Los Angeles Regional Water Board Performance Summary1
Percentage of Targets Met
Area: 4451 square miles Budget: $21,108,636 Staff: 141
Permitting 80% Inspections 100% Others 67%
1Regional Board performance summary statistics show the percentage of targets met.
 
Total Maximum Daily Load and Basin Planning
Program Budget: $1,610,699 Program Staff: 12.70
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Pollutant/Water Body Combinations Addressed 46 0 0%
Total Maximum Daily Loads Adopted 2 0 0%
Basin Plan Amendments Adopted 3 3 100%
The NPDES Stormwater program also approved 12 Enhanced Watershed Management Programs pursuant to the LA County MS4 Permit, a Watershed Management Program pursuant to the City of Long Beach MS4 Permit, and 16 corresponding monitoring programs under the two MS4 permits. The NPDES Stormwater program also developed and publicly noticed for comment tentative permit provisions to implement 25 TMDLs applicable to industrial stormwater discharges in Region 4 through the Statewide Industrial General Stormwater Permit.
NPDES Wastewater
Program Budget: $2,797,094 Program Staff: 18.90
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Major Individual Permits Issued or Renewed 10 7 70%
Major Individual Facilities Inspected 26 26 100%
Minor Individual Permits Issued or Renewed 11 12 109%
Minor Individual Facilities Inspected 11 12 109%
Minor General Facilities Inspected 34 88 259%
Region 4 is awaiting State Board to adopt a statewide general permit for hydrostatic test discharge from natural gas pipeline and State Board’s permitting process has been delayed until February 2017.
NPDES Stormwater
Program Budget: $1,987,376 Program Staff: 14.50
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Municipal (Phase I/II Inspections) 7 6 86%
Construction Inspections 330 396 120%
Industrial Inspections 322 344 107%
No Regional Board Considerations Provided
Waste Discharge to Land - Wastewater
Program Budget: $650,333 Program Staff: 4.50
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Waste Discharge to Land Inspections 24 32 133%
Individual Waste Discharge Requirements Updated 5 4 80%
Region 4 Groundwater Permitting Unit has accomplished and exceeded the committed performance goals as follows: - No. of Inspections: Groundwater Permitting Unit has conducted 30 inspections within Fiscal Year of 2015-2016 which is 125% over the goal (24 inspections).
Land Disposal
Program Budget: $526,869 Program Staff: 3.50
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Landfill Individual Permits Updated 3 8 267%
Landfill Inspections 38 60 158%
All Other Individual Permits Updated 1 2 200%
All Other Inspections 22 22 100%
Confined Animal Facilities (WDR, NPDES, etc.)  
Program Budget: $0 Program Staff: 0.00
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Confined Animal Facilities Inspections 0 0  
No Regional Considerations Provided
Timber Harvest (Forestry)  
Program Budget: $0 Program Staff: 0.00
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Timber Harvest Inspections 0 0  
No Regional Considerations Provided
Enforcement
Program Budget: $1,009,306 Program Staff: 7.70
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Class 1 Priority Violations will Result in Formal Enforcement or an Investigative Order Pursuant to Water Code Section 13267 within 18 Months of Discovery 100% 100% 100%
Facilities with Over $12,000 in MMPs (4 or More Violations) Not Assessed within 18 Months of Accrual 0 0        
No Regional Board Considerations Provided
Cleanup
Program Budget: $3,739,058 Program Staff: 21.00
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
New Department of Defense Sites Into Active Remediation 2 1 50%
New Cleanup Sites Into Active Remediation 15 25 167%
Cleanup Sites Closed 15 55 367%
New Underground Storage Tank Sites Into Active Remediation 13 16 123%
Underground Storage Tank Sites Projected Closed 90 124 138%
No Regional Considerations Provided