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General Information
Region Place ID Place Name Place Type Place Address Place County
6A 236628 Bass Hill Sanitary Landfill (Lassen County Class III Landfill) Land fill Johnstonville Dump Johnstonville, CA, 96130 Lassen
Expand/Contract Related Parties
Related Parties
Party Party Type Party Name Role Classification Relationship Start Date Relationship End Date
543386 Person Kerri Okeefe Case Worker 03/15/2019
25573 Organization Lassen Cnty Owner County Agency 06/29/1972
Total Related Parties: 2
Expand/Contract Regulatory Measures
Regulatory Measures
Reg Measure ID Reg Measure Type Region Program Order No. WDID Effective Date Expiration Date Status Amended?
148374 WDR 6T LFOPER 01-045 6A180013000 06/13/2001 06/13/2025 Active Y
144826 WDR 6T LNDISP 86-023 6A180013000 02/13/1986 02/13/1996 Historical Y
144703 WDR 6T LNDISP 72-042 6A180013000 06/29/1972 06/29/1982 Historical N
Total Reg Measures: 3
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Violations
Violation ID Occurred Date Violation Type (-) Violation Description Corrective Action Status Classification Source
1149791 06/30/2025 Deficient Reporting Failed to report the results of statistical analysis, the volume of landfill used, photographs, and status of violations that occurred during the 2025 first semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C.1., and Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP sections III.A.1., IV.A.1.c, and II.B. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1146206 06/02/2025 GWAT Detections of volatile organic compounds and semi-volatile organic compounds in groundwater during the first semi-annual 2025 monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section I.B.16. Consultant proposes additional groundwater sampling. Resampling conducted on 9/8/2025 indicates the compounds were not present in groundwater at that time. Violation B Report
1149790 02/26/2025 Deficient Reporting Failed to include all required information in the 2024 annual summary report. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP sections III.A.2, IV.A.2.c., IV.A.2.d., and IV.A.2.e. Discharger did identify violations or propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149789 01/15/2025 Deficient Reporting Failed to report the results of statistical analysis, the volume of landfill used, photographs, and status of violations that occurred during the 2024 second semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C.1., and Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP sections III.A.1., IV.A.1.c, and II.B. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149788 01/15/2025 LREP Failed to submit the 2024 second semi-annual report by January 15, 2025. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C.1., and Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section IV.A.1.a. The Discharger did not identify the violation or corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149787 12/31/2024 DMON Failed to sample all wells included in the groundwater monitoring network during the 2024 second semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.D. Consultant is working with LRSWMA to install a replacement plug. Violation B Report
1138570 10/22/2024 Order Conditions Discharge of solid waste outside the landfill boundary. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section I.B.1. Notice provided to Lassen County to remove all garbage that has accumulated outside the landfill boundary. The garbage that has blown outside the landfill boundary and along the northern ephemeral drainage poses a threat to water quality, local wildlife and aquatic life. Lassen County to provide a time schedule to implement corrective actions. Violation B Inspection
1138581 10/22/2024 Order Conditions Threatened pollution to groundwater and surface water from discharges of leachate and solid waste. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section I.B.16. Notice provided to Lassen County that daily inspections are required at the leachate discharge location and the findings must be recorded. The findings must be included in each semi-annual report and Regional Board staff must be notified within 24 hours if leachate is observed discharging offsite or entering the stormwater retention basin. Violation B Inspection
1149780 07/15/2024 Deficient Reporting Failed to discuss detections of Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and cis-1,2-dichloroethene, failed to discuss the late report, failed to provide the volume of landfill used, and failed to provide the statistical concentration limits. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR sections II.C.1, and I.B.16., and violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section III.A.1., IV.A.1.b., and IV.A.1.c. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Water Board staff are working to bring the consultant into compliance with the MRP. Violation B Report
1149773 07/15/2024 LREP Failed to submit the 2024 first semi-annual monitoring report by July 15, 2024. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C.1., and MRP section IV.A.1. Discharger has not proposed or identified corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149781 06/30/2024 DMON Failed to sample all wells included in the groundwater monitoring network. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.D. Consultant is working with LRSWMA to install a replacement plug. Violation B Report
1149775 06/11/2024 GWAT Plastics and chlorinated solvents detected in groundwater during the 2024 first semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section I.B.16. Both compounds were above the MDL but below the PQL. No resampling was conducted and discharger did not propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149702 04/15/2024 Deficient Reporting Failed to include all required information in the 2023 annual summary report. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP sections III.A.2, IV.A.2.c., IV.A.2.d., and IV.A.2.e. Discharger did identify violations or propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1126041 04/15/2024 LREP Failed to submit the 2023 annual groundwater monitoring report by April 15, 2024. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section IV.A.1.a. Lahontan staff are working with the Discharger to return to reporting ocmpliance. Violation B Report
1149701 01/15/2024 Deficient Reporting Failed to provide the results of data analysis, disposal area information, and violation status updates in the 2023 second semi-annual report. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, MRP sections III.A., II.B., and IV.A.1.b. Discharger has not proposed or identified corrective actions. Violation B Report
1124829 01/15/2024 LREP Failed to submit the 2023 second semi-annual groundwater monitoring report by January 15, 2024. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section IV.A.1.a. No corrective action has been proposed by the discharger. Lahontan Water Board staff are working with the Discharger to return to compliance. Violation B Report
1149698 12/31/2023 DMON Failed to sample all wells for all monitoring parameters and constituents of concern during the 2023 second semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, MRP section II.A.2. Discharger did not identify violations and did not propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1138583 08/10/2023 Order Conditions Solid waste observed in ponded water inside the stormwater retention basin. Violation of Board Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section I.B.6. Notice provided to Lassen County to remove all garbage from the stormwater retention basins on a regular basis in compliance with Board Order section I.B.15. Violation B Inspection
1126038 07/15/2023 LREP Failed to submit the 2023 first semi-annual groundwater monitoring report by July 15, 2023. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1 MRP section IV.A.1.a. Lahontan Water Board staff are working with the Discharger (Lassen County) to return to reporting compliance. Violation B Report
1126084 05/18/2023 DMON Failed to sample all groundwater monitoring wells for all monitoring parameters and constituents of concern. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C.1., and Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section II.A.2. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149673 04/15/2023 Deficient Reporting Failed to include all required information in the 2022 annual summary report. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP sections III.A.2, IV.A.2.c., IV.A.2.d., and IV.A.2.e. Discharger did identify violations or propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1126052 04/15/2023 LREP Failed to submit the 2022 annual summary groundwater monitoring report by April 15, 2023. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section IV.A.1.a. Lahontan staff are working with the Discharger to return to reporting compliance. Violation B Report
1149671 01/15/2023 Deficient Reporting Failed to provide the results of statistical analysis, to discuss the violations from the 2022 first semi-annual monitoring event, the volume of landfill used during the monitoring period. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section III.A., and IV.A.1.b., and IV.A.1.c., and MRP section II.B. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149691 01/15/2023 Deficient Reporting Failed to provide the volume of landfill used during the 2023 first semi-annual monitoring period. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section II.B. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1116837 01/15/2023 LREP Failed to submit the 2022 second semi-annual monitoring report by January 15, 2023. Violates Board Order 6-01-045, MRP section IV.A.1.a Discharger did not propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149667 12/31/2022 DMON Failed to sample groundwater monitoring well MW4 for all monitoring parameters during the 2022 second semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C and II.D., and MRP section II.A.2. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149665 10/27/2022 GWAT Semi-volatile organic compound detected in groundwater during the 2022 second semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section I.B.16. The semi-volatile organic compound was detected above the MDL but not above the PQL. No other VOCs were reported. Consultant states there is no evidence the acetophenone is a result of landfill operations. Resampling was not conducted to confirm. Violation B Report
1149630 04/15/2022 Deficient Reporting Failed to include all required information in the 2021 annual summary report. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP sections III.A.2, IV.A.2.c., IV.A.2.d., and IV.A.2.e. Discharger did identify violations or propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1126051 01/15/2022 LREP Failed to submit the 2021 second semi-annual groundwater monitoring report by January 15, 2022. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section IV.A.1.a. Lahontan Water Board staff are working to bring the discharger into compliance with the MRP. Violation B Report
1149629 12/31/2021 DMON Failed to sample all detection monitoring wells during the 2021 second semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C and II.D., and violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1 WDR section II.A.1. The dedicated pump inside MW1 failed and discharger proposes to sample the well during the 2022 first semi-annual monitoring event. The discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions for the other wells. Violation B Report
1149623 07/15/2021 LREP Failed to submit the 2021 first semi-annual report by July 15, 2021. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP section IV.A.1a. Discharger did not identify the violation and did not propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149624 06/30/2021 DMON Failed to sample all detection monitoring wells during the 2020 second semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C and II.D., and violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1 WDR section II.A.1. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149628 06/30/2021 DMON Failed to sample all detection monitoring wells during the 2021 first semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C and II.D., and violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1 WDR section II.A.1. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149621 04/15/2021 Deficient Reporting Failed to include all required information in the 2020 annual summary report. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1, MRP sections III.A.2, IV.A.2.c., IV.A.2.d., and IV.A.2.e. Discharger did identify violations or propose corrective actions. Violation B Report
1089800 04/15/2021 LREP Failed to submit the 2020 annual summary groundwater monitoring report by April 15, 2021. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045A1, MRP section IV.A.1 Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
1149620 12/31/2020 DMON Failed to sample all detection monitoring wells during the 2020 second semi-annual monitoring event. Violation of Board Order 6-01-045, WDR section II.C and II.D., and violation of Board Order 6-01-045-A1 WDR section II.A.1. Discharger did not propose or identify corrective actions. Violation B Report
Report displays most recent five years of violations. Refer to the Interactive Violation Report for more data.
Total Violations: 36 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 LREP = Late Report
Order Conditions = Order Conditions
Expand/Contract Enforcement Actions
Enforcement Actions
Enf Id Enf Type Enf Order No. Effective Date Status
462272 Staff Enforcement Letter 08/20/2025 Active
463432 Oral Communication 07/29/2025 Historical
459570 Staff Enforcement Letter 01/02/2025 Active
456625 Oral Communication 04/18/2024 Active
456612 Staff Enforcement Letter 04/18/2024 Historical
456104 Staff Enforcement Letter 03/06/2024 Active
453240 Staff Enforcement Letter 06/28/2023 Historical
463444 Oral Communication 10/28/2022 Historical
448709 Oral Communication 06/22/2022 Active
443211 Staff Enforcement Letter 05/06/2021 Historical
430545 Staff Enforcement Letter 6-01-045-A1 05/09/2019 Historical
251793 Oral Communication 04/29/2004 Historical
249864 Staff Enforcement Letter 12/04/2003 Historical
250331 Oral Communication 10/28/2003 Historical
248854 Oral Communication 06/20/2002 Historical
241087 Oral Communication 04/18/2002 Historical
235427 Oral Communication 06/27/2001 Historical
243176 Oral Communication 01/12/2001 Historical
232316 Oral Communication 05/26/2000 Historical
232061 Oral Communication 10/18/1999 Historical
221516 Clean-up and Abatement Order LT850815 08/15/1985 Historical
221605 Clean-up and Abatement Order 85-004 05/03/1985 Historical
Total Enf Actions: 22
Expand/Contract Inspections
Inspections
Inspection ID Inspection Type Lead Inspector Actual End Date Planned Violations Attachment
58530904 A Type compliance inspection Kerri Okeefe 10/22/2024 N 2 N/A
53223089 B Type compliance inspection Kerri Okeefe 08/10/2023 N 1 N/A
49407415 B Type compliance inspection Kerri Okeefe 10/06/2022 N 0 N/A
44446669 B Type compliance inspection Kerri Okeefe 06/24/2021 N 0 N/A
36620870 B Type compliance inspection Kerri Okeefe 05/29/2019 Y 0 Download
8636679 B Type compliance inspection James Brathovde 06/05/2012 N 0 N/A
4640784 B Type compliance inspection James Brathovde 04/27/2011 N 0 N/A
2418422 B Type compliance inspection James Brathovde 05/27/2010 N 0 N/A
2319361 B Type compliance inspection James Brathovde 04/08/2009 N 0 N/A
1101647 B Type compliance inspection Robert Tucker 06/26/2007 Y 0 N/A
836698 Miscellaneous inspection 10/12/2006 N 1 N/A
334402 B Type compliance inspection Robert Tucker 05/11/2004 Y 0 N/A
325008 B Type compliance inspection George Cella 06/20/2002 Y 0 N/A
287261 B Type compliance inspection George Cella 06/27/2001 Y 0 N/A
287260 B Type compliance inspection George Cella 01/13/2000 Y 0 N/A
287262 B Type compliance inspection Scott Ferguson 06/25/1998 Y 0 N/A
287286 B Type compliance inspection Diana Henrioulle 06/25/1997 Y 0 N/A
287287 B Type compliance inspection Diana Henrioulle 06/14/1996 Y 0 N/A
287263 B Type compliance inspection Diana Henrioulle 06/19/1995 Y 0 N/A
287264 B Type compliance inspection Diana Henrioulle 06/25/1994 Y 0 N/A
Total Inspections: 20 Last Inspection: 10/22/2024
  
The current report was generated with data as of: 12/04/2025
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.
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