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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY COMPLAINT NO. R5-2004-0530 <br /> MANDATORY PENALTY <br /> IN THE MATTER OF <br /> CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS <br /> DEUEL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> This Complaint to assess Mandatory Penalties pursuant to California Water Code (CWC) Section <br /> 13385 (h) and/or(i) is issued to the California Department of Corrections,Deuel Vocational <br /> Institution(hereafter Discharger),based on a finding of violations of Waste Discharge <br /> Requirements Order Nos. 94-212 and R5-2003-0065 (NPDES No. CA0078093). <br /> The Executive Officer of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board(Regional <br /> Board) finds the following: <br /> 1. CWC Section 13385(h) and(i)requires assessment of mandatory penalties and states, in <br /> part, the following: <br /> CWC Section 13385(h)(1)requires the Regional Board to assess a mandatory penalty of <br /> three thousand dollars($3,000) for each serious violation. <br /> CWC Section 13385(h)(2) states for purposes of this section, a"serious violation"means <br /> any waste discharge that violates the effluent limitations contained in the applicable waste <br /> discharge requirements for a Group II pollutant, as specified in Appendix A to Section <br /> 123.45 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations,by 20 percent or more or for a Group <br /> I pollutant, as specified in Appendix A to Section 123.45 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal <br /> Regulations,by 40 percent or more. <br /> CWC Section 13385(i)(1) requires the Regional Board to assess a mandatory minimum <br /> penalty of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each violation, not counting the first three <br /> violations, if the discharger does any of the following four or more times in any period of six <br /> consecutive months (non-serious violation): <br /> A. Violates a waste discharge requirement effluent limitation. <br /> B. Fails to file a report pursuant to Section 13260. <br /> C. Files an incomplete report pursuant to Section 13260. <br /> D. Violates a toxicity effluent limitation contained in the applicable waste discharge <br /> requirements where the waste discharge requirements do not contain pollutant- <br /> specific effluent limitations for toxic pollutants. <br />