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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br />CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br />STANDARD PROVISIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS <br />FOR <br />WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br />(National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) <br />1 March 1991 <br />A. GENERAL PROVISIONS <br />1. Any violation of this Order constitutes a violation of the Federal <br />Clean Water Act (CWA) and the California Water Code (CWC) and, there- <br />fore, may result in enforcement action under either or both laws. <br />2. The Clean water Act provides that any person who violates a portion of <br />this Order implementing Sections 301, 302, 306, 301, 308, 318, or 405 <br />of the Clean Water Act is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed <br />$25,000 per day for each violation. Any person who willfully or <br />negligently violates this Order with regard to these sections of the <br />CWA is subject to a fine of not less than $2,500 nor more than $25,000 <br />per day of violation, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or <br />both. <br />3. The requirements prescribed herein do not authorize the commission of <br />any act causing injury to the property of another; protect the <br />Discharger from liability under federal, state, or local laws; or <br />guarantee the Discharger a capacity right in the receiving waters. <br />4. The Discharger shall allow representatives of the Regional Water <br />Quality Control Board (hereafter Board), the State Water Resources <br />Control Board and the Environmental Protection Agency (hereafter EPA), <br />upon presentation of credentials, at reasonable hours, to: <br />a. enter premises where wastes are treated, stored, or discharged and <br />facilities in which any required records are kept; <br />b. copy any records required to be kept under terms and conditions of <br />this Order; <br />c. inspect facilities, monitoring equipment, practices, or operations <br />regulated or required by this Order; and <br />d. sample, photograph or video tape any discharge, waste, waste unit <br />or monitoring device. <br />5. If the Discharger's wastewater treatment plant is publicly owned or <br />subject to regulation by the California Public Utilities Commission, it <br />shall be supervised and operated by persons possessing certificates of <br />appropriate grade according to Title 23, California Code of Regulations <br />(CCR), Division 3, Chapter 14. <br />