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i;�. Eo ERNOR . ewow,+Jw. MAR 15 2011 M:,o.E Roe.n:E„o. Water Boards aRFNT Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board fRtIC f8 TH 13 March 2017 Jaime Rodriguez CERTIFIED MAIL Chief Engineer 1 91 7199 9991 7035 8365 3396 Deuel Vocational Institution P.O. Box 400 Tracy, CA 95378-0400 ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY COMPLAINT R5-2017-0509 FOR ASSESSMENT OF MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTIES, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, DEUEL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Enclosed is an Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (Complaint), issued pursuant to California Water Code section 13385, for violations of Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order R5- R5-2014-0014-01 (NPDES CA0078093) by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Discharger) for the Deuel Vocational Institution Wastewater Treatment Facility (Facility). The Complaint charges the Discharger with administrative civil liability in the amount of twenty four thousand dollars ($24,000), which represents the sum of accrued mandatory minimum penalties (MMPs) for effluent limitation violations (identified in Attachment A of the Complaint) that occurred between 1 May 2016 and 31 January 2017. The Complaint alleges one nitrate plus nitrite and seven total coliform violations. On 24 January 2017, Central Valley Water Board staff issued a draft Record of Violations (ROV) to the Discharger for the period between 1 May 2016 and 30 November 2016. The Discharger did not submit comments in response to the ROV. This Complaint extends the ROV period through 31 January 2017; two additional total coliform violations were found in addition to those cited in the ROV. Pursuant to Water Code section 13323, the Discharger may: • Pay the proposed administrative civil liability and waive its right to a hearing (Option #1 on the attached waiver form); • Ask that the hearing be postponed to facilitate settlement discussions or for other reasons (Options #2 or#3 on the attached waiver form); or, • Contest the Complaint and/or enter into settlement discussions without signing the enclosed waiver. If the Central Valley Water Board does not receive a signed waiver by 10 April 2017, a hearing will be scheduled for the 8/9 June 2017 Board meeting in Rancho Cordova. This hearing will be governed by the attached Hearing Procedures, which have been approved by the Board Chair for use in adjudicating matters such as this one. Any objections to the Hearing Procedures must be received by Stephanie Yu, whose contact information is listed in the Hearing Procedures, by 5 p.m. on 20 March 2017. KARL E. LONOLEY SCD, P.E., CHAIR I PAMELA C. CREECON P.E., SCEE, EXECUTIVE OFFICER 11020 Sun Center Drive#200,Reneho Cordova,CA 95070 1 www.watOrboards.ca.gov/oentraiv.1i.y rj w crc.Fo Fnoew