| 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. |
| 1118914 |
12/31/2022 |
Late Report |
Processed and discharged on site more than 100,000 gallons of winery wastewater in 2022 |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Perry Creek Winery |
448885 |
R5-2020-0002 |
N |
| 1118913 |
02/01/2023 |
Late Report |
No 2022 annual report was received |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Perry Creek Winery |
448885 |
R5-2020-0002 |
N |
| 1114510 |
02/06/2023 |
Late Report |
Techncial Report required by 8 July 2022 submitted 123 days late. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
Perry Creek Winery |
448885 |
R5-2020-0002 |
N |
| 1113938 |
01/19/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
During the inspection of the Town Field, including the tailwater control and return systems, the following violations of the WDR conditions were confirmed: ?Water Recycling Specification G.12: All storm water runoff from the LAAs shall be captured and recycled for irrigation or allowed to percolate within the use areas.? At the time of the inspection Regional Board staff observed a large amount of tailwater pooled along the tailwater control berm on the southeast and south boarders of the Ione wastewater treatment facility LAAs designated the ?Town Field?. Further into the inspection Regional Board staff observed that the tailwater return vault was underwater and the valve was shut off. The Discharger was knowingly not complying with conditions of the WDRs nor implementing their best management practice of returning excess tailwater back to the plant. Board staff also inspected the tailwater control berm, which had been breached and failed in numerous places along the southwest and southern boarders of the Town Field. On the southeastern boarder of the Town Field discharging tailwater was leaving the LAA and flooding the adjacent pastureland to the west of the Town Field. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Ione WWTF |
368758 |
R5-2013-0022 |
N |
| 1113937 |
01/19/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
During the inspection of the Town Field, including the tailwater control and return systems, the following violations of the WDR conditions were confirmed: ?Water Recycling Specification G.9: The LAAs shall be inspected as frequently as necessary to comply with Monitoring and Reporting Program R5-2013-0022 and to ensure continuous compliance with the requirements of this Order.? At the time of the inspection Regional Board staff observed a large amount of tailwater pooled along the tailwater control berm on the southeast and south boarders of the Ione wastewater treatment facility LAAs designated the ?Town Field?. Further into the inspection Regional Board staff observed that the tailwater return vault was underwater and the valve was shut off. The Discharger was knowingly not complying with conditions of the WDRs nor implementing their best management practice of returning excess tailwater back to the plant. Board staff also inspected the tailwater control berm, which had been breached and failed in numerous places along the southwest and southern boarders of the Town Field. On the southeastern boarder of the Town Field discharging tailwater was leaving the LAA and flooding the adjacent pastureland to the west of the Town Field. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Ione WWTF |
368758 |
R5-2013-0022 |
N |
| 1113936 |
01/19/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
During the inspection of the Town Field, including the tailwater control and return systems, the following violations of the WDR conditions were confirmed: ?Discharge Specification B.5: Excluding the water recycling LAAs, all treatment, storage, and disposal systems shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to prevent inundation or washout due to floods with a 100-year return frequency.? At the time of the inspection Regional Board staff observed a large amount of tailwater pooled along the tailwater control berm on the southeast and south boarders of the Ione wastewater treatment facility LAAs designated the ?Town Field?. Further into the inspection Regional Board staff observed that the tailwater return vault was underwater and the valve was shut off. The Discharger was knowingly not complying with conditions of the WDRs nor implementing their best management practice of returning excess tailwater back to the plant. Board staff also inspected the tailwater control berm, which had been breached and failed in numerous places along the southwest and southern boarders of the Town Field. On the southeastern boarder of the Town Field discharging tailwater was leaving the LAA and flooding the adjacent pastureland to the west of the Town Field. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Ione WWTF |
368758 |
R5-2013-0022 |
N |
| 1113935 |
01/19/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
During the inspection of the Town Field, including the tailwater control and return systems, the following violations of the WDR conditions were confirmed: ??Land Application Specification F.4: Any irrigation runoff (tailwater) shall be confined to the LAAs or collected and recycled at the LAAs, and shall not enter any surface water drainage course or storm water drainage system.? At the time of the inspection Regional Board staff observed a large amount of tailwater pooled along the tailwater control berm on the southeast and south boarders of the Ione wastewater treatment facility LAAs designated the ?Town Field?. Further into the inspection Regional Board staff observed that the tailwater return vault was underwater and the valve was shut off. The Discharger was knowingly not complying with conditions of the WDRs nor implementing their best management practice of returning excess tailwater back to the plant. Board staff also inspected the tailwater control berm, which had been breached and failed in numerous places along the southwest and southern boarders of the Town Field. On the southeastern boarder of the Town Field discharging tailwater was leaving the LAA and flooding the adjacent pastureland to the west of the Town Field. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Ione WWTF |
368758 |
R5-2013-0022 |
N |
| 1113934 |
01/19/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
During the inspection of the Town Field, including the tailwater control and return systems, the following violations of the WDR conditions were confirmed: ?Discharge Specification B.3: The discharge shall remain within the permitted waste treatment/containment structures and land application areas at all times.? At the time of the inspection Regional Board staff observed a large amount of tailwater pooled along the tailwater control berm on the southeast and south boarders of the Ione wastewater treatment facility LAAs designated the ?Town Field?. Further into the inspection Regional Board staff observed that the tailwater return vault was underwater and the valve was shut off. The Discharger was knowingly not complying with conditions of the WDRs nor implementing their best management practice of returning excess tailwater back to the plant. Board staff also inspected the tailwater control berm, which had been breached and failed in numerous places along the southwest and southern boarders of the Town Field. On the southeastern boarder of the Town Field discharging tailwater was leaving the LAA and flooding the adjacent pastureland to the west of the Town Field. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Ione WWTF |
368758 |
R5-2013-0022 |
N |
| 1113933 |
01/19/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
During the inspection of the Town Field, including the tailwater control and return systems, the following violations of the WDR conditions were confirmed: ?Discharge Prohibition A.6: Discharge of waste at a location or in a manner different from that described in the Findings is prohibited.? At the time of the inspection Regional Board staff observed a large amount of tailwater pooled along the tailwater control berm on the southeast and south boarders of the Ione wastewater treatment facility LAAs designated the ?Town Field?. Further into the inspection Regional Board staff observed that the tailwater return vault was underwater and the valve was shut off. The Discharger was knowingly not complying with conditions of the WDRs nor implementing their best management practice of returning excess tailwater back to the plant. Board staff also inspected the tailwater control berm, which had been breached and failed in numerous places along the southwest and southern boarders of the Town Field. On the southeastern boarder of the Town Field discharging tailwater was leaving the LAA and flooding the adjacent pastureland to the west of the Town Field. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Ione WWTF |
368758 |
R5-2013-0022 |
N |
| 1113932 |
01/19/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
During the inspection of the Town Field, including the tailwater control and return systems, the following violations of the WDR conditions were confirmed: ?Discharge Prohibition A.1: Discharge of wastes to surface waters or surface water drainage courses is prohibited.? At the time of the inspection Regional Board staff observed a large amount of tailwater pooled along the tailwater control berm on the southeast and south boarders of the Ione wastewater treatment facility LAAs designated the ?Town Field?. Further into the inspection Regional Board staff observed that the tailwater return vault was underwater and the valve was shut off. The Discharger was knowingly not complying with conditions of the WDRs nor implementing their best management practice of returning excess tailwater back to the plant. Board staff also inspected the tailwater control berm, which had been breached and failed in numerous places along the southwest and southern boarders of the Town Field. On the southeastern boarder of the Town Field discharging tailwater was leaving the LAA and flooding the adjacent pastureland to the west of the Town Field. |
Violation |
None |
Inspection |
Ione WWTF |
368758 |
R5-2013-0022 |
N |
| 1112174 |
01/11/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
Regional Board staff reached out to the Perry Creek Winery but received no response. In an effort to confirm the alleged violations, Regional Board Staff assigned to that area contacted owners of the adjacent properties and was granted permission to perform inspections of the impacted drainage from their respective properties. The inspection confirmed that the Discharger had been illegally discharging winery process wastewater and solids into the drainage. Board staff observed red/purple water in the drainage despite significant flow from recent rainfall, as well as the smell of wine, rotting lees and yeast. Based on visual and olfactory observations of staining and rotting fruit residues and photo and video evidence provided, Regional Board staff determined that the waste discharged into the drainage has created a threat to waters of the State and possibly waters of the US. |
Violation |
None |
Complaint |
Perry Creek Winery |
448885 |
R5-2020-0002 |
N |
| 1112173 |
01/11/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
Regional Board staff reached out to the Perry Creek Winery but received no response. In an effort to confirm the alleged violations, Regional Board Staff assigned to that area contacted owners of the adjacent properties and was granted permission to perform inspections of the impacted drainage from their respective properties. The inspection confirmed that the Discharger had been illegally discharging winery process wastewater and solids into the drainage. Board staff observed red/purple water in the drainage despite significant flow from recent rainfall, as well as the smell of wine, rotting lees and yeast. Based on visual and olfactory observations of staining and rotting fruit residues and photo and video evidence provided, Regional Board staff determined that the waste discharged into the drainage has created a threat to waters of the State and possibly waters of the US. |
Violation |
None |
Complaint |
Perry Creek Winery |
448885 |
R5-2020-0002 |
N |
| 1112172 |
01/11/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
Regional Board staff reached out to the Perry Creek Winery but received no response. In an effort to confirm the alleged violations, Regional Board Staff assigned to that area contacted owners of the adjacent properties and was granted permission to perform inspections of the impacted drainage from their respective properties. The inspection confirmed that the Discharger had been illegally discharging winery process wastewater and solids into the drainage. Board staff observed red/purple water in the drainage despite significant flow from recent rainfall, as well as the smell of wine, rotting lees and yeast. Based on visual and olfactory observations of staining and rotting fruit residues and photo and video evidence provided, Regional Board staff determined that the waste discharged into the drainage has created a threat to waters of the State and possibly waters of the US. |
Violation |
None |
Complaint |
Perry Creek Winery |
448885 |
R5-2020-0002 |
N |
| 1112171 |
01/11/2023 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
Regional Board staff reached out to the Perry Creek Winery but received no response. In an effort to confirm the alleged violations, Regional Board Staff assigned to that area contacted owners of the adjacent properties and was granted permission to perform inspections of the impacted drainage from their respective properties. The inspection confirmed that the Discharger had been illegally discharging winery process wastewater and solids into the drainage. Board staff observed red/purple water in the drainage despite significant flow from recent rainfall, as well as the smell of wine, rotting lees and yeast. Based on visual and olfactory observations of staining and rotting fruit residues and photo and video evidence provided, Regional Board staff determined that the waste discharged into the drainage has created a threat to waters of the State and possibly waters of the US. |
Violation |
None |
Complaint |
Perry Creek Winery |
448885 |
R5-2020-0002 |
N |
| 1106653 |
07/22/2022 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
On 23 July 2022 Board staff received a Spill Report #22-4181 from the Office of Emergency Services (OES) describing a spill that occurred between the hours of 6 PM Friday 22 July 2022 and 6 AM Saturday 23 July 2022. CDCR staff submitted a Spill Notification Report on 25 July 2022 with further details, pictures, and a map of the spill. CDCR staff stated in that report that a power failure/surge tripped the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to enter alarm mode and then fail to reset. This caused the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to crash, halting operation of the wastewater treatment plant. However as wastewater continued to flow into the plant causing the effluent basin to fill, eventually tripping a secondary high level alarm. Although the alarm called out it was not relayed to an operator by the Main Control group so the issue was not discovered until an operator arrived onsite following morning. CDCR reports that the effluent basin was spilling for 12 consecutive hour. Using historical SCADA data for the time frame of 6 PM to 6 AM from the prior 5 days the CDCR operator estimated 160,830 gallons was released. This is value does not include any discharges of stormwater or comingled stormwater from the stormwater collection system of the Old Prison facility, which are currently being addressed through other enforcement actions. Because the treatment plant was no operating during this time and the volume exceeds that of the chlorine contact channel the discharged water consisted of partially treated wastewater. No samples were collected. The spill overtopped the effluent basin, flowed approximately 120 feet east to a culvert which leads under the road to a surface water drainage course that leads to Mule Creek. This is release of treated and partially treated wastewater is a violation of the WDRs. Relevant WDR Discharge Prohibitions and Discharge Specifications are cited below. On the morning of 23 July when the spill was discovered CDCR staff used a trailer mounted vacuum excavator to recover 8,500 gallons from the drainage. The operator provided a map showing the path and location of the spill as well as pictures prior to and after the cleanup effort in the Spill Notification Report. That map and the pictures are attached. All pictures were taken from the location designated as ?End of Spill? on the map. The Discharger states in the Spill Notification Report that CDCR intends to implement training procedures for their Main Control group to ensure the proper staff are notified when wastewater treatment and conveyance related alarms are triggered. |
Violation |
None |
Report |
CDCR - Mule Creek State Prison WWTP |
368766 |
R5-2015-0129 |
N |
| 1089763 |
03/30/2021 |
Order Conditions |
1. It does not appear disinfection has been added to the treatment train as required by the WDRs. This is a violation of Discharge Specification E.4 and Provision I.1.a of the WDRs: Discharge Specification E.4: ¿The City shall operate all systems and equipment to optimize the quality of the discharge.¿ Provision I.1.a: ¿By 31 December 2013, the City shall submit a Phase I Improvements Completion Report (Phase I includes a disinfection contact chamber, see Finding 18) that certifies construction and start-up testing of the new wastewater treatment system and recycling sites have been completed, and certifies that the WWTF can comply with the applicable effluent limitations. The report certify that the improvements were constructed as described in the RWD and this Order, and shall include as-built drawings of the WWTF and recycling site improvements.¿ |
Violation |
N |
Inspection |
Ione WWTF |
368758 |
R5-2013-0022 |
N |
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