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California Rolional Water Quality ^ntrol Board Central Valley Region Winston H.Hickox Robert Schneider, Chair Sect ereq far Sacramento Main Office Gray Davis Environmental Internet Address: hltp://www.swrcb.ca.gov/mvgcb5 Governor 3443 Routier Road,Suite A,Sacramento,California 95827-3003 Phone(916)255-3000•FAX(916)255.3015 R 29 January 2003 ° U � l JAN 3 0 2003 Matt Machado, P.E. ENVIRON VIENT hL City Engineer- City of Ripon PERMIT/SERVICE,, 259 North Wilma Avenue Ripon, CA 95366 WATER CODE SECTION 13267 REQUEST FOR REPORT AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION, INCOMPLETE MONITORING REPORTS, CITY OF RIPON, SAN JOA QUIN COUNTY A recent file review shows that the City of Ripon is operating its wastewater treatment plant in violation of Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) and Monitoring and Reporting Program (MRP) Order No. 94-263. WDRs Provision E.6 states: The Discharger must comply with all conditions of this Order, including timely submittal of technical and monitoring reports as directed by the Executive Officer. Violations may result in enforcement action, including Regional Board or court orders requiring corrective action or imposing civil monetary liability, or in revision or rescission of this Order. In year 2002, the City has submitted a number of monitoring reports late or has combined multiple months into one report. The Reporting section of the MRP requires: Monthly monitoring reports shall be submitted the Regional Board, by the 2018 day of the following month. The City has also failed to monitor all the items required by the MRP. For example, no freeboard monitoring has been submitted for all of 2002, no water supply monitoring has been provided, and no groundwater elevation monitoring data has been submitted. Incomplete monitoring reports are described below: a The City has been late submitting monitoring reports for every month in 2002 except August. The first report for year 2002 was received 28 May 2002 (which included data from January to April),the second report was received 9 July(which included data from May), the third report was received 2 August 2002 (which included data from June), and the fourth report was received 13 September 2002 (which included data from July and August). The Regional Board has received no other monitoring reports. a Monitoring reports for the months September, October,November, and December have not been received. California Environmental Protection Agency r,?Recycled Paper The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. Fora list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs,see our Web-site at http,//www,swrcb.ca.gov/r cieb5