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Violations within the past year
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| Violation ID |
Occurrence Date |
Violation Type |
Violation Description(-) |
Violation Status |
Priority |
Source |
Facility Name |
Violated Reg. Meas. ID |
Violated Reg. Meas. Order No. |
Linked to Enf. |
| 1121659 |
10/24/2023 |
Order Conditions |
GW conditions consistent with past results. VOCs detected in upper and deep aquifers. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Corral Hollow LF |
389452 |
R5-2013-0013 |
N |
| 1114538 |
01/18/2023 |
Order Conditions |
3. The presence of poor drainage, ponding, tire ruts, and statured compost at numerous location across the faciality are violations of: Section 1.a, 1.b, 1.c, and 3, of Design, Construction, And Operation Requirements ? All Tiers of the Compost Genal Order, each of which is summarized below: Section 1.a states: Working surfaces and containment structures must be designed, constructed, operated and maintained to: Facilitate drainage and minimize ponding by sloping or crowning pads to reduce infiltration of liquids. Section 1.b states: Working surfaces and containment structures must be designed, constructed, operated and maintained to: Reliably transmit free liquid present during storage, treatment, and processing of materials to a containment structure to minimize the potential for waste constituents to enter groundwater or surface water; and Section 1.c states: Working surfaces and containment structures must be designed, constructed, operated and maintained to: Prevent conditions that could contribute to, cause, or threaten to cause a condition of contamination, pollution, or nuisance. Section 3 states: To prevent potential impacts to waters of the state, the Discharger must minimize the potential for piles of feedstocks, additives, amendments, or compost (active, curing, or final product) to become over-saturated and generate wastewater. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Recology Blossom Valley Organics North |
402519 |
2015-0121-DWQ |
Y |
| 1114537 |
01/18/2023 |
Order Conditions |
2. Compost leachate overtopping the East and West compost leachate ponds is a violation of Specification 3, and Section 1.c, 6, 7 of Design, Construction, And Operation Requirements ? All Tiers of the Compost Genal Order, each of which is summarized below: Specification 3 states: All feedstocks, additives, amendments, and compost (active, curing, or final product) must not cause, threaten to cause, or contribute to conditions of pollution, contamination, or nuisance. These discharges must comply with the applicable Basin Plan requirements. Section 1.c states: Working surfaces and containment structures must be designed, constructed, operated and maintained to: Prevent conditions that could contribute to, cause, or threaten to cause a condition of contamination, pollution, or nuisance. Section 6 states: Detention ponds, if used, must be designed, constructed, and maintained to prevent conditions contributing to, causing, or threatening to cause contamination, pollution, or nuisance, and must be capable of containing, without overflow or overtopping (taking into consideration the crest of wind-driven waves and water reused in the composting operation), all runoff from the working surfaces in addition to precipitation that falls into the detention pond from a 25-year, 24-hour peak storm event at a minimum, or equivalent alternative approved by the Regional Water Board. Section 7 states: Detention ponds, if used, shall be managed as described in the facility?s Water and Wastewater Management Plan. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Recology Blossom Valley Organics North |
402519 |
2015-0121-DWQ |
Y |
| 1114536 |
01/18/2023 |
Order Conditions |
1. The discharge of compost leachate into the unlined North Pond, a storm water pond located in a separate drainage beyond the defined limit of the site, as defined by the NOA after 30 November 2021, is a violation of Prohibitions 1 and 7, and Specifications 3, 4, and 6 of the Compost Genal Order, each of which is summarized below: Prohibition 1 states: Any feedstock, additive, amendment, or compost (active, curing, or final product) stored, processed, or composted outside of the designated composting operation areas, as those boundaries are specified in an NOI and/or a technical report, and approved by the Regional Water Board, is prohibited. Prohibition 7 states: Discharge of wastes including overflow, wastewater, or bypass from transport, treatment, storage, or disposal systems to adjacent drainages or adjacent properties is prohibited. Specification 3 states: All feedstocks, additives, amendments, and compost (active, curing, or final product) must not cause, threaten to cause, or contribute to conditions of pollution, contamination, or nuisance. These discharges must comply with the applicable Basin Plan requirements. Specification 4 states: All feedstocks, additives, amendments, and compost (active, curing, or final product) must be located on containment structures designed and constructed as required by this General Order. Specification 6 states: Wastewater shall be handled and managed in accordance with an approved Water and Wastewater Management Plan in the technical report described in Attachment D. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Recology Blossom Valley Organics North |
402519 |
2015-0121-DWQ |
Y |
| 1099369 |
09/22/2021 |
Order Conditions |
3. No surface water sampling results are provided from location SW-1 or SW-2. The NOA requires sampling of surface water sampling points SW-1 and SW-2. Failure to monitor and provide the data is a violation of the NOA. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Recology Blossom Valley Organics North |
402519 |
2015-0121-DWQ |
Y |
| 1099368 |
09/22/2021 |
Order Conditions |
2. No liquid was detected in the East Pond LD and lysimeter during all of 2020 and through May 2021. However, on 21 June 2021 liquid was detected in the East Pond LD and 750-gallons of liquid was removed. Three days later on 24 June 2021, liquid was detected again in the East Pond LD and this time in the East Pond?s Lysimeter as well. As a result, 15-gallons of liquid was removed from the East Pond lysimeter and anther 750-gallons of liquid was removed from the East Pond LD. Water Board staff was notified of the detection of liquid in the East Pond LD. However, even though the Discharger confirmed, as noted in the 2021 Semi annual Report, that the liquid observed in the East Pond LD and lysimeter was wastewater, the required Response Action Plan was not submitted within 30-days of the occurrence in violation of Section A.2 of Attachment 2 of the General Order, which states in part: ? If the liquid is confirmed to be wastewater, the Discharger must submit a Response Action Plan within 30 days for review and approval by the Regional Water Board. In a follow-up September 2021 email, the Discharger states that additional liquid, beyond that noted above, was removed from the East Pond LD, that they have already identified the cause of the release, have repaired the liner, and that they will submit an East Compost Pond Geomembrane Repair CQA Report within two weeks. The Discharger also stated that the total volume of water removed from the East Pond LD and lysimeter will be noted in the semi-annual report, even though not all liquid measurement and removal events were recorded on the East Pond?s Pond Liquid Management log. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Recology Blossom Valley Organics North |
402519 |
2015-0121-DWQ |
Y |
| 1099367 |
09/22/2021 |
Order Conditions |
1. Ten gallons of liquid were removed from the West Pond Leak Detection sump (West Pond LD) on 30 July 2020, three gallons were removed on 31 August 2020, and six gallons were removed on 27 November 2020. However, no samples were collected from the West Pond LD during any of these three monitoring and liquid remove events, and no subsequent weekly monitoring after each liquid detection is documented in the corresponding monitoring report. Additionally, two gallons of liquid were removed from the Treatment Pond LD on 4 February 2021, one gallon was removed on 1 March 2021, and three gallons were removed on 24 June 2021. Once again, no samples were collected from the Treatment Pond LD during any of these three monitoring and liquid remove events, and no subsequent weekly monitoring after liquid detection is documented in the corresponding monitoring report. Failure to collect samples and conduct weekly monitoring and sampling after liquid detections in the West Pond LD and the Treatment Pond LD are violations of Section A.2 of Attachment 2 of the General Order, which states in part: ?Upon detection of liquid in a previously dry monitoring device Discharger shall notify the Regional Water Board within 48 hours; collect a sample and analyze the liquid for the constituents listed in Table B-1; remove the liquid from the device; and continue to monitor weekly. If liquid reappears, another sample must be collected and analyzed for the constituents in Table B-1?. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Recology Blossom Valley Organics North |
402519 |
2015-0121-DWQ |
Y |
| 1094852 |
09/29/2021 |
Order Conditions |
Section X.C.4 of the 2003 Standard Provisions states in part: ? the Discharger may demonstrate that a source other than the WMU caused the evidence of a release or that the evidence is an artifact caused by an error in sampling, analysis, or statistical evaluation or by natural variation in groundwater, surface water, or the unsaturated zone. ? This section of the Standard Provisions also requires the Discharger to notify Water Board staff of their intent to make and Optional Demonstration within 7-days and to submit the results of the Optional Demonstration study within 90-days of determining measurably significant evidence of a release as outlined in Section 20420(k)(7) of Title 27. This required notification and reporting did not occur after TPH_DRO and conductivity exceedances were confirmed during the 28 May 2021 verification sampling event in violation of the WDRs. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Union Pacific Railroad Company - Roseville Rail Yard |
383392 |
R5-2012-0009 |
Y |
| 1094851 |
09/29/2021 |
Order Conditions |
a. Section X.C.1 of the 2003 Standard Provisions states in part: If the detection was made based upon sampling and analysis for monitoring parameters, immediately sample all monitoring points in the affected medium at that WMU and determine the concentration of all constituents of concern?. This required additional sampling event did not occur after TPH_DRO and conductivity exceedances were confirmed during the 28 May 2021 verification sampling event in violation of the WDRs. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Union Pacific Railroad Company - Roseville Rail Yard |
383392 |
R5-2012-0009 |
Y |
| 1094850 |
09/29/2021 |
Order Conditions |
In the noted 30 November 2016 NOV, Water Board staff directed the Discharger to begin completing all required GeoTracker uploads in accordance with California Code of Regulations Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 30, Articles 1 and 2. Subsequently, the Discharger submitted EDF and Geo_Well files for the 2016 monitoring event. However, they have failed to submit any subsequent EDF or Geo_Well files, in violation of the California Water Code. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Union Pacific Railroad Company - Roseville Rail Yard |
383392 |
R5-2012-0009 |
Y |
| 1094849 |
11/02/2020 |
Order Conditions |
Discharge Specification B.9 of the WDRs states in part: Prior to the wet season and by 1 November, the surface impoundment shall have its full capacity available (be as empty as possible) to accommodate rainfall during the wet season. Additionally, the Discharger states that only 4 inches of liquid are needed to operate the surface impoundment?s extraction pump. However, 2 November 2020, 51 inches of liquid were present in violation of the WDRs. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Union Pacific Railroad Company - Roseville Rail Yard |
383392 |
R5-2012-0009 |
Y |
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