Enforcement
LA County and 20 Cities Notified of Violations Contributing to Beach Bacteria Pollution
The mission of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board is to preserve and enhance the quality of California’s water resources for the benefit of all. Today in furtherance of this mission, the Los Angeles Regional Board has issued notices to Los Angeles County and 20 cities along Santa Monica Bay regarding violations of bacteria limits set to protect public health. These violation notices follow from previous Board actions on September 14, 2006 and August 9, 2007, when the Regional Board established requirements for the County of Los Angeles and the cities within the Santa Monica Bay Watershed to prevent urban runoff with unacceptable levels of bacteria from being discharged into Santa Monica Bay and Marina del Rey Harbor from April through October - the height of the recreational season. While the County and the cities within Santa Monica Bay Watershed have taken actions to reduce urban runoff to beaches, monitoring data reveal that urban runoff with excessive levels of bacteria continues to flow into the ocean at many locations along Santa Monica Bay beaches and within Marina del Rey Harbor. This threatens the health of the millions of people that swim in Santa Monica Bay. In the following enforcement actions, the Regional Board has notified the County and cities of the violations of bacteria limits, and has issued orders requiring the County and cities to identify and take additional actions to abate the source(s) of the excessive levels of bacteria.
Water Code sections 13225(k) and 13323(e) Report
The Regional Water Boards are posting, on a quarterly interval, information related to all enforcement activities since January 1, 2007 which are recorded in their data system. In addition, for administrative civil liability actions, they are providing information related to the initial assessment of the civil liability, the final assessment of civil liability and whether a hearing was waived.
The following table provides this information for the period January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007. Subsequent reports will be generated on a quarterly basis.
In addition to the summary information provided by these quarterly reports, access to enforcement information on a real-time basis is available to the public. Such information can be accessed from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Internet webpage as follows:
- Click here for report Water Code sections 13225(k) and 13323(e) Report (updated April 18, 2008)
Go to the Water Board’s webpage.
On the right-hand side, choose “Enforcement” to access the Water Board’s Enforcement webpage.
- Then go to:“Enforcement Orders” for links to specific enforcement orders.
- “CIWQS
Database Public Reports” for
links to summary violation and enforcement
reports, as well as facility specific
reports.
Administrative Civil Liability (ACL) Complaints and Settlement Agreements for Public Comments
- Click here for the Administrative Civil Liability
(ACL) Complaints and Settlement Agreements document(s)
Executive Order: Standard ACL Complaint Hearing Notice and Process
In order to ensure that all parties have the same information regarding the complaint hearing procedures, the attached Notice of Public Hearing template (Attachment 1) shall be used whenever the Regional Board issues a complaint for an administrative civil liability (ACL). This document is a “standard” notice and should not be changed or modified in any manner. The Notice of Public Hearing sets forth a standard process and the timelines to be used for various procedural requirements. Attachment 2 to this order describes the timeline and the tasks/filings due at those times. There is also a short explanation ...(more)
Supplemental Environmental Project List (SEP List)
- Click here for the SEP List