California Code of Regulations
Title 27 - Environmental Protection
Division 3 - Electronic Submittal of Information
Subdivision 1 - Data Dictionary for Regulated Activities
Chapter 5 - COMPLIANCE, MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT (CME) INFORMATION
3 - Enforcement Information
Universal Citation: 27 CA Code of Regs 3
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
| ID | ELEMENT | CODES/CRITERIA | LENGTH | TYPE | INFORMATION DESCRIPTION | CERS MINIMALLY REQUIRED FIELDS |
| 1 | Facility ID Number | 13 | AN | A facility identifier assigned by the local regulator supporting cross-linking of CERS and local data system records. Because CUPAs do not consistently apply the original regulatory definition of this field (2 AN county 3 AN jurisdiction 6 AN facility number), CERS accepts any alphanumeric string up to 13 characters. The original regulator goals of this field are fulfilled through the CERS ID and CERS System Field "FacilityRegulatorKey" (20.0084). | False | |
| 1a | CERS ID | Cal/EPA assigned, 8- or 9- digit ID assigned to a specific facility that never has leading zeroes (begins at 10000001). Cal/EPA does not anticipate using 9- digit CERS IDs until the year 2020 or beyond. | 9 | N | A CERS ID is a Cal/EPA-assigned, 8- or 9- digit ID to uniquely identify a facility in CERS. The CERS ID should remain unchanged across different owners/operators of a facility. | False |
| 3 | Business Name | 70 | AN | Full legal name of business. | True | |
| 913b | Red Tag Issued | Y = Yes | 1 | AN | Indicates if a red tag was issued for a single UST or tank compartment. | False |
| N = No | ||||||
| 913c | Red Tag Number | If the tag # is only four digits, insert a zero (0) before the first number: 0xxxx. | 5 | AN | Identification Number of the Red Tag affixed to the fill pipe for each single UST or tank compartment. | False |
| 913d | Violations Causing Red Tag | 1 = Violation threatening/causing liquid release | 1 | AN | Reason for affixing the red tag. Must be a significant violation. | False |
| 2 = Violation impairing ability of UST system to detect a leak | ||||||
| 3 = Chronic violation or committed by recalcitrant violator | ||||||
| 913e | Date Red Tag Affixed | YYYY-MM-DD | 10 | D | Date Red Tag affixed to the fill pipe. | False |
| 913f | Date Red Tag Removed | YYYY-MM-DD | 10 | D | Date Red Tag removed. | False |
| 914 | Type of Enforcement | a = Notice of Violation (NOV) Only | 1 | AN | A notice of violation (NOV) is an informal enforcement action taken by a CUPA. A NOV is | True |
| Action | b = AEO - Local Ordinance | written documentation that informs a business of non-compliance and establishes | ||||
| c = AEO - UP | a date by which the non-compliance is to be | |||||
| d = Referral to State Attorney General | corrected. A CUPA takes formal enforcement action on non-compliant businesses by | |||||
| e = Referral to District Attorney | initiating administrative enforcement orders and/or referring the case to the State Attorney | |||||
| f = Referral to County Council or City Attorney | General, District Attorney, County Council or City Attorney, US Attorney, State Agency, | |||||
| g = Referral to US Attorney | Federal Agency, or other. A formal enforcement action mandates return to compliance by | |||||
| h = Referral to State Agency | imposing punitive and criminal penalties to businesses that fail to comply. If more than | |||||
| i = Referral to Federal Agency | one enforcement action is taken, the type and date of each action should be recorded. | |||||
| j = Referral to Other | ||||||
| 915 | Date of Enforcement Action | YYYY-MM-DD | 10 | D | Date the enforcement action is taken. The date of enforcement action is the date the order is sent to the business, a final referral is made to the Attorney General, District Attorney or County Attorney, the complaint is filed with the court, or the date the administrative order is issued. If more than one enforcement action is taken, the type and date of each action should be recorded. | True |
| 916 | Type of Formal | a = Administrative | 1 | AN | Type of formal enforcement | False |
| Enforcement | b = Civil | action. | ||||
| Action | c = Criminal | |||||
| d = Civil/Criminal | ||||||
| 917a | Date a Referred Case Settled or Dropped | YYYY-MM-DD | 10 | D | Date a referred case is settled or dropped. No date means that the case is open. | False |
| 918 | Docket Number | 20 | AN | Number assigned by the court for civil and criminal actions. | False | |
| 919 | Final Fine or Penalty Assessed | Round to nearest whole number. Do not use decimal places. | 8 | N | Dollar amount of fine or penalty assessed. This is the final monetary penalty or fine assessed via court or administrative order, or the amount agreed upon in a formal legal settlement. It is based on the value of fines / penalties excluding costs. Does not include Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs). | False |
| 920 | Supplemental Environmental Projects Value | Round to nearest whole number. Do not use decimal places. | 8 | N | Dollar amount/value of SEPs. | False |
| 925 | Enforcement Comments | 1000 | AN | Additional details about this Enforcement. | False |
1. New table filed 11-16-2004; operative 12-16-2004 (Register 2004, No. 47).
2. Amendment filed 12-18-2007; operative 1-17-2008 (Register 2007, No. 51).
3. Amendment filed 12-17-2013; operative 12-17-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2013, No. 51).
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