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Place ID 888508

General Information
Region	Place ID	Place Name	Place Type	Place Address	Place County
3	888508	California Men’s Colony Water Treatment Plant	Water Treatment Plant	Highway 1 North San Luis Obispo, CA, 93409	San Luis Obispo

Related Parties

Party	Party Type	Party Name	Role	Classification	Relationship Start Date	Relationship End Date
524578	Person	Scott Buffaloe	Contact		06/01/2023
6904	Organization	Ca Dept of Corrections San Luis Obispo	Owner and Operator	State Agency	05/30/2023

Total Related Parties: 2

Regulatory Measures

Reg Measure ID	Reg Measure Type	Region	Program	Order No.	WDID	Effective Date	Expiration Date	Status	Amended?
460086	Unregulated	3	DISCHSW			08/01/2023		Active	N
460097	Letter	3	DISCHSW	null		07/31/2023		Historical	N

Total Reg Measures: 2

Violations

Violation ID	Occurred Date	Violation Type	(-) Violation Description	Corrective Action	Status	Classification	Source
1124374	09/02/2023	Deficient Reporting	Incomplete Report of Waste Discharge/Application to Discharge sand filter backwash to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.	Through 2/14/2024 the Discharger provided only partial data and information needed for a complete report of waste discharge. The Discharger ultimately elected to cap the outfall and cease potential waste discharges to surface waters.	Violation	B	Inspection
1124373	08/23/2023	UAUTHDISC	Unauthorized discharge of unidentified wastes to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.		Violation	B	Inspection
1140633	08/22/2023	UAUTHDISC	Unauthorized discharge of 94,900 gallons of sand filter backwash to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.		Violation	B	Inspection
1140632	08/21/2023	UAUTHDISC	Unauthorized discharge of 31,500 gallons of sand filter backwash to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.		Violation	B	Inspection
1140631	08/18/2023	UAUTHDISC	Unauthorized discharge of 26,800 gallons of sand filter backwash to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.		Violation	B	Inspection
1140630	08/17/2023	UAUTHDISC	Unauthorized discharge of 46,700 gallons of sand filter backwash to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.		Violation	B	Inspection
1140629	08/16/2023	UAUTHDISC	Unauthorized discharge of 64,400 gallons of sand filter backwash to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.		Violation	B	Inspection
1140627	08/15/2023	UAUTHDISC	Unauthorized discharge of 3,700 gallons of sand filter backwash to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.		Violation	B	Inspection
1124372	08/14/2023	UAUTHDISC	Unauthorized discharge of 132,200 gallons of sand filter backwash to Chorro Reservoir and Chorro Creek, waters of the United States.		Violation	B	Inspection
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
Deficient Reporting = Deficient Reporting	UAUTHDISC = Unauthorized Discharge

Enforcement Actions

Enf Id	Enf Type	Enf Order No.	Effective Date	Status
460102	Admin Civil Liability	R3-2025-0005	02/26/2025	Historical
455914	Notice of Violation	null	02/21/2024	Active

Total Enf Actions: 2

Inspections

Attachment

Total Inspections: 0

Last Inspection: None

The current report was generated with data as of: 05/14/2025
Regional Boards are in the process of entering backlogged data.
As a result, data may be incomplete.

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