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Place ID 248542 		  
  
  
  
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General Information
Region Place ID Place Name Place Type Place Address Place County
2 248542 Pittsburg Generating Station Power Plant 696 West 10th Street Pittsburg, CA, 94565 Contra Costa
Expand/Contract Related Parties
Related Parties
Party Party Type Party Name Role Classification Relationship Start Date Relationship End Date
636530 Person Steven Jones Is Onsite Manager For 11/23/2022
631520 Person Sheila Reilly Is A Data Submitter For 03/14/2022
552997 Person Glenn Brown Is Onsite Manager For 05/05/2021 11/23/2022
552997 Person Glenn Brown Contact 03/10/2021 11/23/2022
623117 Organization The Pittsburg Owner LPV Owner Privately-Owned Business 03/10/2021
583758 Organization GenOn Energy, Inc. Owner and Operator Privately-Owned Business 03/11/2019 03/10/2021
583634 Person Steve Dawkin Contact 01/01/2019 03/31/2021
507643 Person Thomas DiCiolli Is Onsite Manager For 11/08/2018 07/30/2021
578795 Person Robert Ferreiro Rea Is Onsite Manager For 06/15/2018 03/10/2021
574184 Person Mark Gouveia Is Onsite Manager For 03/06/2018 03/10/2021
573920 Person Aman Prakash Singh Is A Data Submitter For 02/14/2018 08/24/2018
569063 Person Lee Moore Is Onsite Manager For 10/13/2017 01/01/2019
31757 Organization NRG Energy Owner and Operator Privately-Owned Business 08/31/2015 03/11/2019
548781 Person Lawrence John Penn Is Onsite Manager For 11/25/2014 10/13/2017
548333 Person Kathy Crist Is A Data Submitter For 09/05/2014
543126 Person Charles D. Oliver Is Onsite Manager For 09/05/2014 03/02/2015
548295 Person David Frandsen Is A Data Submitter For 09/02/2014 09/30/2017
320069 Person John Madigan Case Worker 09/09/2011
524751 Person John Chillemi Responsibility For 01/27/2011 03/31/2021
129601 Person Steve Bauman Contact 06/03/2006 10/05/2011
139554 Person Derek A. Whitworth Case Worker 08/01/2005 09/02/2014
Total Related Parties: 21
Expand/Contract Regulatory Measures
Regulatory Measures
Reg Measure ID Reg Measure Type Region Program Order No. WDID Effective Date Expiration Date Status Amended?
373919 NPDES Permit SB NPDINDLRG R2-2011-00xx 2 071030001 Never Active N
373919 NPDES Permit 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2011-00xx 2 071030001 Never Active N
421207 NPDES Permit 2 NPDNONMUNIPRCS R2-2018-0017 2 071030001 07/01/2018 06/30/2023 Historical N
389094 Co-Permitee 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2017-0041 01/01/2013 12/31/2017 Historical N
360954 Co-Permitee 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2007-0077 03/01/2008 12/31/2012 Historical N
131974 NPDES Permit 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2002-0072 2 071030001 06/19/2002 05/31/2007 Historical N
142380 NPDES Permit 2 NPDESWW 95-225 2 071030001 11/15/1995 11/15/2000 Historical N
141815 NPDES Permit 2 NPDESWW 90-053 2 071030001 04/18/1990 04/18/1995 Historical N
145966 NPDES Permit 2 NPDESWW 84-015 2 071030001 04/18/1984 11/23/1988 Historical N
145603 NPDES Permit 2 NPDESWW 83-022 2 071030001 06/23/1983 11/23/1988 Historical Y
Total Reg Measures: 10
Expand/Contract Violations
Violations
Violation ID Occurred Date Violation Type (-) Violation Description Corrective Action Status Classification Source
1114039 01/24/2023 CAT2 Copper, Total Maximum Daily (MDEL) limit is 14 ug/L and reported value was 16 ug/L at EFF-001G. PGS installed an Effluent Polishing System at the OWS system in October 2022 to further enhance solids and metals removal in the treatment process. Water is treated through bag filtration skids with various filter sizes to remove additional solids carried over from the Lamella Clarifier Units. Following filtration, water flows through two media vessels in a lead-lag configuration. The lead media vessel contains an organo-clay filter medium designed for remediation of total petroleum hydrocarbons, organics, and metals. The lag media vessel contains media designed for removal of total metals. On 26 January 2023--the day of the verbal notification of the MDEL noncompliance--PGS implemented a corrective action by replacing the 25-micron and 10-micron filter bags with 10-micron and 1-micron filter bags in the bag filtration skids. PGS believes this sufficiently increased sediment holding capacity. The discharge samples collected after the bag filter size change resulted in compliant total copper concentrations. Violation B eSMR
1102710 02/04/2022 ATOX Acute Toxicity Instantaneous Minimum limit is 70 % effluent and reported value was 0 % effluent at EFF-001G. As a corrective action to prevent reoccurrence, PGS shut down the OWS system in the interim to resolve the noncompliance. PGS is currently evaluating an addition of a metals polishing step on the discharge of the existing Lamella Clarifier Units. Depending on the final design selected and evaluation of the media efficiency, this OWS system upgrade may reduce the dosing rate of the treatment chemicals required to reduce the metals concentrations in the system discharge, and reduce the risk of future acute toxicity exceedances associated with the treatment chemicals. Violation B eSMR
1073440 03/23/2020 ATOX Acute Toxicity-Rainbow Trout-survival Instantaneous Minimum limit is 70 % effluent and reported value was 45 % effluent at EFF-001G. As a corrective action, PGS drafted new guidelines to provide a more consistent approach to chemical treatment at the OWS system. The objective is to treat the wastewater sufficiently to meet NPDES Permit pollutant-specific effluent limitations for toxic pollutants (e.g., metals) with attention also given to preventing chemical overdosing of the water that can likely result in a failure to pass the acute toxicity test. When additional treatment appears to be needed for metals, as a conservative approach, PGS will limit dosage of chemicals by recirculating no more than 25 percent of the volume in the oily water collection pond while adding treatment chemicals at the standard chemical injection rates. Violation B eSMR
Report displays most recent five years of violations. Refer to the Interactive Violation Report for more data.
Total Violations: 3 Priority Violations: 0
*Click the "(+/-) Violation Description" link to expand and contract the violation description.
*As of 5/20/2010, the Water Board's Enforcement Policy requires that all violations be classified as 1, 2 or 3, with class 1 being the highest. Prior to this, violations were simply classified as Yes or No. If a 123 classification has been assigned to a violation that occurred before this date, that classification data will be displayed instead of the Yes/No data.
Violation Types
ATOX = Acute Toxicity CAT2 = Category 2 Pollutant (Effluent Violation for Group 2 Pollutant)
Expand/Contract Enforcement Actions
Enforcement Actions
Enf Id Enf Type Enf Order No. Effective Date Status
386815 Admin Civil Liability R2-2013-1010 03/27/2013 Historical
386759 Notice of Violation 07/31/2012 Historical
372442 Oral Communication 07/31/2009 Historical
353618 Expedited Payment Letter SWB-2008-2-0016 07/24/2008 Withdrawn
227520 13267 Letter 10/29/1999 Historical
222080 Cease and Desist Order 88-025 02/17/1988 Historical
219288 Cease and Desist Order 85-084 06/19/1985 Historical
Total Enf Actions: 7
Expand/Contract Inspections
Inspections
Inspection ID Inspection Type Lead Inspector Actual End Date Planned Violations Attachment
51191659 B Type compliance inspection John Madigan (Multiple) 04/04/2023 Y 0 [Attachments]
32895815 B Type compliance inspection John Madigan (Multiple) 06/21/2018 N 0 Download
23400114 B Type compliance inspection James Parrish (Multiple) 01/28/2016 Y 0 [Attachments]
16681597 B Type compliance inspection John Madigan (Multiple) 06/27/2014 Y 0 N/A
8869465 B Type compliance inspection Jake Albright 05/23/2012 N 0 Download
4821966 B Type compliance inspection Carole Leong 03/30/2011 N 0 Download
2453913 Miscellaneous inspection Derek A. Whitworth 06/10/2010 N 0 N/A
2458323 B Type compliance inspection Mark Amendola 05/12/2010 N 0 Download
1752661 B Type compliance inspection Mark Amendola 04/29/2009 N 0 Download
1348992 B Type compliance inspection Mark Amendola 03/03/2008 N 0 Download
987590 B Type compliance inspection Tim Havey 12/07/2006 N 0 [Attachments]
442697 B Type compliance inspection 11/15/2005 N 0 N/A
336684 B Type compliance inspection Myriam Zech 11/16/2004 Y 0 N/A
329148 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 02/25/2003 Y 0 N/A
290051 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 06/18/2002 Y 0 N/A
290052 B Type compliance inspection Keyvan Moghbel 02/25/1998 Y 0 N/A
290054 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 11/07/1995 Y 0 N/A
290055 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 07/27/1995 Y 0 N/A
290057 A Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 04/19/1995 Y 0 N/A
290056 A Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 02/15/1995 Y 0 N/A
290053 B Type compliance inspection Keyvan Moghbel 06/25/1994 Y 0 N/A
Total Inspections: 21 Last Inspection: 04/04/2023
  
The current report was generated with data as of: 05/31/2024
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.
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