Press Releases/Media Advisories – 2012

Description	Date
Owners of Southern California Environmental Consulting Firm Charged with Fraud	5/10/12
Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Acts to Improve Salinas Storm Water Management	5/4/12
State Water Board Approves Low Risk Underground Storage Tank Policy	5/1/12
State Water Board Report Shows Highest Pollution and Toxicity Levels, Pesticide Contamination in Urban Watersheds	4/27/12
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Executive Officer Named	4/27/12
Ross Valley Sanitary District to pay over $1.5 million for Sewage Discharges into Corte Madera Creek and San Francisco Bay	4/23/12
Lahontan Regional Water Board Appoints New Executive Officer	4/16/12
Investigation Finds Perchlorate Contamination in Sample Wells at Barstow Site	4/12/12
Los Angeles Water Board Orders City of Avalon to Reduce Pollution at Avalon Beach	4/05/12
EPA and LA Water Quality Board Set Strict New Pollution Reduction Plans for 175 Waterways in Los Angeles Area	3/27/12
Proposed Final Draft Statewide Septic System Policy Released	3/21/12
State Water Board Approves Storm Water Order for Selected Coastline Areas	3/21/12
Central Valley Water Board issues Cleanup and Abatement Order	3/16/12
Caltrans to Pay $475,182 Fine in Settlement of Water Pollution Violations	3/15/12
Irrigated Lands Order wins approval on Central Coast	3/15/12
PG&E to pay $3.6 million for failing to contain Hinkley chromium contamination $1.8 million for Hinkley School water project	3/15/12
San Diego Bay Sediment Cleanup Order Adopted Largest Cleanup Order Adopted by San Diego Water Board	3/14/12
Malibu’s Legacy Park Crowned Project of the Year (issued by the City of Malibu)	2/23/12
Beach Water Quality Testing Focus of State Board Action	2/21/12
Central Coast Ecological Preserve Wins National Award	2/14/12
Feds Approve California Sewage Ban and Create Largest Coastal No‐Discharge Zone in the Nation	2/9/12
State Water Board Takes Steps To Assist Mosquito Abatement Districts	2/8/12
State Water Board Approves Strategy for Water Quality Restoration at Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports	2/7/12
Eight Year Study Finds Half of State’s Streams in Good Shape - Streams in Urban Areas Show Degradation	1/30/12
Free State Water Board Online 2012 Calendar Highlights Citizen Water Quality Monitors and Water Related Dates	1/25/12
Central Valley Water Board Supports Court Ruling on Sacramento Sewer Standards	1/24/12

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