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Musco Family Olive Company - 3 - 14 August 2006 California Water Code Request for Technical Report California Water Code (CWC) Section 13267 states, in part: (b)(1) In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision (a), the regional board may require any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge waste within its region...shall furnish, under penalty of perjury, technical or monitoring program reports which the regional board requires. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained from the reports. In requiring those reports, the regional board shall provide the person with a written explanation with regard to the need for the reports, and shall identify the evidence that supports requiring that person to provide the reports. Failure to submit a requested technical report requested pursuant to CWC Section 13267 could lead to administrative civil liabilities authorized by CWC Section 13268, which states: (a)(1) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b) of Section 13267...is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b). (b)(1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (a) in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. Musco Family Olive Company and Studley Company own and operate Musco Family Olive Company, which discharges waste subject to Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2005-0024. The following technical reports are required to ensure compliance with the Waste Discharge Requirements. Therefore, pursuant to Section 13267 of the California Water Code, the Discharger shall submit the following technical reports: 1. By 22 September 2006, the Discharger shall submit a workplan addressing the deficiencies in the DMP (See enclosed memo). This workplan shall include the installation of additional groundwater monitoring wells to monitor the shallow, intermediate, and deep zones beneath the surface impoundments. This workplan shall include all of the information requested within the enclosed, Requirements for Monitoring Well Installation Workplans and Monitoring Well Installation Reports 2. By 30 November 2006, the Discharger shall submit a well installation report that contains all the information listed in the enclosed Requirements for Monitoring Well Installation Workplans and Monitoring Well Installation Reports. Failure to submit the above technical reports, or failure to submit complete reports, will result in staff recommending that the Executive Officer issue an Administrative Civil Liability Complaint (i.e. a fine) of up to $1,000 per day for each late or incomplete report.