The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2014-15
REGULATE: LAND DISPOSAL - WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS
GROUP:
ALL LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
MEASURE:
NUMBER OF MONITORING REPORTS DUE AND RECEIVED
NUMBER OF FACILITIES WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN CIWQS
MESSAGE:
The Water Boards received 54 percent of reports that were due in FY 14-15. Statewide, 60 percent of regulated facilities have reporting requirements indicated in CIWQS.
Key Statistics for FY 2014-15
Number of Facilities with Reporting Requirements
474
Number of Monitoring Reports Due
2,000
Number of Monitoring Reports Received
1,087
MEASUREMENTS - Data Last Updated on: 11-18-2015 (1:08 pm)
Regional Board Office
Facilities Regulated
Facilities With Reporting Requirements in CIWQS
Self Monitoring Reports Due in FY 2014-15
Reports Fully Submitted
Reports Reviewed
Percentage of Reports Fully Submitted
1
35
32
210
101
1
48%
2
78
51
127
39
35
31%
3
65
22
75
27
27
36%
4
64
58
234
200
199
85%
5
229
175
736
391
172
53%
5_Fresno
79
56
307
167
165
54%
5_Redding
36
29
101
5
5
5%
5_Sacramento
114
93
328
219
2
67%
6
95
75
280
193
136
69%
6_Tahoe
12
10
123
9
4
7%
6_Victorville
83
77
284
205
132
72%
7
74
8
35
0
0
0%
8
70
36
171
115
79
67%
9
83
2
5
0
0
0%
TOTAL
793
474
2,000
1,087
649
54%
WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING
60 percent of facilities regulated in the Land Disposal Program now have their reporting requirements now in the Water Boards' database (CIWQS). 54 percent of reports due to the Water Boards in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15, were received statewide. Of the 1,087 reports received, 649 reports (60 percent) were reviewed by Water Board staff.
WHY THIS MEASURE IS IMPORTANT
Self-Monitoring Reports (SMRs) are the primary tool to assess compliance with permit requirements. SMRs are submitted with different frequencies and with different purposes. At a minimum, all regulated facilities are required to submit an annual report, with most facilities also required to submit quarterly reports. Some dischargers may also be required to submit monthly reports and other technical reports. SMRs contain the information required to assess the quality of a regulated facility's discharge and the facility's compliance with its permit. SMRs typically include both the data required by the permit as well as any additional date the permitted has collected, consistent with permit requirements. SMRs often include an assessment of discharge conditions, analysis performed by a certified laboratory, and field measurements (such as pH and stream flow). Regional Water Board staff review reports to determine if the reports are complete, and if the reported values are within the permitted limits. In 2010, the Water Boards transitioned to tracking both paper and electronic form monitoring reports due, received, and reviewed in the CIWQS database. This card shows the progress towards tracking monitoring and reviewing reports from all permitted facilities.
TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Data Source: CIWQS. Period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
Unit of Measure: Number of self-monitoring reports that were due, received or reviewed during FY 14-15.
Data Definitions: Self Monitoring Report required in Waste Discharge Requirements. Data includes all Self Monitoring Report types and frequencies.
The form used to report self-monitoring results by regulated facilities. Self Monitoring: Sampling and analyses performed by a facility to determine compliance with a permit or other regulatory requirements.
CIWQS
The California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) is a web-based relational database for core regulatory data. Using this system, both staff and the public can access data related to places of environmental interest, permits and other orders, inspections and violations and enforcement activities.
Land Disposal
The Land Disposal program regulates of waste discharge to land for treatment, storage and disposal in waste management units. Waste management units include waste piles, surface impoundments, and landfills. California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 23, (Chapter 15) contains the regulatory requirements for hazardous waste. CCR Title 27, contains the regulatory requirements for wastes other than hazardous waste.
