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The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2009-10

ENFORCE: WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

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GROUP: WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS
NON15 FACILITIES
MEASURE:  ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
MESSAGE:   Enforcement response focused on informal enforcement.
KEY STATISTICS FOR FY 2009-10
Number of Informal Actions* 726
Number of Formal Actions** 83
Number of Penalty Actions 19

MEASUREMENTS

 

WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING

The level and type of enforcement is similar among the regional boards for those facilities discharging under the WDR-NON15 program. Most of the regional boards are issuing infractions. Three of regional boards issued a formal action that requires compliance with requirements. The high number of formal actions in Region 6 is due to the issuance of Cease Desist Orders to on-site wastewater disposal systems. Several regions are issuing penalty actions, especially Region 5S.

WHY THIS MEASURE IS IMPORTANT

Enforcement plays a significant role in the Water Boards’ strategies to protect water quality anrepresents a significant amount of work for both the State and Regional Boards. Enforcementdeters potential violators and protects public health and the environment. Enforcement can prevent threatened pollution from occurring and can promote prompt cleanup and correctionof existing pollution problems. The Water Boards use progressive enforcement by addressing some violations with an informal response such as a phone call or staff enforcement letter followed, if needed, with a more formal action. If violations continue, the enforcement response should be quickly escalated to increasingly more formal and serious actions until compliance is achieved. This measure displays the use of formal versus informal actions to address documented violations.

TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

GLOSSARY

Waste Discharge Requirements-NON15 Program
The Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) Program regulates all point source discharges of waste to land that do not require full containment (which falls under the Land Discharge Program), or are not subject to the NPDES Program.

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