Niles Canyon Railway
Terminated WDID 2 01I024012 Sunol, Alameda County Region 2 · San Francisco Bay
At a glance
- Permit Evidence: SMARTS record
- Terminated Industrial
- Notice of Intent (WDID code I) · Permits and applications
- Location Evidence: facility-reported
- Sunol, Alameda County
- Region 2 · San Francisco Bay · Location · Statewide map
- Receiving water
- Alameda Creek (as reported by the facility)
- Evidence: identification corroborated Alameda Creek Details
- Identified receiving water on the 2026 303(d) list
- Yes · 5 Appendix A decisions, category 5 Evidence: State-published
- Describes the waterbody, not this facility · Waterbody profile
- 2026 Integrated Report waters within 1.0 km Evidence: geographic proximity
- 1 waterbody; 1 on the 2026 303(d) list
- Proximity only; not a discharge pathway · Nearby waterbodies
- Monitoring results Evidence: facility-reported
- None in the current exports
- Compliance and enforcement records Evidence: SMARTS record
- 0 inspections · 1 violation record · 1 enforcement action
- Counts as published in SMARTS; not a compliance determination · Details
Each label shows where a statement comes from. How to read the labels.
Overview and location
Reported facility location HUC12 watershed Corroborated receiving water 2026 Integrated Report waterbodies nearby
Reported location Evidence: facility-reported
- Coordinates
- 37.59899, -121.9241
- Precision
- 4 decimal places
- Shared point
- 3 permits report this exact point
- Matches application record
- same
Facility location as reported by the discharger in SMARTS; not a discharge point or outfall.
- Facility address
- 5550 Niles Canyon Road, Sunol 94586
- Regional Water Board
- 2 — San Francisco Bay
HUC12 watershed Evidence: spatial
- Lower Alameda Creek HUC12 180500040603
The facility's reported location lies within this HUC12 watershed (spatial derivation); it is not a discharge location.
Permits and applications Evidence: SMARTS record
Current permit record
- Permit type
- Industrial
- Application type
- Notice of Intent (WDID code I)
- Status
- Terminated
- Operator
- Pacific Locomotive Association
- Primary industry (SIC)
- 3743-Railroad Equipment
- Application ID
- 434202
- NOI processed
- Jan 18, 2013
- Termination effective
- Jun 29, 2020
- Last certified
- Aug 16, 2015
- Facility size
- 7 Acres
- Impervious area
- 5 %
Retrieved from SMARTS Oct 20, 2026. Verify against SMARTS before relying on it.
Permit history
| Application | Type | Status | Processed | Terminated | Certified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 434202 | Industrial | Terminated | Jan 18, 2013 | Jun 29, 2020 | Aug 16, 2015 |
Every storm water application SMARTS records for this WDID, newest first (1).
Receiving water
- Reported by the facility Evidence: facility-reported
- Alameda Creek
- Discharges directly / indirectly
- N / Y (as answered in the permit application)
Evidence: identification corroborated Alameda Creek CAR2043005119990218134634
Receiving water reported by facility — waterbody identification corroborated by geographic evidence.
Nearest distance from the reported facility location: 53 m. Method receiving_water/2.
2026 Integrated Report status Evidence: State-published
Alameda Creek is on the 2026 Clean Water Act section 303(d) list (5 Appendix A decisions; category 5).
| Pollutant | Category | Listing decision | TMDL requirement | Decision ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 5 | List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 150833 |
| Benthic Community Effects | 5 | List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 154194 |
| Diazinon | 5 | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (being addressed with USEPA approved TMDL) | 5B · San Francisco Bay Urban Creeks Diazinon | 141660 |
| Oxygen, Dissolved | 5 | List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 141670 |
| Toxicity | 5 | List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 141676 |
Published by the State Water Resources Control Board (2026 California Integrated Report, Appendix A). Listing status is taken from Appendix A only. State Board adoption 2026-02-03; USEPA approval not confirmed. A listing describes the waterbody, not this facility. Waterbody profile.
Impaired waters and TMDLs
Two kinds of information, kept apart: 2026 Integrated Report waterbodies near the reported location (geographic proximity only), and TMDL records that SMARTS lists for this facility. Neither establishes where the facility discharges; see Receiving water for the facility's own statement.
Nearby waterbodies Evidence: geographic proximity
Spatial proximity only; discharge pathway not established. Being near a waterbody does not mean the facility discharges to it.
| Waterbody (2026 Integrated Report) | Distance | 2026 303(d) list | Appendix A decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda Creek CAR2043005119990218134634 | 53 m | listed | 5 |
Waterbodies within 1.0 km of the reported facility location. Method proximity/1.
SMARTS TMDL records Evidence: SMARTS-reported
No TMDL records for this facility in the SMARTS TMDL export.
Reported monitoring results Evidence: facility-reported
Numeric Action Level (NAL) screening is being independently validated and is not shown. Nothing on this page states whether a result exceeded a NAL.
No industrial monitoring results for this permit are in the current exports.
Compliance and enforcement records Evidence: SMARTS record
These are records as the State Water Board publishes them in SMARTS, with the source's own types and statuses. They are not a compliance determination or rating. A record listed here is not proof of a violation beyond what the source states, and the absence of records does not establish compliance.
| Record type | Records | As published | Dates | Retrieved | List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violations | 1 | 1 Violation · 0 Potential (preliminary) · 0 Dismissed | Jul 02, 2013 – Jul 02, 2013 | Oct 21, 2026 | All violations |
| Enforcement actions | 1 | 1 issued · 0 draft · 0 withdrawn, rescinded or superseded | Jan 30, 2014 – Jan 30, 2014 | Oct 21, 2026 | All actions |
| Inspections | 0 | inspections, not findings | — | Oct 21, 2026 | |
| Annual reports | 8 | certified reports (contents not shown) | 2015 – 2022 | Oct 21, 2026 | All reports |
| Water-quality-based corrective action reports | 0 | reports, by parameter | — | Oct 21, 2026 |
Each record type is counted by its own SMARTS identifier. A violation and the enforcement action that cites it are two records in two lists; they are never added together.
Chronological record history (10 records, newest first)
| Date | Record | ID | Type or purpose | Status as published | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2023 | Annual reports | 1192457 | Annual report 2022 | — | |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Annual reports | 1116142 | Annual report 2021 | — | |
| Jul 15, 2021 | Annual reports | 1064289 | Annual report 2020 | — | |
| Jun 29, 2020 | Annual reports | 846366 | Annual report 2015 | — | |
| Jun 24, 2020 | Annual reports | 981267 | Annual report 2019 | — | |
| Jul 10, 2019 | Annual reports | 957563 | Annual report 2018 | — | |
| Sep 23, 2018 | Annual reports | 882511 | Annual report 2016 | — | |
| Sep 17, 2018 | Annual reports | 943004 | Annual report 2017 | — | |
| Jan 30, 2014 | Enforcement actions | 415755 | 1st NNC - AR (First Notice of Non-Compliance (annual report)) | Active | |
| Jul 02, 2013 | Violations | 854113 | Late Report | Violation | Report |
Sources and provenance
| Information | Source | Retrieved or published |
|---|---|---|
| Permit, location, receiving-water text | SMARTS Industrial Application Specific Data | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Permit history | SMARTS Storm Water Applications | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Monitoring results | SMARTS Industrial Parameter Data | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Watershed Boundary Dataset HU2 GeoPackages 15, 16, 18 (WBDHU12) | USGS | 2026-10-22 |
| 2026 California Integrated Report, Appendix A: 2026 303(d) List (final) | SWRCB | 2026-10-22 |
| Final_2026_Rivers_and_Streams + Final_2026_Lakes_and_Reservoirs (FeatureServer 0) | SWRCB GIS | 2026-10-22 |
| SMARTS TMDL requirements | SMARTS | 2026-10-21 |
Relationships computed 2026-10-22 with methods facility_huc12/1, proximity/1, receiving_water/2, tmdl_reference/1, waterbody_huc12_ovl/1, waterbody_huc12_pub/1; proximity threshold 1.0 km.
How to read the evidence labels
- Evidence: SMARTS record Evidence: facility-reported Information as published in SMARTS or reported by the discharger.
- Evidence: identification corroborated The reported receiving-water name identifies one official waterbody and the facility's location is consistent with it. It does not establish a discharge pathway.
- Evidence: candidate, awaiting review Evidence: not confirmed The reported name could match one or more official waterbodies, but no identification has been confirmed; nothing is assigned without review.
- Evidence: spatial Evidence: geographic proximity Derived from the reported location only.
- Evidence: SMARTS-reported Source records whose links to official references are not yet reviewed.
- Evidence: unavailable The information could not be loaded or is not in the sources.
Records are shown as published and are not compliance determinations. How geographic context is derived.