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RECEIVED <br /> NOV 2 4 2014 <br /> Eo U.G,S.-Jw <br /> MfiTxzw Roon,ouez <br /> ...,. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH :XXPfxi.LL <br /> ` MC TOA <br /> VxOIECi,Ox <br /> Water Boards PERMIT19ERVIrFS <br /> Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> CERTIFIED MAIL <br /> 18 November 2014 7013 2250 0000 3465 4408 <br /> J. Price, Warden <br /> Deuel Vocational Institution <br /> California Department of Corrections <br /> P.O. Box 400 <br /> Tracy, CA 95378-0004 <br /> CALIFORNIA WATER CODE 13267 ORDER TO SUBMIT TECHNICAL REPORTS, DEUEL <br /> VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> You are legally obligated to respond to this Order. Please read this Order carefully. <br /> The discharge of waste brine from the water treatment system at the California Department of <br /> Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Deuel Vocational Institution in San Joaquin County is <br /> regulated by Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order R5-2007-0005. CDCR owns and <br /> operates the facility. <br /> Failure to Monitor <br /> On 4 September 2014, CDCR received a Notice of Violation (NOV) for the failure to submit the <br /> 2013 Second Semi-annual Monitoring Report or the 2014 First Semi-annual Monitoring Report. <br /> The maximum discretionary penalty for these violations is over $250,000. The NOV requested <br /> a meeting to discuss how CDCR will ensure that future monitoring is conducted as required. <br /> The NOV also requested that CDCR submit bi-weekly reports describing the progress toward <br /> returning to compliance. However, CDCR has not submitted bi-weekly reports. <br /> On 21 October 2014, Central Valley Water Board staff met with CDCR. At the meeting the <br /> Discharger indicated that the monitoring and reporting violations occurred due to a lapse in <br /> contracts between the Discharger and the environmental consultant. The Discharger stated that <br /> a new contract has been approved and a Notice to Proceed would be issued shortly. <br /> In a 17 November email, the Discharger stated that the groundwater monitoring contract would <br /> be in place by 1 December 2014. Please be aware that the failure to collect groundwater <br /> samples during the 2014 second semi-annual monitoring period (i.e., prior to 31 December <br /> 2014) or to submit the report by the 1 February 2015 due date will result in monetary penalties. <br /> Release from Surface Impoundment No. 1 <br /> On 18 September 2014, CDCR staff verbally informed Water Board staff that leachate was <br /> found in the unsaturated zone monitoring system of Surface Impoundment No. 1 (SI No. 1), <br /> indicating a leak in the liner. Discharge Specification B.18 of the WDRs states that if leachate is <br /> detected in the vadose zone monitoring system, then the Discharger shall immediately cease <br /> the discharge of waste to the unit, verbally notify staff within 72 hours, and submit written <br /> notification within seven days (including a schedule for repair). In addition, waste cannot be <br /> KARL E. L.ONGLEY SCD, P.E., CHAIR I PAMELA G. CnEEDGN P.E., BGEE, EXECUTIVE Crr,CCn <br /> 11020 Sun Center Orive 0200,Rancho Comove,CA 85670 Iwww.weterboartla.ca.yov/ceniralvalley <br /> ('j neerefeo revex <br />