Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
NPDES Permits & Stormwater
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The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Compliance and Enforcement Program of the Clean Water Act, regulates point source discharges to the nation's waters. NPDES permits can be issued to individual dischargers or can be issued for a group of dischargers (i.e., general permits). Both individual and general permits contain requirements for controlling pollutant dischargers, monitoring discharges, reporting compliance.
Wet Weather Programs are sub-components of the NPDES program, and address wet weather discharges such as runoff from rainfall or snowmelts, and include the following programs: Storm Water Program, Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSOs) Program, Combined Sewer Overflow (CSOs) Program, and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) Program.
Program evaluations of Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer Systems (MS4) are being conducted to determine permittee compliance with NPDES permit requirements and to evaluate the implementation status of EPA's stormwater regulations. The program evaluations are also being conducted to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the MS4 program. The program reports do not represent a formal finding of violation.
Orders and Decrees on this Page
Arizona
California
- Avalon (City of), California Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
- Alhambra (City of), California Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
- California Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Men's Colony wastewater treatment plant in San Luis Obispo
- Chino Dairies
- East Bay Municipal Utility District, Stipulated Order
- East Bay Sewage Collection Systems, Stipulated Order
- Eastern Municipal Water District Biosolids Administrative Order
- Electrochem Solutions, LLC
- Marin County Sewage Collection Systems, Administrative Orders
- Redondo Beach (City of) Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
- San Diego, California Sewage Collection System, Final Consent Decree
- Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District, Administrative Order
- Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company, Consent Decree
- Sims Metal Management, Findings of Violation, Order for Compliance, and Request for Information
- South Pasadena, California Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
- Tullis, Inc.
- Union Pacific Railroad
- West Hollywood (City of), California, Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
Hawaii
- Waimanolo Gulch Sanitary Landfill
- Honolulu (City and County of) Wastewater Collection System and Wastewater Treatment Plants – Consent Decree (2010) and Stipulated Order (2007)
- City and County of Honolulu's Sewage Collection System - Stipulated Order, 2007
- James Pflueger, Consent Decree
American Samoa
Guam
- Guam Power Authority Administrative Orders
- Guam Shipyard
- Guam Waterworks Authority
- Hanson Permanente Cement
- Horizon Lines of Guam, LLC
- Matson Navigation Company
- Port Authority of Guam
- USN Apra Harbor - Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement
Arizona
Arizona State Route 179 Highway Project
- Inspection Report, Photos, and Log (PDF) (97 pp, 5.6M)
- Administrative Orders
- Fisher Sand and Gravel Cover Letter (PDF) (2 pp, 15K)
- Fisher Sand and Gravel, dba Southwest Asphalt Paving (PDF) (7 pp, 47K)
California
Avalon, City of, California Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
On October 28, 2010, U.S. EPA Region 9 teamed with the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board Los Angeles Region and inspected the sewage collection system owned and operated by the City of Avalon, on Catalina Island, 22 miles from Long Beach, California. This report was issued to the City of Avalon on Thursday, February 17, 2011.
- Avalon Inspection Report Cover Letter February 11, 2011 (PDF) (1pp, 300K)
- Avalon Insptection Report, October 28, 2010 (PDF) (38pp, 5M)
Alhambra, City of, California Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
U.S. EPA Region 9 teamed with the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board Los Angeles Region and the California Water Resources Control Board on December 20, 2011 to inspect the sewage collection system that is owned and operated by the City of Alhambra, California. This report was issued to the City of Alhambra on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
- Alhambra Inspection Report May 30, 2012 (PDF) (1pp, 300K)
California Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California Men's Colony Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Luis Obispo
- Administrative Order (PDF) (11 pp, 588K)
Chino Dairies
- Bachoc Dairy #1 Administrative Order (PDF) (8 pp, 85K) - 2011
- Bollema Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (8 pp, 87K) - 2011
- Bosch Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (8 pp, 87K) - 2011
- Costa Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (9 pp, 90K) - 2011
- El Dorado Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (8 pp, 90K) - 2011
- Legend Dairy Farms and Falloncrest Farms Administrative Order (PDF) (8 pp, 90K) - 2011
- Goyenetche Dairy #3 Administrative Order (PDF) (9 pp, 90K) - 2011
- H&R Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (9 pp, 90K) - 2011
- John Weststeyn Cattle Administrative Order (PDF) (9 pp, 90K) - 2011
- Koot Dairy #2 Administrative Order (PDF) (9 pp, 90K) - 2011
- Legend Dairy Farms #2 Administrative Order (PDF) (8 pp, 99K) - 2011
- Syann Dairy No.2 Administrative Order (PDF) (8 pp, 86K) - 2011
- Three D Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (8 pp, 90K) - 2011
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Previous Orders—
- Brothers Three Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (7 pp, 35K) - 2008
- Quality Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (7 pp, 35K) - 2008
- TLC Sonlight Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (7 pp, 34K) - 2008
- Martin Vander Laan Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (6 pp, 30K) - 2008
- Jorritsma Anema Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (7 pp, 35K) - 2008
- Goyenetche Dairy Administrative Order (PDF) (7 pp, 34K) - 2008
Eastern Municipal Water District Biosolids Administrative Order
On April 20, 2011, EPA Region 9 issued an Administrative Order (PDF) (6 pp, 140K) to Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) for improper treatment of biosolids prior to land disposal at their Moreno Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility. The order requires EMWD to stop land application of biosolids until they can comply with proper treatment requirements; provide a plan to monitor the temperature and residence time in their biosolids digestors; and verify with their contractors that the biosolids shipments are properly disposed of.
- Administrative Order (PDF) (6 pp, 140K)
Electrochem Solutions, LLC
- Administrative Order & Inspection Report - Electrochem Solutions, LLC (PDF) (16 pp, 2.5M)
- Photos from the inspection report (PDF) (149 pp, 5.9M)
East Bay Municipal Utility District and East Bay Communities Consent Decree
On July 28, 2014, EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice, the California Water Resources Control Board, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board, San Francisco Baykeeper, and Our Children's Earth Foundation signed a Consent Decree with the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and the seven east bay communities in its service district to repair and upgrade the 1,500 mile-long sewer system infrastructure to eliminate discharges of raw and partially-treated sewage to San Francisco Bay and other east bay water bodies. The value of this work is approximately $1.5 billion. EBMUD and the local agencies will also pay $1.5 million in civil penalties for past discharges to the San Francisco Bay.
- Consent Decree (PDF) (187 pp, 604K)
- Appendices A-H (PDF) (18 pp, 1.5M)
- Press Release
- More about EPA Water Enforcement
East Bay Sewage Collection Systems Stipulated Order
- Stipulated Order for Preliminary Relief - City of Alameda, et. al (Part 1 0f 3) (PDF) (37 pp, 646K)
- Stipulated Order for Preliminary Relief - City of Alameda, et. al (Part 2 0f 3) (PDF) (37 pp, 648K)
- Stipulated Order for Preliminary Relief - City of Alameda, et. al (Part 3 0f 3) (PDF) (39 pp, 653K)
- Press Release 3/15/2011
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East Bay Municipal Utility District, Stipulated Order
Marin County Sewage Collection Systems - Administrative Orders Issued
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued enforcement actions requiring nine sewage collection systems in the Sausalito and Mill Valley areas of southern Marin County, Calif. to address chronic sewage spills, improve sewer maintenance and implement long-term programs to renew aging sewer pipes. The deteriorated condition of the sewer systems became evident in January 2008 when heavy rains overwhelmed the systems resulting in large spills to Richardson Bay and San Francisco Bay.
The EPA enforcement orders were issued to the cities and sanitary districts that convey wastewater to the sewage treatment plants operated by the Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin in Mill Valley and the Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District at Fort Baker.
Redondo Beach (City of) California, Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
U.S. EPA Region 9 teamed with the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board Los Angeles Region and the California Water Resources Control Board on December 21, 2011 to inspect the sewage collection system that is owned and operated by the City of Redondo Beach, California. This report was issued to the City of Redondo Beach on Thursday, July 19, 2012. Based on a comment from Redondo Beach, page three has been updated.
- City of Redondo Beach Sewage Collection System Inspection Report With Cover Letter (PDF) 10/02/2012 (66pp, 1.2M)
San Diego (City of) Sewage Collection System - Final Consent Decree
The final Consent Decree is an agreement between the Federal government, Surfrider, Baykeeper, and the City of San Diego that sets a framework to remedy problems with the City's sewer collection system. The settlement is valued at a total of approximately $1 billion, which includes work completed under two previous partial decrees. Work includes enhanced maintenance practices and completion of a number of capital improvement projects.
- Final Consent Decree (PDF) (66 pp, 3.1M)
Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District - Administrative Order
The Administrative Order (AO) to Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District (SMCSD) was signed on May 31, 2007, and was issued simultaneously with a Minimum Mandatory Penalty Order from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. EPA's AO requires SMCSD to comply with the Clean Water Act and its NPDES permit.
- Administrative Order (PDF) (19 pp, 307K)
- Inspection Report (PDF) (17 pp, 2.9M)
Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company
Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company of Southern California agreed to pay a $428,000 fine to resolve civil violations of the Clean Water Act. The civil consent decree addresses storm water and pretreatment violations and requires the company to take remedial measures, in addition to the fine.
- Consent Decree - Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company of Southern California, Inc. (PDF) (33 pp, 64K)
Consent Decree text only
- Consent Decree - Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company of Southern California, Inc. (PDF) (39 pp, 1.2MB)
Includes appendixes and signature pages
Sims Group USA Corporation dba Sims Metal Management
- Findings of Violation, Order for Compliance, and Request for Information (PDF) (12 pp, 3.55MB)
- Sims Group USA Corporation dba Sims Metal Management Cover Letter (PDF) (2 pp, 161K)
- Attachment 1, NPDES Storm Water Inspection Report (PDF) (123 pp, 9.4MB)
- Attachment 2, Clean Water Act Compliance Office Inspection Report (PDF) (100 pp, 14.81MB)
- Inspection photos
South Pasadena (City of), California Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation
On March 25, 2010, U.S. EPA Region 9 and the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board Los Angeles Region inspected the sewage collection system owned and operated by the City of South Pasadena, California. This report was issued to the City of South Pasadena on Thursday, March 27, 2010.
- City of South Pasadena Department of Public Works Cover Letter (1 pp, 120K)
- Inspection Report, Photos, and Log (44 pp, 2.6M)
Tullis, Inc
- Findings of Violation and Order for Compliance (PDF) (10 pp, 450K)
Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Findings of Violation and Order for Compliance (PDF) (10 pp, 409K)
City of West Hollywood, California, Sewage Collection System: SSO Program Evaluation.
U.S. EPA Region 9 teamed with the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board Los Angeles Region and the California Water Resources Control Board on December 22, 2011 to inspect the sewage collection system that is owned by the City of West Hollywood, California and operated by Los Angeles County Department of Public Works under a contract with West Hollywood. This report was issued to the City of West Hollywood on Thursday, July 19, 2012.
- City of West Hollywood, CA. Sewage Collection System Inspection Cover Letter (PDF) 07/19/2012 (1pp, 49K)
- City of West Hollywood, CA. Sewage Collection System Inspection Report (PDF) 07/19/2012 (38pp, 924K)
Hawaii
Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill
- WGSL Cover Letter (PDF) (2 pp, 340K)
- Finding of Violation and Order for Compliance (PDF) (15 pp, 3.0M)
Honolulu’s Wastewater Collection and Wastewater Treatment Plants (City and County)
Final Enforcement Order & Consent Decree (2010)
Comprehensive settlement reached between the Federal government (EPA and Department of Justice), Hawaii Attorney General’s Office, Hawaii Department of Health and three environmental groups (Sierra Club - Hawai’i Chapter, Hawai’i’s Thousand Friends and Our Children’s Earth Foundation) with the City and County of Honolulu that addresses Clean Water Act compliance at Honolulu’s wastewater collection and treatment systems.
The settlement includes a comprehensive compliance schedule for the city to upgrade its wastewater collection system by June 2020. The Honouliuli wastewater treatment plant will need to be upgraded to secondary treatment by 2024. The Sand Island plant will need to be upgraded by 2035, but could be extended to 2038 based on a showing of economic hardship.
The Consent Decree is currently under review by U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii and has not yet been approved as final.
- Consent Decree 2010 (PDF) (108 pp, 260K)
- Appendices A-K (PDF) (53 pp, 1.4M)
- Supplemental Complaint (PDF) (28 pp, 116K)
- Federal Register Notice of Lodging (PDF) (1 pg, 50)
- Press Release
Raw sewage from the Beachwalk Force Main break
City and County of Honolulu's Sewage Collection System
Stipulated Order (2007)
Agreement between the Federal government (EPA and Department of Justice), the State of Hawaii, and the City and County of Honolulu to address vulnerabilities in Honolulu's sewage collection system.
- Stipulated Order (PDF) (40 pp, 258K)
- Appendix A: Force Main Condition Assessment (6 pp, 46K)
- Appendix B: Beachwalk Pump Station Condition Assessment (2 pp, 21K)
- Appendix C: Force Main Spill Contingency Plans (2 pp, 20K)
- Fact sheet (PDF) (4 pp, 30K) About PDF
- Press release
James Pflueger
James Pflueger agreed to pay $2 million and spend more than $5 million on environmental projects, including restoration of streams in the area damaged by construction on his Kaua'i property.
- Signed Consent Decree (PDF) (59 pp, 190K) | Additional information
American Samoa
American Samoa NPDES Dischargers
- July 2011 ASPA Tafuna and Utulei WWTPs - Administrative Orders (PDF) (21 pp, 472K)
- June 2011 ASSSA Satala Shipyard - Administrative Order (PDF) (16 pp, 212K)
- September 2010 MYD Satala Shipyard - Inspection Report (PDF) (20 pp, K)
- September 2010 Pacific Energy Terminal - Inspection Report (PDF) (17 pp, 970K)
- September 2010 Starkist Samoa - Inspection Report (PDF) (16 pp, 644K)
- September 2010 ASPA Tafuna and Utulei WWTPs - Inspection Report (PDF) (34 pp, 2.3MB)
- September 2009 ASPA Satala Power Plant - Administrative Order (PDF) (13 pp, 221K)
- April 2009 BP Southwest - Inspection Report (PDF) (14 pp, 614K)
- April 2009 MYD Satala Shipyard - Inspection Report (PDF) (20 pp, K)
- April 2009 ASPA Satala Power Plant - Inspection Report (PDF) (17 pp, 720K)
- March 2009 BP Southwest Terminal - Administrative Order (PDF) (14 pp, 114K)
- September 2008 MYD Satala Shipyard - Administrative Order (PDF) (15 pp, 141K)
- April 2008 Starksit Samoa - Inspection Report (PDF) (19 pp, 655K)
- April 2008 Chicken of the Sea - Inspection Report (PDF) (17 pp, 349K)
- April 2008 ASPA Satala Power Plant - Inspection Report (PDF) (14 pp, 239K)
- April 2008 MYD Satala Shipyard - Inspection Report (PDF) (22 pp, 368K)
- March 2008 BP Southwest Terminal - Inspection Report (PDF) (16 pp, 226K)
- July 2007 ASPA Tafuna and Utulei WWTPs - Inspection Report (PDF) (31 pp, 1.3MB)
Guam
Guam Power Authority
On September 30, 2010, Administrative Orders were issued to Guam Power Authority (GPA) for its Tanguisson and Cabras power plants. These Orders require GPA to take all necessary steps to come into compliance with its NPDES permits and with the Clean Water Act.
- The Transmittal Letter (PDF) (2 pp, 76K) sent to GPA (covers both Administrative Orders)
- The two Administrative Orders include the inspection reports.
- Tanguisson power plant (PDF) (38 pp, 2.2M)
- Cabras power plant (PDF) (72 pp, 4.3M)
Guam Shipyard
- Finding of Violation and Order for Compliance (PDF) (10 pp, 2M)
- Guam Shipyard Industrial Storm Water Inspection Report - July 2013 (PDF) (20 pp, 855K)
- Attachment 1 - Photographs (set 1 of 6) (PDF) (30 pp, 35M)
- Attachment 1 - Photographs (set 2 of 6) (PDF) (30 pp, 40M)
- Attachment 1 - Photographs (set 3 of 6) (PDF) (26 pp, 38M)
- Attachment 1 - Photographs (set 4 of 6) (PDF) (24 pp, 35M)
- Attachment 1 - Photographs (set 5 of 6) (PDF) (25 pp, 39M)
- Attachment 1 - Photographs (set 6 of 6) (PDF) (23 pp, 53M)
- Attachment 2 - Participants List (PDF) (1 pp, 152K)
- Attachment 3 - Transfer Agreement (PDF) (2 pp, 73K)
- Attachment 4 - Site Map (PDF) (1 pp, 87K)
- Attachment 5 - Accumulated Storm Water Discharge Drainage Record Log (PDF) (16 pp, 486K)
- Attachment 6 - Rain Data (PDF) (47 pp, 390K)
- Attachment 7 - SW Sampling Analysis (PDF) (46 pp, 4.1M)
- Attachment 8 - NOI November 5, 2009 (PDF) (9 pp, 217K)
Guam Waterworks Authority
- NEIC Wastewater and Collection System Inspection Report (PDF) (January 2013) (50 pp, 6.9M)
- NEIC Public Water Supply Inspection and Sanitary Survey Report (PDF) (September 2012) (43 pp, 2.8M)
- Order for Preliminary Relief (PDF) (November 2011) (52 pp, 187K)
Hanson Permanente Cement
- Findings of Violation and Order for Compliance (PDF) (16 pp, 1.6M)
Horizon Lines of Guam, LLC
- Findings of Violation and Order for Compliance (PDF) (10 pp, 1.1M)
Matson Navigation Company
- Findings of Violation and Order for Compliance (PDF) (10 pp, 1.0M)
Port Authority of Guam
- Findings of Violation and Order for Compliance (PDF) (13 pp, 2.0M)
USN Apra Harbor
On 24 November 2008 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued Findings of Violation to the U.S. Navy for permit violations under the federal Clean Water Act at Naval Base Guam. In July, EPA inspectors discovered the violations during inspections covering several different federal environmental statutes and programs.