Enforcement
In order to access the enforcement orders issued by the Central Valley Water Board since 2002 please go to our Board Decisions, Adopted Orders page. Follow the instructions posted on that page to locate your desired data.
Current Enforcement Activities
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Issues $66,000 In Complaints for Mandatory Minimum Penalties (09/29/2008)
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Issues $3,000 Complaint to Southern California Edison Company, Fresno County (09/26/2008)
- News Release, 42 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Issues $250,000 Administrative Civil Liability to Robert L. French for Failure to Comply with Cleanup and Abatement Order (09/25/2008)
- News Release, 45 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Order, 69 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Issues $177,000 In Complaints for Mandatory Minimum Penalties (09/25/2008)
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Issues More Than $170,000 In Complaints for Mandatory Minimum Penalties (09/22/2008)
- News Release, 47 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint for City of Lincoln
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint for City of Roseville
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint for Department of Fish and Game
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint for Tsar Nicoulai Caviar, LLC
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint for Mountain House Community Services District
- News Release, 47 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1, Cascade Shores Faces $450,000 in Penalties (08/28/2008)
- News Release, 45 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $108,000 in Penalties to the City of Galt in Sacramento County (08/14/2008)
- News Release, 42 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $2.1 Million in Penalties for the City of Williams in Colusa County (08/13/2008)
- News Release, 44 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Order
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $129,000 in Penalties to the California Department of General Services, Office of State Publishing (08/13/2008)
- News Release, 47 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $1.6 Million in Penalties to the Maxwell Public Utilities District in Colusa County (08/13/2008)
- News Release, 44 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Order
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $141,000 in Penalties to the City of Tracy in San Joaquin County (08/11/2008)
- News Release, 42 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $20,000 in Penalties to Peter G. Giampaoli, Bella Vista 6 LP and Epick Homes for Stormwater Violations in Shasta County (08/11/2008)
- News Release, 38 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $129,000 in Penalties to Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1 (07/29/2008)
- News Release, 43 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $24,000 in Penalties to the City of Grass Valley Watewater Treatment Plant (07/29/2008)
- News Release, 44 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $36,000 in Penalties to the Placer County Sewer Maintenance District No. 1 Wastewater Treatment Plant (07/01/2008)
- News Release, 45 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $90,000 in Penalties to the Roseville Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (07/01/2008)
- News Release, 44 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes Fine to Diablo Grande for Stormwater Violations in Stanislaus County (06/25/2008)
- News Release, 119 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $96,000 Penalty to Vacaville for Sewer Plant Violations (06/18/2008)
- News Release, 126 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
- Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive Officer Proposes $126,000 Fine to Placer County and the City of Roseville For Sewage Spill (05/30/2008)
- News Release, 121 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
Enforcement Information
Central Valley Water Board Enforcement Information
- Enforcement Action Summary Reports for the Central Valley Water Board
The Regional Water Boards are posting, on a quarterly interval, information related to all enforcement activities since January 1, 2007 which are recorded in our data system. In addition, for administrative civil liability actions, we are providing information related to the initial assessment of the civil liability, the final assessment of civil liability and whether a hearing was waived. The initial table provides this information for the period January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007. Subsequent reports will be generated on a quarterly basis.- 1 January to 30 September 2008, 63 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- 1 January to 31 December 2007, 50 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Enforcement Program Reports to the Board
- January 2008 2.5 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
- August 2006 285 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- March 2005 230 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Enforcement Orders
- For additional information on Central Valley Water Board enforcement issues and actions, contact Dan Radulescu at (916) 464-4736 or by email at dradulescu@waterboards.ca.gov.
Statewide Enforcement Information
In addition to the summary information provided by these quarterly reports, access to enforcement information on a real-time basis is available to the public. Such information can be accessed from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Internet webpage as follows:
- Go to the State Water Board's website.
- In the white space near the top, choose “Enforcement” to access the Water Board’s Enforcement webpage. Then go to:
- Enforcement Orders
for links to specific enforcement orders. - CIWQS Database Public Records
for links to summary violation and enforcement reports, as well as facility reports.
- Enforcement Orders
- Water Quality Enforcement Policy, 522 KB, MS Word
- State Water Board Resolution No. 2002-0040, 28 KB, MS Word
- Resources referenced in the Water Quality Enforcement Policy
- User's Manual for BEN Model, 293 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
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