San Diego Region - Enforcement Actions for November 2009

Enforcement Actions for November 2009

The following is a summary of all enforcement actions taken or initiated during the month of November 2009. During this period the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region (Regional Board) initiated six enforcement actions: Two Administrative Civil Liability Orders, two Administrative Civil Liability Complaints one Notice of Violation, and one Staff Enforcement Letter.

In addition to the summary information provided below, access to information on violations, enforcement actions, and Mandatory Minimum Penalties (MMPs) on a real-time basis is available to the public from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Internet webpage at: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/enforcement/

ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY (ACL) ORDERS

City of Laguna Beach, Sewage Collection System
ACL Order No. R9-2009-0168 was adopted November 18, 2009 in the amount of $70,680 against the City of Laguna Beach for discharging 590,000 gallons of untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean in October 2008.

City of San Diego, Sewage Collection System
ACL Order No. R9-2009-0172 was adopted November 18, 2009 in the amount of $680,278 against the City of San Diego for discharging 381,185 gallons of untreated sewage into Lake Hodges in August 2007.

ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY (ACL) Complaints

County of San Diego, Municipal Storm Water Program
ACL Complaint No. R9-2009-0089 was issued on November 30, 2009 in the amount of $77,800 against the County of San Diego for alleged violations of Order No. R9-2007-0001, the municipal NPDES storm water permit. The alleged violations include failure to require appropriate wet season best management practices, failure to conduct construction site inspections, and failure to provide adequate authority to achieve full compliance with the Order. The total potential maximum liability for the period of alleged violation is $6,580,000. A public hearing is tentatively scheduled for February 10, 2010.

NOTICES OF VIOLATION (NOV)

U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
NOV No. R9-2009-0181 was issued to the U.S. Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton on November 17, 2009 for 14 alleged violations of Discharge Specifications in Order No. 98-05, Waste Discharge Requirements for United States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Mateo Sewage Treatment Plant (12), San Diego County. The alleged violations include deficient monitoring, unauthorized discharges, and exceeding effluent concentrations for total suspended solids between July 2007 and September 2009.

STAFF ENFORCEMENT LETTERS (SEL)

CVS Realty Company, CVS Drug Store, La Jolla
An SEL was issued to the CVS Realty Company on November 5, 2009 for two alleged violations of the chronic toxicity limits in NPDES Order No. R9-2008-0002, General Waste Discharge Requirements and NPDES Permit for discharges from groundwater extraction waste to surface waters within the San Diego Region except for San Diego Bay, between July and September 2009.