12/04/2013 - ADMIN ORDER ISSUED.
FINDINGS:
INFO CONTAINED IN THE EPA DATABASE AIRCRAFT REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEM (ARCS) INDICATES THAT SPIRIT OWNS AND/OR OPERATES AN AIRBUS A319-132 AIRCRAFT TO ENGAGE IN AIR TRANSPORTATION. SPIRIT BOARDS FINISHED WATER TO THE PUBLIC FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ADWR, 40 CFR 141.801.
SPIRIT'S A319-132 AIRCRAFT REGULARLY SERVES AN AVERAGE OF AT LEAST 25 INDIVIDUALLY DAILY AT LEAST 60 DAYS OUT OF THE YR AND THEREFORE, SPIRIT OWNS AND/OR OPERATES A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM WITHIN THE MEANING OF SDWA SECTION 1401 AND 40 CFR 141.2 AND IS AN AIRCRAFT WATER SYSTEM WITHIN THE MEANING OF ADWR, 40CFR 141.801.
THE A319-132 AIRCRAFT PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IS CONSIDERED A TRANSIENT NON-COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM WITHING THE MEANING OF 40 CFR 141.800 AND SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ADWR.
40 CFR 141.804 PROVIDES THAT EACH AIR CARRIER MUST DEVELOP AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) PLAN FOR EACH AIRCRAFT WATER SYSTEM THAT IT OWNS AND OPERATES.
40 CFR 141.803(b) REQUIRES THAT THE ROUTINE SAMPLING FREQUENCY MUST BE DETERMINED BY THE DISINFECTION AND FLUSHING FREQUENCY IDENTIFIED IN THE AIRCRAFT WATER SYSTEM'S O&M PLAN.
ACCORDING TO THE INFO CONTAINED IN THE AIRCRAFT WATER SYSTEM'S O&M PLAN, SPIRIT WAS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT ROUTINE DISINFECTION AND FLUSHING OF HTE AIRCRAFT WATER SYSTEM DURING THE TIMEFRAME OF JAN THRU MARCH 2013.
ON JULY 24, 2013, SPIRIT ENTERED INFO INTO ARCS THAT INDICATED THAT THE ROUTINE DISIN