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: Martinez Refining Company LLC
Alleged Violation: Five alleged violations for effluent limit violations (between January and July 2023), prohibited discharges to a marsh (in October 2022 and January 2023), and a reporting violation (February 2022).
Proposed Penalty: $4,482,000
Current Status: Adopted Order R2-2024-1041 has been issued.

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 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $6,000 for discharge limitation violations. The violations occurred at the 915 DeGuigne Drive Groundwater Treatment System located at 915 DeGuigne Drive, Sunnyvale in Santa Clara County. The public comment period is open until 5:00pm on March 3, 2025. For more information, contact Natlie Lee at R2NPDES.MMPS@waterboards.ca.gov. This is a notice of opportunity to comment on a proposed settlement between the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board and IQHQ-Spur Ph I, LLC, to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $6,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at 580 Dubuque Avenue, South San Francisco, in San Mateo County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2025. For more information, contact Debbie Phan at R2NPDES.MMPS@waterboards.ca.gov.

Current Expedited Payment Program for Late Reports

  • There are currently no pending cases