Staff Reports
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined a Nevada-based developer $43,000 for violating its underground injection control permit at the 240-home Pineview Estates subdivision in Gardnerville, a violation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
PTP Inc. violated an EPA-issued permit that authorizes subsurface injection of wastewater from the company's treatment facility located at Pineview Estates. The regulation of subsurface injection protects underground aquifers which are potential drinking water sources.
The EPA inspected the development several times between 2003 and 2007, and discovered effluent surfacing in the drainfield and other conditions that are violations of PTP's permit.
The 63-acre site, now in its final phase of development, is located six miles south of Gardnerville, and is an individually-owned Indian trust allotment administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Officials said PTP is working closely with the EPA to come into compliance with UIC permit requirements.
For more information about the Safe Drinking Water Act, and EPA's underground injection control program,
www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html.
