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COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT

GROUNDWATER PERMITTING,
LAND DISPOSAL &
CII STORMWATER PERMITTING

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: Russ Colby (213) 620-6375
Enforcement I Unit Chief: Ching-Yin To (213) 620-6373
Enforcement II Unit Chief: Pavlova Vitale (213) 576-6751
Storm Water Compliance Unit Chief: Nerissa Schrader (213) 620-2237

Compliance & Enforcement

Ground Water Permitting, Land Disposal and CII Storm Water Permitting Section

This section includes three units

Groundwater Permitting Unit Land Disposal Unit CII Storm Water Permitting Unit

Section Manager:   Jim Kang (213) 576-6683
Land Disposal Unit Supervisor: Enrique Casas (213) 620-2299
Groundwater Permitting Unit Supervisor: Vacant Senior Water Resource Control Engineer
CII Storm Water Permitting Unit Supervisor: Andrew Choi (213) 576-6791

Ground Water Permitting and Land Disposal

Watershed Regulatory

The Watershed Regulatory Section includes three units which focuses on Municipal Permitting, Industrial Permitting, and General Permitting, and recycled water projects and a pretreatment program.

Application
Forms
Municipal
Permitting
Industrial
Permitting
General
Permitting
Recycled
Water
Pretreatment
Program

Section Chief:  Jeong-Hee Lim (213) 576-6616
Municipal Permitting Unit Chief: Steven Webb (213) 576-6793
Industrial Permitting Unit Chief:  Bronwyn Kelly (213) 576-6750
General Permitting Unit Chief: Augustine Anijielo  (213) 576-6657
Senior WRCE Specializing in Pretreatment and Recycled Water: Adam Taing  (213) 576-6752

Watershed Regulatory

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 Nonpoint Source Pollution / Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Wetland and Riparian Area Protection / 401 Water Quality Certifications Climate Change Salt and Nutrient Management Watershed Management

Section Chief:   Vacant Position
Standards and TMDLs Unit Chief: Celine Gallon (213) 576-6784
TMDL Unit Chief: Elisha Wakefield (213) 576-6785
Stormwater Permitting Unit Chief: Ivar Ridgeway (213) 620-2150
Basin Planning Program: Xiaofei Cui (213) 576-6696
Watershed Coordinator: Emily Duncan (213) 576-6679

Regional Programs

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:  Vacant Position
UST - LA River Unit Chief: Maryam Renard (213) 576-6699
UST - San Gabriel Unit Chief : Ann Lin (213) 576-6702
UST - Coastal Unit Chief: Weixing Tong (213) 576-6715

Underground Storage Tanks

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 and Jillian Ly (213) 576-6664
Site Cleanup I Unit Chief: Joshua Cwikla (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: Angelica Castaneda (213) 576-6737
Site Cleanup V Unit Chief: Bizuayehu Ayele (213) 576-6623
Site Cleanup VI Unit Chief: Anita Fang (213) 576-6730

Site Cleanup

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

Brian Covellone (951) 782-4382

Cannabis

  (Page last updated 8/8/18)

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