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General Information
Region Place ID Place Name Place Type Place Address Place County
3 210685 Buellton WWTP Wastewater Treatment Facility 79 Industrial Buellton, CA, 93427 Santa Barbara

Expand/Contract Related Parties
Related Parties
Party Party Type Party Name Role Classification Relationship Start Date Relationship End Date
297267 Person Cecile Blancarte Case Worker 06/07/2022
534382 Person Rose Hess Contact 06/07/2022
138645 Person Howard Kolb Case Worker 01/02/2015 06/06/2022
138417 Person Sorrel Marks Case Worker 10/26/2010 01/01/2015
5465 Organization Buellton City Owner and Operator City Agency 05/27/1999
Total Related Parties: 5

Expand/Contract Regulatory Measures
Regulatory Measures
Reg Measure ID Reg Measure Type Region Program Order No. WDID Effective Date Expiration Date Status Amended?
447950 Enrollee - WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG R3-2020-0020 3 420100001 05/25/2022 09/24/2030 Active N
147482 WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG 99-134 3 420100001 11/19/1999 06/22/2021 Historical N
144189 WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG 89-131 3 420100001 11/17/1989 11/15/1999 Historical N
143262 WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG 84-023 3 420100001 02/24/1984 02/01/1989 Historical N
Total Reg Measures: 4

Expand/Contract Violations
Violations
Violation ID Occurred Date Violation Type (-) Violation Description Corrective Action Status Classification Source
1135143 07/12/2024 GWAT Down-gradient monitoring wells 1 and 2 had Chloride concentrations of 160 and 170 mg/L respectively. This violates Groundwater Chloride level of no more than 150 mg/L. Violation B Report
1135142 07/12/2024 GWAT Down-gradient monitoring wells 1 and 2 had Sodium concentrations of 160 and 160 mg/L respectively. This violates Groundwater Sodium level of no more than 100 mg/L. Violation B Report
1130019 04/12/2024 GWAT Down-gradient monitoring wells 1 and 2 had Chloride concentrations of 210 and 210 mg/L respectively. This violates Groundwater Chloride level of no more than 150 mg/L. Violation B Report
1130020 04/12/2024 GWAT Down-gradient monitoring wells 1 and 2 had Sodium concentrations of 190 and 180 mg/L respectively. This violates Groundwater Sodium level of no more than 100 mg/L. Violation B Report
1128009 03/31/2024 GWAT Down-gradient monitoring wells 1 and 2 had Chloride concentrations of 220 and 210 mg/L respectively. This violates Groundwater Chloride level of no more than 150 mg/L. Violation B Report
1128008 03/31/2024 GWAT Down-gradient monitoring wells 1 and 2 had Sodium concentrations of 190 and 185 mg/L respectively. This violates Groundwater Sodium level of no more than 100 mg/L. Violation B Report
1130950 10/01/2023 GWAT Down-gradient monitoring well 1 had a Chloride concentration of 220 mg/L respectively. This violates Groundwater Chloride level of no more than 150 mg/L. Violation B Report
1130952 10/01/2023 GWAT Down-gradient monitoring wells 1 and 2 had Sodium concentrations of 190 and 185 mg/L respectively. This violates Groundwater Sodium level of no more than 100 mg/L. Violation B Report
1106098 04/29/2022 CAT1 Settleable Solids Daily Maximum limit is .5 ml/L and reported value was 39 ml/L. Violation B Report
1106097 04/24/2022 CAT1 Settleable Solids Daily Maximum limit is 0.5 ml/L and reported value was 4 ml/L. Violation B Report
1098927 11/03/2021 CAT1 Settleable Solids Daily Maximum limit is 0.5 ml/L and reported value was 76 ml/L. Violation B Report
1097886 10/31/2021 Order Conditions Sample for Settleable Solids in Effluent analyzed outside of hold time. Violation B Report
1096759 09/03/2021 Order Conditions Samples for Effluent Settleable Solids were analyzed outside of hold time (lab error). Violation B Report
1096758 09/02/2021 Order Conditions Samples for Effluent Settleable Solids were analyzed outside of hold time (lab error). Violation B Report
1082965 11/07/2020 DMON Settleable Solids samples were analyzed outside of hold times on 11/7, 11/10, 11/11, 11/14, 11/28. Violation B Report
1082726 10/03/2020 DMON Settleable Solids analyzed outside hold time on 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31. Violation B Report
1082727 10/01/2020 DMON Settleable Solids sample not taken on 10/1 Violation B Report
1082725 09/12/2020 DMON Settleable Solids were analyzed outside hold times on 9/12 and 9/19 Violation B Report
1082724 08/01/2020 DMON Settleable Solids analyzed outside of hold time on 8/1, 8/2, 8/15, 8/29 Violation B Report
1082723 07/04/2020 DMON Settleable solids measured out of hold time on 7/4, 7/11, 7/12, 7/18, 7/25 Violation B Report
1078256 06/30/2020 DMON Settleable Solids analyzed outside of hold time five times in June Violation B Report
1078254 05/31/2020 DMON Settleable Solids analyzed outside holding time 8 times in May Violation B Report
1077567 04/13/2020 GWAT Nitrate in Down-gradient monitoring wells 1 and 2 had Nitrate concentrations of 14 and 18 mg/L respectively. This violates Order section B.1 of a Groundwater Nitrate level of no more than 10 mg/L. Violation B Report
1077566 04/04/2020 DMON Settleable solids samples were analyzed outside of hold times on 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 4/26 Violation B Report
1078251 03/31/2020 DMON Settleable Solids analyzed outside of specified hold time 4 times in March Violation B Report
1077565 02/01/2020 DMON Settleable solids samples were analyzed outside of hold times on 2/1, 2/8, 2/22, 2/29. Violation B Report
1078253 01/21/2020 GWAT Violation of Order section B.1 by exceeding limit of 10 mg/L of Nitrate (as N) in groundwater down gradient with concentrations of 22 mg/L (MW-1) and 11 mg/L (MW-2) Violation B Report
1076807 01/12/2020 CAT1 Settleable Solids Instantaneous Maximum limit is 0.5 mg/L and reported value was 1.4 mg/L. Violation B Report
1076475 12/31/2019 DMON Settleable solids samples on 12/8, 12/21, 12/26, and 12/27 were analyzed outside of hold time. Discharger will continue to adjust sample times to coincide with courier pick up time. Violation B Report
1076476 12/26/2019 CAT1 Settleable Solids Daily Maximum limit is 0.1 ml/L and reported value was 0.8 ml/L. Violation B Report
1068793 11/30/2019 DMON Settleable solids samples on 11/16, 11/23, 11/28, 11/29, and 11/30 were analyzed outside of hold time. Discharger will continue to adjust sample times to coincide with courier pick up time. Violation B Report
Report displays most recent five years of violations. Refer to the Interactive Violation Report for more data.
Total Violations: 31 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
CAT1 = Category 1 Pollutant (Effluent Violation for Group 1 Pollutant) DMON = Deficient Monitoring
GWAT = Groundwater Order Conditions = Order Conditions

Expand/Contract Enforcement Actions
Enforcement Actions
Enf Id Enf Type Enf Order No. Effective Date Status
416728 Oral Communication 10/13/2017 Historical
404413 Notice of Violation null 11/04/2015 Historical
333501 Notice of Violation 06/12/2007 Historical
227570 Notice of Violation 03/13/2001 Historical
227572 Notice of Violation 03/13/2001 Historical
227655 Oral Communication 04/21/2000 Historical
226800 Oral Communication 10/17/1999 Historical
Total Enf Actions: 7

Expand/Contract Inspections
Inspections
Inspection ID Inspection Type Lead Inspector Actual End Date Planned Violations Attachment
57415660 B Type compliance inspection Cecile Blancarte 09/06/2024 N 0 N/A
34389231 B Type compliance inspection Howard Kolb 11/08/2018 N 0 N/A
30276284 B Type compliance inspection Howard Kolb 10/13/2017 N 0 N/A
22068824 B Type compliance inspection Howard Kolb 10/12/2015 N 0 N/A
3615854 B Type compliance inspection Sorrel Marks 01/14/2011 N 0 N/A
1654318 B Type compliance inspection Ryan Lodge 04/07/2009 N 0 N/A
980637 Complaint inspection David LaCaro 01/11/2007 Y 0 N/A
460648 B Type compliance inspection David LaCaro 03/16/2006 Y 0 N/A
338865 B Type compliance inspection Todd Stanley 06/07/2005 Y 0 N/A
333211 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 01/28/2004 Y 0 N/A
292410 B Type compliance inspection Bob Hurford 06/12/2002 Y 0 N/A
292409 A Type compliance inspection Sandra Turshman 10/03/2001 Y 0 N/A
292408 A Type compliance inspection Sandra Turshman 03/22/2001 Y 0 N/A
292411 B Type compliance inspection Sandra Turshman 01/12/2001 Y 0 N/A
292412 B Type compliance inspection Scott Phillips 04/21/2000 Y 0 N/A
292413 B Type compliance inspection Scott Phillips 09/01/1999 Y 0 N/A
292406 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 12/14/1998 Y 0 N/A
292407 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 03/25/1998 Y 0 N/A
292405 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 12/02/1996 Y 0 N/A
292414 B Type compliance inspection Tom Kukol 12/07/1995 Y 0 N/A
292415 B Type compliance inspection Tom Kukol 04/27/1995 Y 0 N/A
292416 B Type compliance inspection Ron Sherer 10/25/1994 Y 0 N/A
Total Inspections: 22 Last Inspection: 09/06/2024
  
The current report was generated with data as of: 11/28/2024
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.
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