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Information Sheet IS-36 Reissued Waste Discharge Requirements General Order R5-2013-0122 Existing Milk Cow Dairies ■ Retrofitting to improve nitrogen balance. ■ Items II.0 (certification of completion of modifications for storage capacity needs), III.D (certification of completion of modifications for flood protection needs), and IV.0 (certification of modifications for production area construction criteria) of Attachment B. • By 1 July 2012 o Annual Report including the Annual Dairy Facility Assessment with facility modifications implemented to date. o Certification that the Nutrient Management Plan has been completely implemented. How Will This Order Be Enforced? The State Water Board's Water Quality Enforcement Policy (Enforcement Policy) establishes a process for using progressive levels of enforcement, as necessary, to achieve compliance. It is the goal of the Central Valley Water Board to enforce this order in a fair, firm, and consistent manner. Violations of this order will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis with appropriate enforcement actions taken based on the severity of the infraction and may include issuance of administrative civil liabilities. Progressive enforcement is an escalating series of actions that allows for the efficient and effective use of enforcement resources to: 1) assist cooperative dischargers in achieving compliance; 2) compel compliance for repeat violations and recalcitrant violators; and 3) provide a disincentive for noncompliance. Progressive enforcement actions may begin with informal enforcement actions such as a verbal, written, or electronic communication between the Central Valley Water Board and a Discharger. The purpose of an informal enforcement action is to quickly bring the violation to the discharger's attention and to give the discharger an opportunity to return to compliance as soon as possible. The highest level of informal enforcement is a Notice of Violation. The Enforcement Policy recommends formal enforcement actions for the highest priority violations, chronic violations, and/or threatened violations. Violations of the Dairy General Order that will be considered as high priority violations include, but are not limited to: 1. Any discharge of waste and/or storm water from the production area to surface waters. 2. The application of waste to lands not owned, leased, or controlled by the Discharger without written permission from the landowner. 3. The discharge of wastewater to surface water from cropland. 4. Failure to submit notification of a discharge to surface water in violation of the Dairy General Order. 5. Falsifying information or intentionally withholding information required by applicable laws, regulations or an enforcement order.