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General Information
Region Place ID Place Name Place Type Place Address Place County
3 213019 California Polytechnic University, Confined Animal Waste Educational Facilities Facilities Receiving Warehouse San Luis Obispo, CA, 93405 San Luis Obispo
Expand/Contract Related Parties
Related Parties
Party Party Type Party Name Role Classification Relationship Start Date Relationship End Date
477285 Organization California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Owner State Agency 06/09/2000
Total Related Parties: 1
Expand/Contract Regulatory Measures
Regulatory Measures
Reg Measure ID Reg Measure Type Region Program Order No. WDID Effective Date Expiration Date Status Amended?
131998 WDR 3 ANIWSTCOWS 2003-035 3 400006001 07/11/2003 07/11/2018 Active N
Total Reg Measures: 1
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Violations
Violation ID Occurred Date Violation Type (-) Violation Description Corrective Action Status Classification Source
1120065 01/09/2023 Surface Water As a direct result of the recent series of atmospheric river events, Cal Poly experienced an overflow from the Dairy Unit wastewater storage lagoon operated under WDR Order R3-2003-35. The overflow began at approximately 12:15 on January 9th, 2023. Flow discharged through a designed relief overflow outlet at the south-east end of the primary dairy lagoon and through a series of stormwater drainage conveyances which ultimately terminate at Stenner Creek, a tributary to San Luis Obispo Creek. The discharge was reported to the California Office of Emergency Services at 13:45 (report ID 23-0251). Report of the event was also made to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board via email at 14:04. The approximate volume released from the lagoon was 53,058 gallons. Violation B Report
1115584 10/01/2022 Order Conditions The DU is permitted for 375 Animal Units (AU) of cattle, and had a population of 491 AU (OCT) and 740 AU (NOV). Violation B Report
1105075 03/31/2022 DMON No pH readings for several ponds. Violation B Report
1102873 08/25/2021 Order Conditions Cal Poly violated Permit Section D.3 by not regularly evaluating and updating the WQMP. Cal Poly has not provided an update to the WQMP since 2005. Violation B Inspection
1102865 08/25/2021 Order Conditions Cal Poly violated Provision D.1. by not implementing the WQMP. Violation B Inspection
1096911 07/01/2021 Order Conditions Excess cattle at dairy unit. 523 in July and 519 in August and September. Violation B Report
1093409 06/02/2021 OEV pH Instantaneous Maximum limit is 8.4 SU and reported value was 8.86 SU. Violation B Report
1093410 06/02/2021 OEV pH Instantaneous Maximum limit is 8.6 SU and reported value was 9.82 SU. Violation B Report
1093411 06/01/2021 GWAT Downgradient wells MW-4 and MW-8, as well as mid-gradient well MW-1 had elevated nitrate, exceeding limit of 10 mg/L. Mid-gradient well MW-1 and downgradient well MW-8 both exceeded TDS limit of 900 mg/L. Violation B Report
1093407 06/01/2021 Order Conditions The DU is permitted for 375 Animal Units (AU) of cattle, and had a population of 503 AU. Violation B Report
1102872 05/03/2021 Deficient Reporting 2021 First Quarter Report Missing Violation B Report
1093406 05/01/2021 Order Conditions The DU is permitted for 375 Animal Units (AU) of cattle, and had a population of 510 AU. Violation B Report
1093404 05/01/2021 OEV pH Instantaneous Maximum limit is 8.6 SU and reported value was 9.88 SU. Violation B Report
1093405 04/01/2021 Order Conditions The DU is permitted for 375 Animal Units (AU) of cattle, and had a population of 495 AU. Violation B Report
1102871 01/31/2021 Deficient Reporting 2020 Annual Report Missing Violation B Report
1093425 12/08/2020 GWAT Downgradient wells MW-6 and MW-8, as well as mid-gradient well MW-1 experienced elevated Nitrate exceeding 10 mg/L limit. Mid-gradient MW-1 exceeded Chloride 200 mg/L limit. Downgradient wells MW-6 and MW-8, and mid-gradient well MW-1 experienced elevated TDS exceeding 900 mg/L limit Violation B Report
1093424 12/08/2020 OEV pH Instantaneous Maximum limit is 8.4 SU and reported value was 8.45 SU. Violation B Report
1093423 12/01/2020 Order Conditions The DU is permitted for 375 Animal Units (AU) of cattle and population was 523 AU. Violation B Report
Report displays most recent five years of violations. Refer to the Interactive Violation Report for more data.
Total Violations: 18 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
DMON = Deficient Monitoring Deficient Reporting = Deficient Reporting
GWAT = Groundwater Order Conditions = Order Conditions
OEV = Other Effluent Violation Surface Water = Surface Water
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Enforcement Actions
Enf Id Enf Type Enf Order No. Effective Date Status
445776 Notice of Violation null 11/19/2021 Historical
340115 Notice of Violation 01/14/2008 Historical
321335 Admin Civil Liability R3-2006-0061 03/09/2007 Historical
307936 Admin Civil Liability R3-2006-0061 08/01/2006 Historical
304300 Notice of Violation 05/10/2006 Historical
307063 Oral Communication 05/08/2006 Historical
304737 Oral Communication 08/01/2005 Historical
255815 Notice of Violation 11/23/2004 Historical
254086 Oral Communication 10/19/2004 Historical
254560 Oral Communication 09/13/2004 Historical
253374 Oral Communication 07/27/2004 Historical
Total Enf Actions: 11
Expand/Contract Inspections
Inspections
Inspection ID Inspection Type Lead Inspector Actual End Date Planned Violations Attachment
60376038 B Type compliance inspection Cecile Blancarte 06/05/2025 Y 0 Download
55463148 B Type compliance inspection James Bishop 03/26/2024 N 0 N/A
55463149 B Type compliance inspection James Bishop 12/28/2023 N 0 N/A
50120668 B Type compliance inspection Jennifer Epp 01/06/2023 N 0 N/A
45256494 B Type compliance inspection Monique Gaido 08/25/2021 N 0 N/A
25004819 Miscellaneous inspection Jon Rokke 06/30/2016 N 0 N/A
3283087 B Type compliance inspection David LaCaro 12/06/2010 N 0 N/A
1148004 B Type compliance inspection Allison Dominguez 06/14/2007 Y 0 N/A
478321 A Type compliance inspection Allison Dominguez 04/03/2006 Y 0 N/A
338100 B Type compliance inspection Matt Thompson 04/13/2005 Y 0 N/A
Total Inspections: 10 Last Inspection: 06/05/2025
  
The current report was generated with data as of: 11/19/2025
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.
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