UIC-09-2023-0020: Imperial Irrigation District; El Centro Generating Station, El Centro, CA

Proposed Settlement of Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Administrative Penalty and Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) in the matter of Imperial Irrigation District – El Centro Generating Station, El Centro, CA. EPA Docket No. UIC-09-2023-0020.

Complainant: Amy C. Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Respondent: Imperial Irrigation District, Imperial, California

Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Power generation.

Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondent operated two underground injection wells without a minimum pressure of 100PSI on the annular space on three separate occasions, failed to report these three occasions to USEPA, and failed to continuously monitor pressure.

Proposed Penalty: $67,110

• Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order: Imperial Irrigation District - El Centro Generating Station, El Centro, CA (pdf) (414.23 KB, April 5, 2023)
  Proposed Settlement of Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Administrative Penalty and Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) in the matter of Imperial Irrigation District – El Centro Generating Station, El Centro, CA. Docket No. UIC-09-2023-0020.