR as long as public notification requirements are met. After issuing the notice, make sure to send EPA Region 8 a copy of each type of notice and a certification that you have met all the public notice requirements within ten days after issuing the notice. Send the copy of your notice and dates posted to Attn: RTCR Manager: Email: Fax: Mail: R8DWU@epa.gov (preferred) 1-877-876-9101 Refer to the address at the top of this letter. Use Mail Code 8WD-SDR on the envelope. If you have questions about your RTCR FTM violation, contact Jamie Harris at 303-312-6072 or by email at harris.jamie@epa.gov. Certification of Public Notification I _______________________________certify that the attached public notification was issued (PWS Operator/Responsible Party) from ____________________________________ to ___________________________________. (Date) (Date) The attached notice was issued by _________________________________________________. (Method of delivery) Signature ______________________________________ Date __________________________ Rev. 03/02/2022