COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT

GROUNDWATER PERMITING AND LAND DISPOSAL

WATERSHED REGULATORY

REGIONAL PROGRAMS

UNDERGROUND TANKS

SITE CLEANUP

CANNABIS

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Compliance & Enforcement:

The Enforcement unit conducts enforcement and coordinates regional enforcement activities. The Storm Water Compliance unit conducts inspection and enforces Storm Water NPDES permits.

Enforcement Enforcement II Stormwater and Compliance

Section Chief: Hugh Marley (213) 620-6375
Enforcement I Unit Chief: Russ Colby (213) 620-6373
Enforcement II Unit Chief: Pavlova Vitale (213) 576-6751
Storm Water Compliance Unit Chief: Vacant

Ground Water Permitting and Land Disposal

This section includes two units

Land Disposal Unit Groundwater Permitting

Section Chief: Rebecca Chou (213) 620-6375
Land Disposal Unit Chief: Wen Yang (213) 620-2253
Groundwater Permitting Unit Chief: Eric Wu (213) 576-6683

Ground Water Permitting and Land Disposal

Watershed Regulatory

The Watershed Regulatory Section includes three units which focus on Municipal Permitting, Industrial Permitting, and General Permitting/Special Projects.

Tentative Orders Recycled Water Watershed Regulatory

Section Chief: Cristine Morris (213) 620-2083
Municipal Permitting Unit Chief: Jeong-Hee Lim (213) 576-6616
Industrial Permitting Unit Chief: Cassandra Owens (213) 576-6750
General Permitting Unit Chief: Augustine Anijielo (213) 576-6657
Senior Environmental Scientist (Spec.): Jun Zhu (213) 576-6681

Regional Programs

This section inludes 3 units, plus other programs within each of the units

Water Quality Standards/Basin Planning TMDL Water Quality Assesment/303(d) Impaired Waters List Municipal Stormwater Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Wetland and Riparian Area Protection/401 Water Quality Certifications Climate Change Salt and Nutrient Management Watershed Management

Section Chief: Vacant
Standards and TMDLs Unit Chief: L.B. Nye (213) 576-6785
TMDL Unit Chief: Jenny Newman (213) 576-6691
Stormwater Permitting Unit Chief: Ivar Ridgeway(213) 620-2150
Basin Planning Program:
Celine Gallon (213) 576-6784
Ginachi Amah (213) 576-6685
Watershed Coordinator: Shirley Birosik (213) 576-6679

Underground Storage Tanks

This section includes three units which focus on the Ventura/Los Angeles coastal area, the Los Angeles River Watershed, and the San Gabriel River Watershed, respectively.

UST Oil and Gas

Section Chief: Yue Rong (213) 576-6710
UST- LA River Unit Chief: Yi Lu (213) 576-6785
UST-San Gabriel Unit Chief : Ann Lin (213) 576-6702
UST- Coastal Unit Chief: Weixing Tong (213) 576-6715

Site Cleanup

The Site Cleanup Program (SCP) regulates and oversees the investigation and cleanup of unauthorized discharges of pollutants and pollution-impaired sites not overseen by the Underground Tank Program. The primary goal of the SCP is to direct and provide oversight of site investigation and cleanup activities that will result in restoration and/or protection of water quality, human health, and the environment.

Site Cleanup Water Code Section 13267 Water Code Section 13304

Section Chief: Arthur Heath (213) 576-6725
Site Cleanup I Unit Chief: Su Han (213) 576-6735
Site Cleanup II Unit Chief:Jeffrey Hu (213) 576-6803
Site Cleanup III Unit Chief: Thizar Tintut-Williams (213) 576-6723
Site Cleanup IV Unit Chief: Jillian Ly (213) 576-6664
Site Cleanup V Unit Chief: Bizuayehu Ayele (213) 576-6623

Cannabis Cultivation

The Water Boards' Cannabis Cultivation Program focuses on water quality protection associated with the cultivation of cannabis on private lands.

Cannabis Enforcement Application Portal

Eric Lindberg (951) 782-3219