Enforcement Actions

Enforcement Information

• Administrative Civil Liability - Fact Sheet
• State Water Board Enforcement Website
• Enforcement Order Document Report - CIWQS Compliance Database
• Public Reports - CIWQS Database
• Santa Ana Region Enforcement Summary
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  Note: The period for public comment on pending enforcement actions extends for 30 days from the date of issuing the action.  The public will have the opportunity to comment for an additional 30 days when a proposed settlement of the action is being considered. When the 30-day public comment period for a pending enforcement action has lapsed, and there were no substantial comments received, the enforcement action will be finalized.
  

Pending Enforcement Actions

• American Beef Packers
  • The proposed Acceptance of Conditional Resolution and Waiver of Right to Hearing (Order No. R8-2012-0034) involves the resolution an alleged violation incurred by American Beef Packers described in Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Violations of NPDES No. CAG18001 issued May 1, 2012. Note: the 30-day period for submitting written comments on the proposed Acceptance of Conditional Resolution and Waiver of Right to Hearing (Order No. R8-2012-0034) ends at 5:00 P.M. June 14, 2012. Please submit comments to Stephen D. Mayville
    
    
    
  Mailing address for written comments:
  Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
  3737 Main Street, Suite 500
  Riverside, CA 92501

2012 Enforcement Activities

Administrative Civil Liability (ACL)

• City of Huntington Beach
  • Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Administrative Civil Liability - R8-2012-0021

Mandatory Penalties

• Elsinore Valley Municpal Water District, Regional Water Reclamation Facility
  • Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) - R8-2012-0006
    

2011 Enforcement Activities

Civil Liability Imposed By The Court

• PEOPLE Ex Rel. REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD v. KIRKHILL-TA Co. - The Regional Water Quality Control Board has alleged in a Complaint (Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2011-00463149) that Kirkhill violated the California Water Code by discharging pollutants, including non-storm water, to waters of the United States from its facility located in the City of Brea, California. The parties to the above case have accepted a settlement to resolve the matter through a Stipulated Consent Judgment and Final Order. The parties entered into the Consent Judgment pursuant to a compromise and settlement of disputed claims on December 16, 2011. In the proposed Consent Judgment, Kirkhill has agreed to pay a total liability of $1,738,338.31 for alleged violations of California Water Code.
  • Complaint for Civil Liability
  • Consent Judgment
    
    

Administrative Civil Liability (ACL)

• Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
  • Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Entry of Administrative Civil Liability - R8-2011-0005
    
    
• Pacific Clay Products, Inc.
  
  • Settlement of Administrative Civil Liability - R8-2011-0008
  • Hearing Procedure for Administrative Civil Liability Order - R8-2012-0010
    
  • Comments
    
    
  El Pollo Loco, Inc
  • Settlement of Administrative Civil Liability - R8-2011-0027  
    
    
• California Department of Transportation and MCM Construction, Inc.
  • Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Administrative Civil Liability - R8-2011-0039
    
    
• California Department of Transportation; Skanska- Rados, A Joint Venture and SANBAG
  • Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Administrative Civil Liability - R8-2011-0040
    
    

Mandatory Penalties

• Lee Lake Water District
  • Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) - R8-2011-0003
    
    
• Durham Transportation, Inc./Durham School Services, L.P.
• Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) - R8-2011-0010
  
  
• Montclair Auto Dismantling, Inc.
  • Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) - R8-2011-0012
    
    
• Yucaipa Valley Water District
• Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) - R8-2011-0028
  
  
• City of Beaumont
  • Expedited Payment Option - Mandatory Penalty Complaint - R8-2011-0031
    
    
• City of Corona
  • Expedited Payment Option - Mandatory Penalty Complaint - R8-2011-0033
    
    
• California Steel Industries, Inc.
  
  • Expedited Payment Option - Mandatory Penalty Complaint - R8-2011-0035
    
    
• The Boeing Company
  • Expedited Payment Option - Mandatory Penalty Complaint - R8-2011-0048
    
  
  
  

Cleanup and Abatement Order (CAO)

• Essex Portfolio LP, Essex Fidelity I and Essex Derian, LP, Former Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
  • Cleanup and Abatement Order - R8-2011-0013
    
    
  The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach Facility
  • Cleanup and Abatement Order - R8-2011-0026
    

2010 Enforcement Activities

Administrative Civil Liability (ACL)

• Irvine Ranch Water District
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0059
  • Stipulation and Settlement Agreement Order - R8-2010-0073
    
    
• Starranch Management, LLC
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0056
    
  • Administrative Civil Liability Order - R8-2010-0070
    
    
• Veolia ES Industrial Services, Inc.
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0053
    
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (Amended) - R8-2010-0053
  • Settlement Agreement and Stipulation For Administrative Civil Liability Order - R8-2011-0007 
    
    
• California Department of Transportation; MCM Construction, Inc.; Skanska-Rados Joint Venture; San Bernardino Associated Governments Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (Amended)
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0050
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (Amended) - R8-2010-0050
    
    
• Triple M Development, Inc. dba 3M Property Inv Co
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0044
    
    
• San Jacinto Fund, LLC
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0042
    
    
• FR of Cal Goetz Road, LLC
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0041
    
    
• El-PLA 75, LLC
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0025
    
    
• Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0024
    
    
• Friends Christian School
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0023
    
    
• Chino Basin Watermaster and Inland Empire Utilities Agency
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0013
    
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (Revised) - R8-2010-0013
  • Stipulation and Settlement Agreement Order - R8-2010-0031
    
    
• Solomon Colors, Inc.
  
  • Stipulation and Settlement Agreement Order - R8-2010-0009
    
    
• City of Beaumont
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0007
  • Stipulation and Settlement Agreement Order - R8-2010-0022
    
    
• City of Huntington Beach
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2010-0004
    
    

Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC)

• Orange County Metal Processing
  • Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) R8-2010-0065
    
    
• Durham Transportation, Inc./Durham School Services, L.P.
  • Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) R8-2010-0066
    
    
• Oakley, Inc
  • Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) R8-2010-0067
    

2009 Enforcement Activities

Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (ACLC)

• City of Beaumont
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2009-0068
    
    
• Savanna School District
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2009-0065
    
    
• Solomon Colors, Inc.
  
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2009-0064
    
    
• City of Ontario
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2009-0060
    
    
• Cast Industries Corporation
  • Administrative Civil Liability Complaint - R8-2009-0051
    
    

Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC)

• California Steel Industries, Inc.
  • Mandatory Penalty Complaint (MPC) R8-2009-0018
    
    

Cleanup and Abatement Order (CAO)

• Pardee Homes
  • Cleanup and Abatement Order R8-2009-0038
    
    

Time Schedule Order (TSO)

• City of Corona's Department of Water and Power Water Reclamation Facilities NO.1 and NO.2
  • Time Schedule Order R8-2009-0039
    
    

Previous Years Enforcement Actions

• 2008 Enforcement Actions