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General Information
Region Place ID Place Name Place Type Place Address Place County
3 255678 City of Santa Maria WWTP Wastewater Treatment Facility 601 Black Santa Maria, CA, 93458-9701 Santa Barbara
Expand/Contract Related Parties
Related Parties
Party Party Type Party Name Role Classification Relationship Start Date Relationship End Date
138645 Person Howard Kolb Case Worker 08/21/2015
11166 Organization City of Santa Maria Owner City Agency 12/14/1993
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?
453102 Enrollee - WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG R3-2020-0020 3 420109001 06/16/2023 09/24/2030 Active N
440274 Co-Permitee SB SLIC 2020-0015-DWQ 3 420109001 07/09/2020 Active N
373327 WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG R3-2010-0001 3 420109001 02/04/2010 02/04/2015 Historical N
131425 WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG 02-0111 3 420109001 12/13/2002 02/03/2010 Historical N
147036 WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG 97-041 12/05/1997 12/04/2002 Historical N
144274 WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG 87-100 3 420109001 06/12/1987 12/04/2002 Historical N
143016 WDR 3 WDRMUNILRG 82-005 3 420109001 03/19/1982 03/01/1987 Historical N
Total Reg Measures: 7
Expand/Contract Violations
Violations
Violation ID Occurred Date Violation Type (-) Violation Description Corrective Action Status Classification Source
1143427 04/01/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60 mg/L and reported value was 118 mg/L. Violation B Report
1143435 03/19/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) Daily Maximum limit is 100 mg/L and reported value was 155 mg/L. Violation B Report
1143434 03/05/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) Daily Maximum limit is 100 mg/L and reported value was 150 mg/L. Violation B Report
1143425 03/01/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60 mg/L and reported value was 154 mg/L. Violation B Report
1143432 02/26/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) Daily Maximum limit is 100 mg/L and reported value was 152 mg/L. Violation B Report
1143431 02/19/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) Daily Maximum limit is 100 mg/L and reported value was 155 mg/L. Violation B Report
1143430 02/12/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) Daily Maximum limit is 100 mg/L and reported value was 157 mg/L. Violation B Report
1143422 02/01/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60 mg/L and reported value was 85 mg/L. Violation B Report
1143428 01/15/2025 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) Daily Maximum limit is 100 mg/L and reported value was 109 mg/L. Violation B Report
1140113 11/27/2024 Order Conditions Freeboard Daily Minimum limit is 2.0 feet and reported value was 1.3 feet in Pond A-2. Violation B Report
1140888 07/10/2024 Order Conditions Freeboard Daily Minimum limit is 2.0 feet and reported value was 1.25 feet in Pond A-2. Violation B Report
1130793 05/01/2024 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 71.0 mg/L. Violation B Report
1130792 05/01/2024 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 76.0 mg/L. Violation B Report
1130791 04/01/2024 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 80.0 mg/L. Violation B Report
1128005 03/31/2024 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 79 mg/L. Violation B Report
1128004 02/29/2024 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 75 mg/L. Violation B Report
1128006 02/18/2024 OEV Flow Daily Maximum limit is 8 MGD and reported value was 8.42 MGD. Violation B Report
1128003 01/31/2024 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 68.0 mg/L. Violation B Report
1125124 12/31/2023 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 68.0 mg/L. Violation B Report
1125125 11/30/2023 Deficient Reporting Effluent Nitrogen Species, TDS, Sodium, Sulfate, & Boron failed to be sampled in November 2023. Violation B Report
1125123 11/30/2023 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 73.3 mg/L. Violation B Report
1125122 10/31/2023 CAT1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (5-day @ 20 Deg. C) 30-Day Average limit is 60.0 mg/L and reported value was 75.0 mg/L. Violation B Report
1097530 10/01/2021 Order Conditions Missed sampling for settleable solids on 10/01/2021. Violation B Report
Report displays most recent five years of violations. Refer to the Interactive Violation Report for more data.
Total Violations: 23 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
Order Conditions = Order Conditions OEV = Other Effluent Violation
Expand/Contract Enforcement Actions
Enforcement Actions
Enf Id Enf Type Enf Order No. Effective Date Status
243998 Oral Communication 03/11/2004 Historical
256864 Oral Communication 03/05/2003 Historical
256862 Oral Communication 03/05/2003 Historical
245152 Oral Communication 02/11/2003 Historical
246918 Oral Communication 01/03/2003 Historical
245381 Oral Communication 01/02/2003 Historical
245497 Oral Communication 01/02/2003 Historical
245498 Oral Communication 01/02/2003 Historical
246919 Oral Communication 01/02/2003 Historical
246843 Oral Communication 10/29/2002 Historical
246902 Oral Communication 09/25/2002 Historical
247625 Oral Communication 09/13/2002 Historical
247979 Oral Communication 08/07/2002 Historical
247980 Oral Communication 08/07/2002 Historical
249326 Oral Communication 07/26/2002 Historical
248067 Oral Communication 06/24/2002 Historical
248034 Oral Communication 06/24/2002 Historical
241996 Oral Communication 04/22/2002 Historical
240546 Oral Communication 03/28/2002 Historical
239583 Oral Communication 03/18/2002 Historical
247631 Oral Communication 03/07/2002 Historical
226793 Notice of Violation 06/10/1999 Historical
Total Enf Actions: 22
Expand/Contract Inspections
Inspections
Inspection ID Inspection Type Lead Inspector Actual End Date Planned Violations Attachment
54527647 B Type compliance inspection Cecile Blancarte 01/19/2024 N 0 N/A
45484848 B Type compliance inspection Mark Lemus 09/16/2021 N 0 N/A
36749807 B Type compliance inspection Howard Kolb 06/21/2019 N 0 N/A
24733466 B Type compliance inspection Howard Kolb 06/01/2016 N 0 N/A
17628653 Pretreatment compliance Tetra Tech Inspector 06/04/2014 N 0 N/A
1421246 B Type compliance inspection Sorrel Marks 07/03/2008 Y 0 N/A
521643 B Type compliance inspection Sorrel Marks 05/18/2006 Y 0 N/A
768042 Pretreatment compliance Tetra Tech Inspector 12/13/2005 Y 0 N/A
744227 Pretreatment compliance Thea Tryon 12/13/2005 Y 0 N/A
338370 B Type compliance inspection Sorrel Marks 05/12/2005 Y 0 N/A
336634 Pretreatment compliance Matt Thompson 10/13/2004 Y 0 N/A
332196 Preatment Audit David Athey 10/07/2003 Y 0 N/A
332769 B Type compliance inspection David Athey 09/25/2003 Y 0 N/A
326936 Pretreatment compliance Bob Hurford 11/22/2002 Y 0 N/A
327284 B Type compliance inspection Bob Hurford 10/16/2002 Y 0 N/A
329928 B Type compliance inspection Bob Hurford 10/09/2002 Y 0 N/A
292804 A Type compliance inspection Bob Hurford 06/24/2002 Y 0 N/A
292831 Pretreatment compliance Bob Hurford 05/01/2002 Y 0 N/A
292807 B Type compliance inspection Sandra Turshman 05/02/2001 Y 0 N/A
292829 A Type compliance inspection Sandra Turshman 03/14/2001 Y 0 N/A
292830 Pretreatment compliance Sandra Turshman 03/13/2001 Y 0 N/A
292805 B Type compliance inspection Sandra Turshman 06/06/2000 Y 0 N/A
292806 B Type compliance inspection Sandra Turshman 04/28/2000 Y 0 N/A
292813 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 01/26/1999 Y 0 N/A
292808 Pretreatment compliance Mike Higgins 06/17/1998 Y 0 N/A
292811 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 06/04/1998 Y 0 N/A
292810 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 04/22/1997 Y 0 N/A
292812 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 11/25/1996 Y 0 N/A
292809 B Type compliance inspection Mike Higgins 01/25/1996 Y 0 N/A
292827 B Type compliance inspection Tom Kukol 12/05/1995 Y 0 N/A
292828 B Type compliance inspection Tom Kukol 08/29/1994 Y 0 N/A
Total Inspections: 31 Last Inspection: 01/19/2024
  
The current report was generated with data as of: 06/20/2025
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.
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