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• i ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY ORDER NO. 5-01-281 - 7 - R. 7 - R. LAWSON ENTERPRISES, LLC DBA WILDROSE VINEYARDS SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY or discuss with staff any problems it was encountering in meeting the prescribed deadlines, but failed to do so. By failing to submit the required reports, the Discharger realized an economic benefit by delaying the expenditure of funds necessary to fully assess the impacts on water quality from this particular discharge of waste, and to provide the required information. There may be other matters that justice requires. 22. The Discharger's 30 November 2001 response following receipt of the Complaint for Administrative Civil Liability issued by the Executive Officer indicates the Discharger's willingness to comply with the WDRs and its monitoring requirements. The Board determines in this Order to assess an administrative civil liability of$25,000, and requires the Discharger,to pay $15,000 to the State Water Resources Control Board Cleanup and Abatement Account within 30 days of the date of this Order and suspends the remaining$10,000 contingent upon submission of complete reports describing the following tasks to the satisfaction of the Executive Officer by no later than 8 April 2002. If the Discharger fails to complete the tasks by 8 April 2002, the Discharger shall pay the remaining $10,000 to the State Water Resources Control Board Cleanup and Abatement Account within 30 days of the date of the notice by the Executive Officer. The Discharger shall submit the following reports and plans by 8 April 2002: a. A report describing the installation of a flow meter to measure winery wastewater flow to determine compliance with Discharge Specification No. B.1 as described in WDRs Provision F.2.a. The report shall clearly show that all winery wastewater is being metered. Use of a pump run time meter is not acceptable to satisfy this requirement. b. Either a groundwater monitoring well installation workplan as described in WDRs Provision F.2.b or, if use of wells owned by other parties is proposed, then submit a workplan that includes access agreements,well construction details, groundwater data collected to date, sample collection and handling procedures, and clearly show that the existing wells are adequate to monitor the land application area. The report shall be signed by a California licensed engineer or geologist. c. An Operation and Wastewater Management Plan (0&WM Plan) as described in WDRs Provision F.2.c. d. If the California licensed engineer or geologist's report described in Finding 22.b determines that groundwater monitoring well installation is necessary,then submit a groundwater well installation report as described in WDRs Provision F.2.d. If installation of additional wells is not required,this report requirement is waived. If the Discharger fails to complete the tasks described above by 8 April 2002, then the remaining $10,000 will become due within 30 days of notification by the Executive Officer. 23. Staff costs associated with processing this Order are approximately eight thousand dollars ($8,000).