Pending Enforcement Liabilities & Penalties

This web page provides a summary of enforcement cases that are pending action by the San Francisco Bay Water Board to assess an administrative civil liability or a mandatory minimum penalty. To access documents associated with each case go to Enforcement Case Documents or click on the DISCHARGER/RESPONSIBLE PARTY



For more information on our enforcement procedures and process, go to our Enforcement program web page.

Tentative Cease and Desist Orders

  • There are currently no pending cases

Current Administrative Civil Liability Cases


Discharger or Responsible Party: Stuart and Eric Depper
Alleged Violation: Failure to submit technical reports.
Proposed Penalty: $88,000
Current Status: An Administrative Civil Liability Complaint and a Site Cleanup Requirement have been issued; Remediation of the site is in progress and there will be a future opportunity to comment on a settlement or attend a public hearing regarding this case.


Discharger or Responsible Party: Allstate Plastics LLC
Alleged Violation: Failure to Comply with the Industrial Stormwater General Permit.
Proposed Penalty: $155,844
Current Status: A Tentative (settlement) Order has been issued; the public comment period is open until June 19, 2025, by 5:00 pm.

Current Mandatory Minimum Penalty Cases

This is a notice of opportunity to comment on a proposed settlement between the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board and City of Richmond and Richmond Municipal Sewer District No.1 to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $336,000 for discharge limitation violations. The violations occurred at the Richmond Municipal Sewer District Water Pollution Control Plant located at 601 Canal Blvd, Richmond in Contra Costa County. The public comment period is open until 5:00pm on July 7, 2025. For more information, contact Natlie Lee at R2NPDES.MMPS@waterboards.ca.gov

Current Expedited Payment Program for Late Reports

  • There are currently no pending cases