San Diego Region - Enforcement Actions for March 2017

Enforcement Actions for March 2017

Staff Contact: Chiara Clemente

During the month of March, the San Diego Water Board issued 13 written enforcement actions as follows; 1 Administrative Civil Liability and 12 Staff Enforcement Letters. 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.

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:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/enforcement/

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

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

 

ENFORCEMENT DATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION FACILITY SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT APPLICABLE PERMIT/ORDER VIOLATED
03/06/2017 Administrative Civil Liability Complaint No. R-9-2017-0016 Modern Stairways Inc., Spring Valley Failure to implement best management practices (BMPs), pay annual fees, submit monitoring reports, and re-enroll in Statewide Industrial Storm Water Permit. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Industrial General Permit Order Nos. 97-03-DWQ and 2014-0057-DWQ.
03/06/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter Otay Municipal Water District (MWD), Ralph W Chapman Water Reclamation Facility(WRF), Spring Valley Exceedances of total coliform discharge specification and deficient monitoring and reporting. Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) Order No. R9-2007-0038
03/13/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter City of Oceanside, Oceanside Ocean Outfall Late and incomplete submittal of Outfall Capacity Report NPDES Order No. R9-2011-0016
03/14/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter Fallbrook Public Utility District, Plant 1, Fallbrook Deficient monitoring NPDES Order No. R9-2012-0004
03/14/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter Padre Dam MWD, Ray Stoyer Water Recycling Facility, Santee Exceedance of average monthly effluent limitation for chronic toxicity NPDES Order No. R9-2015-0002
03/14/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter SOCWA-San Juan Creek Ocean Outfall, Santa Margarita Water District-Chiquita Water Reclamation Facility, San Juan Capistrano Deficient monitoring NPDES Order No. R9-2012-0012
03/14/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter SOCWA-Aliso Creek Ocean Outfall, IRWD Los Alisos WRP, El Toro Water District WRP, Irvine Desalter Project, SACWD Aliso Creek Water Harvesting Project, SOCWA Coastal Treatment Plant, SOCWA Regional Treatment Plant, SOCWA Aliso Creek Ocean Outfall, Irvine Desalter Project Shallow Ground Water Unit Deficient monitoring NPDES Order No. R9-2012-0013
03/14/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter San Diego Zoological Society, San Diego Zoo's Safari Park, San Diego Exceedances of total coliform, pH, total dissolved solids, and chloride discharge specifications and deficient monitoring WDR Order No. 99-04
03/14/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department, North City Water Reclamation Plant, San Diego Exceedances of total coliform discharge specifications WDR Order No. R9-2015-0091
03/14/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter Integrated Sign Associates, El Cajon No Exposure Certification criteria not being met; inadequate BMPs NPDES Industrial General Permit Order No. 2014-0057-DWQ.
03/28/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter Warner Springs Ranch Resort, LLC, Warner Springs Exceedances of nitrate discharge specifications WDR Order No. 93-13
03/29/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter California Department of Forestry Riverside, Rainbow Conservation Camp, Fallbrook Exceedances of total dissolved solids and sulfate 12-month average discharge specification WDR Order No. R9-2009-0009
03/29/2017 Staff Enforcement Letter Lilac Enterprises Inc., Hideaway Lake Mobile Estates, Valley Center Exceedance of boron daily maximum discharge specification WDR Order No. 93-27