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MONITORING AND REPORTING WER NO. R5-2012-0813 • -2- OLIN 2- OLIN CHLOR ALKALI TRACY, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY concentrations in excess of the applicable Water Quality Objectives. The Discharger is responsible for the discharge because it operates a facility on the Site that discharged these chemicals. 6. The Discharger shall not implement any changes to this Order unless and until a revised Order is issued by the Executive Officer. This Monitoring and Reporting Order replaces the requirements listed in Order No. R5-2008-0819 which was issued on 9 June 2008. 7. Prior to construction of any new groundwater monitoring or remediation wells, and prior to destruction of any groundwater monitoring or remediation wells, the Discharger shall submit plans and specifications to the Central Valley Water Board for review and approval. Once installed, all new monitoring wells shall be added to the monitoring program and shall be sampled and analyzed according to the schedule below. LEGAL PROVISIONS 8. CWC section 13267 states, in part: (b)(1) In conducting an investigation, the Regional Board may require that any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or, discharging, or who proposes to discharge waste within its region . . . shall furnish, under penalty of perjury, technical or monitoring program reports which the regional board requires. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained from the reports. In requiring those reports, the regional board shall provide the person with a written explanation with regard to the need for the reports, and shall identify the evidence that supports requiring that person to provide the reports. The reports required herein are necessary for the reasons described in this Order, to assure protection of waters of the state, and to protect public health and the environment. 9. CWC section 13268 states, in part: (a)(1) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b) of Section 13267 . . . or falsifying any information provided therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b). (b)(1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (a) in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. (d)(1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (c) in an amount which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.