Strategies for Navigating Regulatory Enforcement from Violation to Resolution

Presentation Description: Has your agency experienced a recent water quality permit violation? Are you interested in hearing directly from other agency managers who have experienced enforcement? Are you interested in being proactive and learning more about the enforcement process to help you prepare for addressing a future potential violation? If so, you’ll not want to miss this exciting and engaging session with an experienced team providing key insights for helping managers understand the enforcement process and better positioning their agencies to developing sound internal strategies to be proactive and successfully navigating an enforcement action by the Water Boards.

With the State Water Board Office of Enforcement Attorneys and Regional Board staff working diligently to address ongoing water violations across the State, this session has been strategically designed to offer ways to turn enforcement into opportunity, including:
• Real-time Agency Enforcement Risk Survey.
• Strategies for showcasing agency compliance efforts.
• Strategies on avoiding common violations, addressing historic violations, developing key communications, reducing ancillary risks, and keeping Water Board investigators satisfied.
• Valuable insights on the California Water Quality Enforcement Policy including case studies.
• Strategies for enhancing collaborative opportunities to help reduce Water Board oversight and burden to improve outcomes.
• Enforcement Negotiation Team Best Practices:
o Managing overlapping agency inquiries, including from other state jurisdictional agencies and local agencies, early to streamline enforcement priorities.
o Strategies on steering your team to the regional board and mitigating potential enforcement decisions.
o Support agency primacy
o Negotiate strong Enforcement Policy Factors and provide potential Enforcement Order recommended language