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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION ACL COMPLAINT NO.R5-2005-0528 ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY IN THE MATTER OF RODNEY AND GAYLA SCHATZ MOKELUMNE RIM VINEYARDS SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY This Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (hereafter Complaint) is issued to Rodney and Gayla Schatz (hereafter known as "Discharger")based on a finding of failure to submit technical reports and make improvements to the Mokelumne Rim Vineyards wastewater system pursuant to California Water Code (CWC) Sections 13301 and 13267, and based on provisions of CWC Sections 13268(a), 13268(b), and 13350(e)(1) which authorize the imposition of an Administrative Civil Liability. The Executive Officer of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (Regional Board) finds, with respect to the Discharger's acts, or failure to act, the following: 1. The Discharger owns and operates a wastewater treatment, storage, and disposal system, which is located at 6200 E. Peltier Road, Acampo in San Joaquin County. 2. Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order No. R5-2004-0035, adopted by the Regional Board on 19 March 2004, prescribes requirements for the treatment, storage and disposal of wastewater at the facility. 3. Wastewater is collected in floor drains, screened, collected in a wastewater storage pond, and subsequently applied to a 35-acre land application area. The 31 July 2001 Report of Waste Discharge (RWD) stated that the wastewater storage pond would be lined with a low permeability soil liner and be equipped with an aerator. 4. The Findings of WDRs Order No. R5-2004-0035 describe a number of deficiencies in the Discharger's wastewater system when compared to the system proposed in the RWD and therefore the WDRs required the Discharger to submit technical reports describing system improvments. 5. The Findings also include requirements to install groundwater monitoring wells, improve wastewater treatment performance, and reduce the dissolved solids loading rate in the land application area. To accomplish those goals, technical reports are required by the WDRs. VIOLATIONS OF THE WDRs 6. The Discharger has a history of noncompliance with the WDRs. These violations include failure to comply with the Monitoring and Reporting Program(MRP), inadequate dissolved oxygen in the wastewater pond, inadequate freeboard in the wastewater pond, and failure to install groundwater monitoring wells. In addition, the Discharger has not submitted the technical reports required by the Provisions section of the WDRs. The following reports have not been submitted or the