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Place ID 267655

General Information
Region	Place ID	Place Name	Place Type	Place Address	Place County
4	267655	Torrance Refinery	Petroleum Refinery	3700 West 190th Torrance, CA, 90509	Los Angeles

Related Parties

Party	Party Type	Party Name	Role	Classification	Relationship Start Date	Relationship End Date
646871	Person	Craig Sakamoto	Is A Data Submitter For		08/23/2024
646870	Person	Sara Wilson	Is Onsite Manager For		08/23/2024
543097	Person	Chelsea Dreyer	Is A Data Submitter For		03/06/2024
633159	Person	Gerard Forstell	Is Onsite Manager For		07/27/2022	10/24/2022
596664	Person	Valerie B Tse	Is Onsite Manager For		04/10/2019
596625	Person	Charles Campbell	Is A Data Submitter For		04/09/2019
576631	Person	Daniel Ingram	Is Onsite Manager For		05/10/2018	04/27/2021
562360	Person	Michael Capone	Is Onsite Manager For		02/07/2017	08/22/2018
555232	Organization	Torrance Refining Company LLC	Owner and Operator	Privately-Owned Business	05/01/2016
555237	Person	Steven Steach	Is Onsite Manager For		05/01/2016	05/02/2022
548937	Person	Penny Wirsing	Is Onsite Manager For		11/07/2014	05/03/2019
548708	Person	Roger Lynnwood Conant	Is Onsite Manager For		10/20/2014	05/01/2017
544195	Person	Amy Kim	Is A Data Submitter For		11/15/2013
543704	Person	Steven Anthony Yatauro	Is Onsite Manager For		11/06/2013	01/20/2015
539652	Person	Amy McDowell	Pending-is a data submitter for		04/22/2013	10/08/2013
526440	Person	Therese Tuazon	Is A Data Submitter For		04/01/2011	10/08/2013
526439	Person	Diane Lynch	Is A Data Submitter For		04/01/2011	05/02/2022
526438	Person	Wade Maxwell	Is Onsite Manager For		04/01/2011	10/08/2013
522681	Person	Fernando Salazar	Is Onsite Manager For		05/25/2010	10/08/2013
522680	Person	E Pablo Borgnino	Is Onsite Manager For		05/25/2010	01/20/2015
304389	Person	Ronald Vaughan	Contact		03/19/2010	10/08/2013
521672	Person	James Phelan	Is A Data Submitter For		03/17/2010	10/08/2013
373930	Person	Maxwell Ocansey	Is Onsite Manager For		04/13/2007	10/31/2012
347182	Person	Robert P Fountain	Is Onsite Manager For		10/19/2006	10/08/2013
334842	Person	Peter Trelenberg	Pending-is onsite manager for		07/26/2006	10/08/2013
334835	Person	Jonathan Child	Pending-is onsite manager for		07/26/2006	10/08/2013
113124	Person	Joseph Stambersky	Contact		08/01/2001	10/08/2013
29010	Organization	ExxonMobil Oil Corporation Torrance	Owner and Operator	Privately-Owned Business	06/08/1988	04/30/2016

Total Related Parties: 28

Regulatory Measures

Reg Measure ID	Reg Measure Type	Region	Program	Order No.	WDID	Effective Date	Expiration Date	Status	Amended?
150194	Unregulated	4	TPCA		4B192079029			Historical	N
157783	Unregulated	4	AGT		4AGT234			Never Active	N
420938	NPDES Permit	4	NPDINDLRG	R4-2019-0076	4B192079002	08/01/2019	07/31/2024	Active	N
383397	NPDES Permit	4	NPDINDLRG	R4-2013-0138	4B192079002	10/12/2013	10/12/2018	Historical	N
332778	NPDES Permit	4	NPDNONMUNIPRCS	R4-2007-0049	4B192079002	10/06/2007	08/10/2012	Historical	N
131879	NPDES Permit	4	NPDESWW	R4-2001-0129	4B192079002	09/19/2001	09/19/2006	Historical	N
135397	NPDES Permit	4	NPDESWW	R4-1993-0003	4B192079002	01/25/1993	01/10/1998	Historical	N
134611	NPDES Permit	4	NPDESWW	R4-1988-0092	4B192079002	08/22/1988	08/10/1993	Historical	N
133986	NPDES Permit	4	NPDESWW	R4-1984-0052	4B192079002	05/21/1984	05/10/1989	Historical	N
133761	NPDES Permit	4	NPDESWW	R4-1979-0141	4B192079002	08/27/1979	08/10/1984	Historical	N

Total Reg Measures: 10

Violations

Violation ID	Occurred Date	Violation Type	(-) Violation Description	Corrective Action	Status	Classification	Source
1126825	02/06/2024	OEV	E.coli 6-Week Rolling Geometric Mean limit is 100 CFU/100 mL and reported value was 516 CFU/100 mL at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	U	eSMR
1126824	02/06/2024	OEV	pH Instantaneous Minimum limit is 6.5 SU and reported value was 6.2 SU at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	B	eSMR
1126829	02/06/2024	CAT2	Copper, Total Recoverable Annual loading limit is 1.36 kg/year and reported value was 1.71 kg/year at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	U	eSMR
1126832	02/06/2024	CAT2	Hydrocarbons, Petroleum Daily Discharge limit is 8.3 lbs/year and reported value was 239.62 lbs/year at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	B	eSMR
1126826	02/06/2024	CAT2	Hydrocarbons, Petroleum Maximum Daily (MDEL) limit is 100 ug/L and reported value was 2430 ug/L at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	B	eSMR
1126830	02/06/2024	CAT2	Mercury, Total Recoverable Daily Discharge limit is 0.0083 lb/day and reported value was 0.0093 lb/day at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	B	eSMR
1126831	02/06/2024	CAT2	Zinc, Total Recoverable Annual loading limit is 9.75 kg/year and reported value was 43.10 kg/year at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	U	eSMR
1126827	02/05/2024	CAT2	Hydrocarbons, Petroleum Maximum Daily (MDEL) limit is 100 ug/L and reported value was 2870 ug/L at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	B	eSMR
1126828	02/05/2024	CTOX	Chronic Toxicity-Fathead Minnow-Growth Other limit is 50 % effect and reported value was 67.09 % effect at EFF-001.	The majority of storm water from the early Feb 2024 rain event was stored onsite and discharged to Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) under the Refinery's LACSD Discharge Permit 21899 and 21900. This violation occurred during a period of significant rainfall that exceeded the Torrance Refinery onsite storm water storage capacity. The quantity of storm water which exceeded the Refinery's storm water storage capacity was discharged to the Torrance Lateral to avoid severe flooding and safety issues. After emergency conditions abated, Torrance Refinery was able to resume standard storm water impoundment and again discharge back to LACSD.	Violation	U	eSMR
Report displays most recent five years of violations. Refer to the Interactive Violation Report for more data.

Total Violations: 9

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
CAT2 = Category 2 Pollutant (Effluent Violation for Group 2 Pollutant)	CTOX = Chronic Toxicity
OEV = Other Effluent Violation

Enforcement Actions

Enf Id	Enf Type	Enf Order No.	Effective Date	Status
357192	Admin Civil Liability	SWB-2008-4-0002	07/15/2009	Historical
331660	Notice of Violation	NOV	06/12/2007	Historical
220289	Clean-up and Abatement Order	R4-1995-0116	09/06/1995	Historical
220201	Clean-up and Abatement Order	R4-1989-0136	12/04/1989	Historical
220186	Clean-up and Abatement Order	R4-1988-0043	03/28/1988	Historical

Total Enf Actions: 5

Inspections

Inspection ID	Inspection Type	Lead Inspector	Actual End Date	Planned	Violations	Attachment
54262736	B Type compliance inspection	Isabella Suarez	12/11/2023	N	0	Download
48155688	B Type compliance inspection	Andrew Choi	06/27/2022	N	0	Download
36791287	B Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	05/12/2020	Y	0	Download
29873735	B Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	10/26/2017	Y	0	Download
22496550	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	11/17/2015	Y	0	Download
13350027	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	11/13/2013	Y	0	Download
12426023	Prerequirement inspection	Mazhar Ali	04/24/2013	Y	0	Download
4170563	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	04/14/2011	Y	0	N/A
2211407	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	02/26/2010	N	0	Download
1421689	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	06/11/2008	Y	0	N/A
1275113	A Type compliance inspection	Tetra Tech Inspector	10/19/2007	Y	0	[Attachments]
990269	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	02/21/2007	Y	0	[Attachments]
335463	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	07/15/2004	Y	0	N/A
334361	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	05/03/2004	Y	0	N/A
332181	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	10/30/2003	Y	0	N/A
330180	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	05/21/2003	Y	0	N/A
328978	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	01/16/2003	Y	0	N/A
276599	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	03/26/2002	Y	0	N/A
276597	A Type compliance inspection	Jose Morales	08/29/2001	Y	0	N/A
276598	A Type compliance inspection	Gary Schultz	12/22/1999	Y	0	N/A
276603	A Type compliance inspection	Gary Schultz	06/29/1999	Y	0	N/A
276601	A Type compliance inspection	Gary Schultz	06/25/1998	Y	0	N/A
276602	A Type compliance inspection	Gary Schultz	06/30/1997	Y	0	N/A
276600	B Type compliance inspection	Gary Schultz	06/28/1996	Y	0	N/A

Total Inspections: 24

Last Inspection: 12/11/2023

The current report was generated with data as of: 01/03/2025
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.

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