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ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY ORDER NO. -4- COUNTY 4- COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN AND FOOTHILL SANITARY LANDFILL, INC. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY The Discharger is responsible for submittal of certain technical reports and is culpable for the violations cited. The Discharger received ample opportunity to submit the reports and was informed by staff regarding the seriousness of the matter and the potential that enforcement action could be taken should noncompliance continue. The Discharger has received an unfair economic advantage, relative to other dischargers, by refusing to complete the reports in a timely fashion. Staff costs are estimated to be $6,400 (based on estimated staff time of 80 hours at$80 per hour) in generation of the ACL complaint. 15. Issuance of this Order is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000, et. seq.), in accordance with Section 15321 (a)(2), Title 14, of the California Code of Regulations. 16. A$10,000 Administrative Civil Liability is appropriate based on the determination by the Executive Officer. 17. Any person affected by this action of the Regional Board may petition the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) to review the action in accordance with Section 2050 through 2068, Title 23, California Code of Regulations. The petition must be received by the State Board within 30 days of the date of this Order. Copies of the law and regulations applicable to filing petitions are available at ham://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water laws/cawtrcde/wgpetition instr.html and will also be provided upon request. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, imposes upon County of San Joaquin and Foothill Sanitary Landfill, Inc. administrative civil liability in the amount of $10,000 in accordance with California Water Code Section 13268 and Section 13323. Payment shall be made within 30 days of the date of this Order, and shall be in the form of a certified check made payable to the State Water Resources Control Board Cleanup and Abatement Account. The check shall have written upon it the number of this Order. I, THOMAS R. PIINKOS, Executive Officer, do hereby certify the forgoing is a full, true, and correct copy of an Order adopted by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, on THOMAS R. PE\KOS, Executive Officer KAS: 7-Jan-04