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

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 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).