San Diego Region - Enforcement Actions for January 2013

Enforcement Actions for January 2014

Staff Contact: Chiara Clemente

During the month of January, the San Diego Water Board issued approximately 58 enforcement actions as follows; 5 Notices of Noncompliance and 53 Staff Enforcement Letters (SELs).  A summary of each enforcement action taken is provided in the Table below.  The State Water Board’s Enforcement Policy contains a brief description of the kinds of enforcement actions the Water Boards can take. 

The vast majority of SELs issued this month were directed at agricultural operators that did not provide proof of enrollment in the Conditional Waiver of Discharges from Agricultural and Nursery Operations (Ag Waiver).  These operations were formerly enrolled through a monitoring group, but failed to re-enroll in the monitoring group or apply for individual enrollment.   

Additional information on violations, enforcement actions, and mandatory minimum penalties is available to the public from the following on-line sources:

State Water Board Office of Enforcement webpage: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/enforcement/  

California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS):
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ciwqs/publicreports.shtml

State Water Board GeoTracker database:
https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/