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General Information
Region Place ID Place Name Place Type Place Address Place County
6B 252695 Ridgecrest WTF Wastewater Treatment Facility Pole Line Rd and Knox Rd China Lake, CA, 93555 Kern

Expand/Contract Related Parties
Related Parties
Party Party Type Party Name Role Classification Relationship Start Date Relationship End Date
37398 Organization Ridgecrest City Owner City Agency 08/10/1972
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?
440320 Co-Permitee SB SLIC 2020-0015-DWQ 6B150116001 07/09/2020 Active N
140415 WDR 6V WDRMUNILRG 00-056 6B150116001 06/14/2000 06/14/2005 Active N
146192 WDR 6V WDRMUNILRG 93-085 6B150116001 08/12/1993 08/12/1998 Historical N
147949 Reclamation Requirements 6V REC 82-105 6B150116001 09/16/1982 10/15/1989 Historical N
147885 Reclamation Requirements 6V REC 79-048 6B150116001 09/19/1979 09/19/1982 Historical N
147868 Reclamation Requirements 6V REC 77-070 6B150116001 06/30/1977 06/30/1980 Historical N
147374 Reclamation Requirements 6V REC 75-009 6B150116001 02/27/1975 02/27/1978 Historical N
147337 Reclamation Requirements 6V REC 72-045 6B150116001 08/10/1972 08/10/1975 Historical N
Total Reg Measures: 8

Expand/Contract Violations
Violations
Violation ID Occurred Date Violation Type (-) Violation Description Corrective Action Status Classification Source
1103987 04/05/2022 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) Not to exceed a specific limit more than once within any 30-day period. limit is 45.0 % and reported value was 51.0 %. Stated by City of Ridgecrest, "19 mg/L was recorded on 4/12 and a third sample on 4/19 recorded 10 mg/L." Violation B Report
1103328 01/04/2022 OEV pH Monthly Minimum limit is 6.0 SU and reported value was 3.01 SU. Violation B Report
1092127 06/08/2021 Deficient Reporting The discharger has failed to provide and maintain a Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) at all times within the facility. The discharger has not yet proposed or identified any corrective action as of July 21, 2021. Violation B Inspection
1103267 05/12/2021 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 45.0 mg/L and reported value was 80.0 mg/L. Violation B Report
1073192 02/06/2020 Deficient Reporting (1) Missing Annual Facility Effluent Monitoring for the 2019 Annual Monitoring Period. Violates R6V-2000-0056 MRP I.B. (2) Missing annual Groundwater Monitoring for the 2019 Annual Monitoring Period. Violates R6V-2000-0056 MRP I.C. (3) Missing Annual Pretreament Reporting for the 2019 Annual Monitoring Period. Violates R6V-2000-0056 MRP I.E. Violation B Report
1073191 01/17/2020 LREP Monthly monitoring reports shall be submitted to the Regional Board by the first day of the second month following each monthly monitoring period. The November 2019 Monitoring Report was due on 1/1/2020 and was turned in on 1/17/2020. 16 Days Late. Violates Board Order 6-00-56. Violation B Report
Report displays most recent five years of violations. Refer to the Interactive Violation Report for more data.
Total Violations: 6 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) Deficient Reporting = Deficient Reporting
LREP = Late Report OEV = Other Effluent Violation

Expand/Contract Enforcement Actions
Enforcement Actions
Enf Id Enf Type Enf Order No. Effective Date Status
441816 Oral Communication null 01/06/2021 Active
428397 Staff Enforcement Letter null 01/18/2019 Active
380672 Oral Communication 08/03/2011 Historical
244282 Oral Communication 07/10/2000 Historical
223588 Cease and Desist Order 93-083 08/12/1993 Historical
223594 Cease and Desist Order 89-119A1 03/14/1991 Historical
219134 Cease and Desist Order 89-119 05/11/1989 Historical
219356 Cease and Desist Order 87-144 11/12/1987 Historical
Total Enf Actions: 8

Expand/Contract Inspections
Inspections
Inspection ID Inspection Type Lead Inspector Actual End Date Planned Violations Attachment
44278764 B Type compliance inspection John Morales 06/08/2021 N 0 Download
35019609 B Type compliance inspection John Morales 01/10/2019 N 0 N/A
20607236 B Type compliance inspection Tobe Deleted 05/26/2015 N 0 [Attachments]
12098007 B Type compliance inspection Francis Michael Coony 04/10/2013 N 0 Download
24450085 Preatment Audit Christine Wong 05/25/2011 N 0 Download
4378503 A Type compliance inspection Francis Michael Coony 03/16/2011 N 0 [Attachments]
2445138 A Type compliance inspection Francis Michael Coony 06/03/2010 N 0 [Attachments]
1652964 B Type compliance inspection Curt Shifrer 03/17/2009 N 0 N/A
1458589 B Type compliance inspection Curt Shifrer 08/21/2008 N 0 N/A
1092647 B Type compliance inspection Doug Feay 06/05/2007 N 0 N/A
332062 B Type compliance inspection Eugene Rondash 09/24/2003 Y 0 N/A
325699 B Type compliance inspection Eugene Rondash 08/14/2002 Y 0 N/A
295625 B Type compliance inspection Eugene Rondash 03/21/2002 Y 0 N/A
295626 A Type compliance inspection Eugene Rondash 12/12/2001 Y 0 N/A
295628 A Type compliance inspection Eugene Rondash 09/26/2001 Y 0 N/A
295629 A Type compliance inspection Eugene Rondash 03/22/2001 Y 0 N/A
295627 A Type compliance inspection Lawrence Ware 03/08/2000 Y 0 N/A
295606 B Type compliance inspection Ted Saari 06/29/1999 Y 0 N/A
295605 B Type compliance inspection Ted Saari 06/24/1998 Y 0 N/A
295624 B Type compliance inspection Ted Saari 06/24/1997 Y 0 N/A
295604 B Type compliance inspection Ted Saari 05/24/1996 Y 0 N/A
295623 Follow-up inspection (noncompliance) Ken J Carter 12/17/1993 Y 0 N/A
Total Inspections: 22 Last Inspection: 06/08/2021
  
The current report was generated with data as of: 06/06/2024
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.
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