San Diego Region - Enforcement Actions for December 2012
Enforcement Actions for December 2012
Staff Contact: Chiara Clemente
During the month of December 2012, the San Diego Water Board issued the following enforcement actions:
Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (1)
Administrative Civil Liability Order (1)
Cleanup and Abatement Order (1)
Notice of Noncompliance with Storm Water Enforcement Act of 1998 (1)
Staff Enforcement Letter (1)
A summary of recent regional enforcement actions is provided below. Additional information on violations, enforcement actions, and mandatory minimum penalties is available to the public from the following on-line sources:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/enforcement/
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ciwqs/publicreports.html
https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/
In addition to the summary information provided below, access to information on violations, enforcement actions, and mandatory minimum penalties (MMPs) is available to the public from the State Water Resources Control Board Internet webpage at: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issuess/programs/enforcement/
Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
Administrative Civil Liability Complaint No. R9-2012-0014, La Mesa
On December 13, 2012 the San Diego Water Board issued Administrative Civil Liability Complaint No. R9-2012-0014 to the City of La Mesa in the amount of $948,816 for alleged violations of State Water Board Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ, Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer Systems, and San Diego Water Board Order No. R9-2007-0005, Waste Discharge Requirements for Sewage Collection Agencies in the San Diego Region. The complaint was issued to the City because it reported discharges of 1,008,000 gallons of untreated sewage to San Diego Bay via Chollas Creek, and 306,700 gallons of untreated sewage to the Pacific Ocean, via Alvarado Creek and the San Diego River, on December 21 and 22, 2010.
Administrative Civil Liability Order
Administrative Civil Liability Order No. R9-2012-0071, Ariel Suites, San Diego
Administrative Civil Liability Order No. R9-2012-0071 against Ariel Suites, L.P. was adopted on December 12, 2012 in the amount of $138,000 for violations of Order No. R9-2007-0034, General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Temporary Groundwater Extraction and Similar Waste Discharges to San Diego Bay, Tributaries Thereto Under Tidal Influence, and Storm Drains or Other Conveyance Systems Tributary Thereto. The Order imposes mandatory minimum penalties as recommended in Complaint No. R9-2012-0065.
Cleanup and Abatement Order
Addendum No. 2 to Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R9-2009-0074, Escondido
On December 17, 2012, the San Diego Water Board issued Addendum No. 2 to Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R9-2009-0074, for the cleanup of the former Orange Glen Market site, at 2741 East Valley Parkway. Addendum No. 2 discontinues required analyses for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons in certain groundwater monitoring wells.
Notice of Noncompliance with Storm Water Enforcement Act of 1998
Copart, San Diego
A Notice of Noncompliance was sent to Copart in San Diego for failure to enroll in the statewide General Industrial Storm Water Permit Order No. 97-03-DWQ, Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges of Storm Water Associated with Industrial Activities Excluding Construction Activities. This Notice was the second and final notice to inform Copart that, pursuant to Water Code section 13399.30(a), failure to enroll will subject them to mandatory penalties. If a Notice of Intent to enroll is not submitted within 60 days of the first Notice, the violation will be subject to a mandatory penalty of not less than $5,000 per year of noncompliance plus staff costs pursuant to Water Code section 13399.33.
Staff Enforcement Letter
Southern Regional Tertiary Treatment Plant, USMCB Camp Pendleton
A Staff Enforcement Letter was issued to United State Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on December 18, 2012, for multiple violations of NPDES Order No. R9-2008-0096. Alleged violations include reporting deficiencies and unauthorized discharges of partially treated sewage from the Southern Regional Tertiary Treatment Plant during the period of January to June 2012.
