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General Information
Region Place ID Place Name Place Type Place Address Place County
2 223950 Valero Benicia Refinery Petroleum Refinery 3400 East Second Benicia, CA, 94510-1097 Solano

Expand/Contract Related Parties
Related Parties
Party Party Type Party Name Role Classification Relationship Start Date Relationship End Date
645979 Person Taryn Goodwin Is Onsite Manager For 06/26/2024
645377 Person Melissa Manke Fimbres Is Onsite Manager For 05/29/2024
554849 Person Marcos De la Cruz Case Worker 08/03/2023
545924 Person Kimberly Anne Ronan Is Onsite Manager For 01/22/2021 05/29/2024
559214 Person Marisol Pacheco-Mendez Is A Data Submitter For 11/03/2016
559214 Person Marisol Pacheco-Mendez Contact 09/08/2016
101423 Person Donald W Cuffel Is Onsite Manager For 06/14/2016 05/29/2024
545924 Person Kimberly Anne Ronan Is A Data Submitter For 05/16/2014 01/22/2021
139061 Person Laurent Meillier Contact 01/24/2013
495969 Person Alyx Karpowicz Contact 01/24/2013
320069 Person John Madigan Case Worker 09/09/2011 08/03/2023
527126 Person Doug Comeau Is Onsite Manager For 06/01/2011 06/01/2011
527085 Person Deborah Hill Is A Data Submitter For 05/27/2011 10/25/2018
495969 Person Alyx Karpowicz Case Worker 05/18/2011
137758 Organization San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board Regulating Waterboard 09/28/2009
519979 Person Steve Pao Interested Party 09/22/2009
331104 Person Marcus Cole Responsibility For 09/22/2009 05/01/2018
471287 Person Jim Carolan Case Worker 04/01/2008 04/01/2011
331104 Person Marcus Cole Contact 12/01/2006 07/01/2011
303128 Person Sky Bellanca Contact 06/01/2006 04/30/2014
101423 Person Donald W Cuffel Contact 06/17/2005 01/01/2007
15730 Organization Valero Benicia Refinery Interested Party Privately-Owned Business 06/19/1991
49588 Organization Valero Refining Company Benicia Owner Privately-Owned Business 02/20/1985
Total Related Parties: 23

Expand/Contract Regulatory Measures
Regulatory Measures
Reg Measure ID Reg Measure Type Region Program Order No. WDID Effective Date Expiration Date Status Amended?
441675 NPDES Permit 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2020-0033 2 482004001 01/01/2021 12/31/2025 Active N
402536 NPDES Permit 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2015-0037 2 482004001 10/01/2015 09/30/2020 Historical N
143135 WDR 2 LNDISPOTH R2-2013-0033 2 482004002 10/01/2013 10/09/2023 Active N
389163 Co-Permitee 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2017-0041 2 482004001 01/01/2013 Active N
378850 Co-Permitee 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2011-0012 2 482004001 04/01/2011 12/31/2012 Historical N
372049 NPDES Permit 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2009-0079 2 482004001 01/01/2010 12/31/2014 Historical Y
361223 Co-Permitee 2 NPDINDLRG R2-2007-0077 2 482004001 03/01/2008 12/31/2012 Historical N
131379 NPDES Permit 2 NPDESWW R2-2002-0112 2 482004001 10/16/2002 10/16/2007 Historical N
142465 NPDES Permit 2 NPDESWW 96-068 2 482004001 05/15/1996 05/15/2001 Historical N
142589 WDR 2 LNDISP 91-094 2 482004002 06/19/1991 06/17/1996 Historical Y
141831 NPDES Permit 2 NPDESWW 90-096 2 482004001 06/20/1990 06/20/1995 Historical Y
146619 NPDES Permit 2 NPDESWW 85-028 2 482004001 02/20/1985 02/20/1990 Historical Y
Total Reg Measures: 12

Expand/Contract Violations
Violations
Violation ID Occurred Date Violation Type (-) Violation Description Corrective Action Status Classification Source
1126247 03/06/2024 CTOX Chronic Toxicity-Red Abalone-Larval development Other limit is 10 TUc and reported value was 14.9 TUc at EFF-001. Valero notified the Regional Water Board on March 19, 2024 via phone and email. Valero tried in good effort to initiated the accelerated sampling at the end of March but the third party laboratory was not able to conduct the test due to availability of the test species within the specific requirements. The accelerated sampling was initiated in April. Cause under investigation. Violation U eSMR
1099721 12/31/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Monthly Average (Mean) limit is 21.0 mg/L and reported value was 58.0 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099717 12/29/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 39 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099724 12/26/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 46 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099723 12/25/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 55 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099714 12/24/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 62 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099719 12/23/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 96 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099718 12/22/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 52 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099716 12/18/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33.0 mg/L and reported value was 49.0 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099722 12/17/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 62 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099713 12/16/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 42.4 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099715 12/15/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 78 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm). Violation B eSMR
1099726 12/14/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 64 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected for potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. During the month of December heavy rain storm events occurred and unit was recovering from October 24, 2021 heavy storm (100 storm Violation B eSMR
1099725 12/13/2021 CAT1 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Daily Maximum limit is 33 mg/L and reported value was 103.2 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause under investigation. Inspected potential sources and installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs); rice wattles. Violation B eSMR
1099720 12/06/2021 CAT1 Oil and Grease Daily Maximum limit is 15 mg/L and reported value was 16.8 mg/L at EFF-017. Cause is under investigation. Initiated accelerated/supplemental sampling. Inspected potential sources. Reviewed QAQC with outside laboratory. Installed additional Best Management Practices (BMPs). Supplemental sampling frequency to continue until June 30th and at least once during the first daylight storm of the next wet season (commencing Oct, 1, 2022) Violation B eSMR
Report displays most recent five years of violations. Refer to the Interactive Violation Report for more data.
Total Violations: 15 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) CTOX = Chronic Toxicity

Expand/Contract Enforcement Actions
Enforcement Actions
Enf Id Enf Type Enf Order No. Effective Date Status
448308 Admin Civil Liability R2-2022-1016 11/17/2022 Historical
433373 Admin Civil Liability R2-2020-1002 01/10/2020 Historical
409789 Admin Civil Liability R2-2016-1017 04/17/2017 Historical
394972 Clean-up and Abatement Order R2-2014-0004 02/18/2014 Active
379802 Admin Civil Liability R2-2012-0065 10/08/2012 Historical
378547 Oral Communication 04/07/2011 Historical
374450 Staff Enforcement Letter 06/10/2010 Historical
368663 Admin Civil Liability R2-2009-0099 06/30/2009 Historical
355074 Admin Civil Liability SWB-2008-2-0033 11/19/2008 Historical
323051 Admin Civil Liability R2-2007-0013 04/11/2007 Historical
314305 Oral Communication N/A 10/31/2006 Historical
248117 Staff Enforcement Letter 08/19/2002 Historical
225477 Oral Communication 02/29/2000 Historical
227443 Oral Communication 12/09/1999 Historical
227442 Oral Communication 11/12/1999 Historical
223158 Cease and Desist Order 94-01501 01/19/1994 Active
Total Enf Actions: 16

Expand/Contract Inspections
Inspections
Inspection ID Inspection Type Lead Inspector Actual End Date Planned Violations Attachment
51804692 B Type compliance inspection Gaurav Mittal (Multiple) 05/01/2023 N 0 [Attachments]
35348898 B Type compliance inspection Jake Albright (Multiple) 01/29/2019 N 0 [Attachments]
25697611 B Type compliance inspection Jessica Watkins (Multiple) 08/31/2016 N 0 N/A
19845870 B Type compliance inspection Jessica Watkins (Multiple) 04/02/2015 Y 0 [Attachments]
11769813 B Type compliance inspection Alyx Karpowicz (Multiple) 11/28/2012 N 0 Download
7353977 B Type compliance inspection James Ashby 12/06/2011 N 0 Download
4394317 B Type compliance inspection James Ashby 02/08/2011 N 0 Download
2245859 B Type compliance inspection James Ashby 02/09/2010 N 0 Download
1643176 B Type compliance inspection Jim Carolan 03/12/2009 N 0 N/A
1657545 B Type compliance inspection Mark Amendola 02/25/2009 N 0 Download
1501136 B Type compliance inspection Jim Carolan 10/16/2008 Y 0 N/A
1393728 B Type compliance inspection Matt Oxsalida 04/15/2008 N 0 Download
554432 B Type compliance inspection Bill J Johnson (Multiple) 03/22/2006 N 0 [Attachments]
333462 B Type compliance inspection Greg Walker 02/12/2004 Y 0 N/A
328599 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 02/27/2003 Y 0 N/A
325962 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 09/12/2002 Y 0 N/A
289659 B Type compliance inspection Lila Tang 04/10/2002 Y 0 N/A
289660 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 06/14/2000 Y 0 N/A
289633 A Type compliance inspection Keyvan Moghbel 03/02/1999 Y 0 N/A
289637 A Type compliance inspection Keyvan Moghbel 02/25/1999 Y 0 N/A
289634 B Type compliance inspection Keyvan Moghbel 06/10/1998 Y 0 N/A
289635 Miscellaneous inspection Keyvan Moghbel 11/21/1997 Y 0 N/A
289627 B Type compliance inspection Julie Menack 02/03/1997 Y 0 N/A
289628 B Type compliance inspection Emmanuel Okereke 07/30/1996 Y 0 N/A
289639 B Type compliance inspection Keyvan Moghbel 03/29/1996 Y 0 N/A
289638 Prerequirement inspection Keyvan Moghbel 02/26/1996 Y 0 N/A
289631 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 09/27/1995 Y 0 N/A
289629 B Type compliance inspection Emmanuel Okereke 03/21/1995 Y 0 N/A
289632 B Type compliance inspection Ray Balcom 10/21/1994 Y 0 N/A
289636 A Type compliance inspection Keyvan Moghbel 05/05/1994 Y 0 N/A
289630 B Type compliance inspection Emmanuel Okereke 12/21/1993 Y 0 N/A
289658 B Type compliance inspection Keyvan Moghbel 12/20/1993 Y 0 N/A
Total Inspections: 32 Last Inspection: 05/01/2023
  
The current report was generated with data as of: 10/18/2024
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.
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