Enforcement News Releases – 2024

Conservation

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Drinking Water

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Water Board settles with City of Calexico over illegal water shutoffs, misuse of state funding 07/30/2024

Water Quality Violations

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Landowner of unlicensed cannabis cultivation site to pay $410,000 for failure to comply with cleanup order 12/12/2024
Martinez Refining Co. to pay $4.5 million for Clean Water Act violations 12/09/2024
City of Oceanside to pay $1.5 million for sewage overflows during major storm 11/19/2024
City of Modesto to pay $325,000 for sewage spills caused by inadequate infrastructure maintenance 10/31/2024
Colorado River Regional Water Board moves to protect groundwater quality 10/01/2024
Coachella Valley Water District agrees to nearly $237,000 penalty for sewage spill 09/16/2024
Oil refinery companies agree to pay $9.8 million for site cleanup 07/18/2024
Los Angeles Water Board introduces expedited enforcement of municipal stormwater violations 02/07/2024
Los Angeles County sanitation districts to pay $6 million for multiple sewage spills 02/06/2024

Water Rights

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Court approves $1.75 million settlement for cannabis cultivator's environmental violations 01/23/2024

Underground Storage Tank Violations

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Fraud, Waste, & Abuse Prevention

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Consultant settles fraud allegations involving state Underground Storage Tank Fund 12/09/2024
Southern California consulting firm agrees to pay $150,000 to resolve multiple fraud allegations 01/22/2024