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 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 This is a notice of opportunity to comment on a proposed settlement between the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board and the Millbrae Adrian Science Park LLC to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $12,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at 210 Adrian Road, Millbrae in San Mateo County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 12, 2025. For more information, contact Marcos De la Cruz 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 Santa Clara University to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $12,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at 2505 The Alameda, Santa Clara in Santa Clara County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 17, 2025. For more information, contact Marcos De la Cruz 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 Crockett Cogeneration, to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $3,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at 550 Loring Avenue, Crockett, in Contra Costa County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 24, 2025. For more information, contact Debbie Phan 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 Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC, to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $15,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at 150 Solano Way, Martinez, in Contra Costa County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 24, 2025. For more information, contact Debbie Phan 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 ELCO Yards, LP to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $3,000 for a discharge limitation violation. The violation occurred at ELCO Off-Site (Veterans Sewer) located at the intersection of Walnut Street and Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City in San Mateo County. The public comment period is open until 5:00pm on March 24, 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 Samuel Merritt University to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $6,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at 530 11th Street, Oakland in Alameda County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 24, 2025. For more information, contact Marcos De la Cruz 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 the City of Benicia to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $3,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at the City of Benicia Wastewater Treatment Plant at 614 East 5th Street, Benicia, in Solano County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 2025. For more information, contact Alessandra Moyer 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $6,000 for discharge limitation violations. The violations occurred at the Former Teledyne-Singer Site located at 3176 Porter Drive, Palo Alto in Santa Clara County. The public comment period is open until 5:00pm on March 27, 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 Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $21,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at 4701 Great America Parkway, in the City and County of Santa Clara. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 2025. For more information, contact Debbie Phan 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 the City and County of San Francisco to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $6,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant located at 3500 Great Highway, San Francisco. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 2025. For more information, contact Marcos De la Cruz 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 the City and County of San Francisco to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $3,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant located at 750 Phelps Street, San Francisco. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 2025. For more information, contact Marcos De la Cruz 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 the City of Burlingame, to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $6,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at 1103 Airport Boulevard, Burlingame, in San Mateo County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on March 31, 2025. For more information, contact Debbie Phan 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 the City of San Mateo and the City of Foster City Estero Municipal Improvement District to pay a statutory mandated minimum penalty of $6,000 for discharge limit violations. The violations occurred at the City of San Mateo and City of Foster City Estero Municipal Improvement District Water Quality Control Plant at 2050 Detroit Drive, San Mateo, in San Mateo County. The public comment period is open until 5:00 p.m. on April 3, 2025. For more information, contact Alessandra Moyer at R2NPDES.MMPS@waterboards.ca.gov

Current Expedited Payment Program for Late Reports

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