ABC METALS
Active WDID 9 37I030294 El Cajon, San Diego County Region 9 · San Diego
At a glance
- Permit Evidence: SMARTS record
- Active Industrial
- Notice of Intent (WDID code I) · Permits and applications
- Location Evidence: facility-reported
- El Cajon, San Diego County
- Region 9 · San Diego · Location · Statewide map
- Receiving water
- Forester Creek (as reported by the facility)
- Evidence: identification corroborated Forester Creek Details
- Identified receiving water on the 2026 303(d) list
- Yes · 9 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
- 1 inspection · 2 violation records · 3 enforcement actions
- 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
- 32.812428, -116.963751
- Precision
- 6 decimal places
- Shared point
- No
- Matches application record
- same
Facility location as reported by the discharger in SMARTS; not a discharge point or outfall.
- Facility address
- 290 Vernon way, El Cajon 92020
- Regional Water Board
- 9 — San Diego
HUC12 watershed Evidence: spatial
- Forester Creek HUC12 180703040702
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
- Active
- Operator
- ABCMETALS
- Primary industry (SIC)
- 5093-Scrap and Waste Materials
- Application ID
- 563690
- NOI processed
- Jul 26, 2023
- Last certified
- Jul 20, 2023
- Facility size
- 6300 SqFt
- Impervious area
- 10 %
Retrieved from SMARTS Oct 20, 2026. Verify against SMARTS before relying on it.
Permit history
| Application | Type | Status | Processed | Terminated | Certified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 563690 | Industrial | Active | Jul 26, 2023 | — | Jul 20, 2023 |
Every storm water application SMARTS records for this WDID, newest first (1).
Receiving water
- Reported by the facility Evidence: facility-reported
- Forester Creek
- Discharges directly / indirectly
- N / Y (as answered in the permit application)
Evidence: identification corroborated Forester Creek CAR9071300020010924120240
Receiving water reported by facility — waterbody identification corroborated by geographic evidence.
Nearest distance from the reported facility location: 885 m. Method receiving_water/2.
2026 Integrated Report status Evidence: State-published
Forester Creek is on the 2026 Clean Water Act section 303(d) list (9 Appendix A decisions; category 5).
| Pollutant | Category | Listing decision | TMDL requirement | Decision ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benthic Community Effects | 5 | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 126441 |
| Chloride | 5 | List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 125497 |
| Indicator Bacteria | 5 | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (being addressed with USEPA approved TMDL) | 5B · Bacteria Impaired Waters I (creeks and beach shorelines) | 127875 |
| Nitrogen | 5 | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 132039 |
| Oxygen, Dissolved | 5 | List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 111953 |
| Phosphorus | 5 | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 111955 |
| Selenium | 5 | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 111956 |
| Total Dissolved Solids | 5 | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 68072 |
| Turbidity | 5 | List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) | 5A | 111959 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forester Creek CAR9071300020010924120240 | 886 m | listed | 9 |
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 | 2 | 2 Violation · 0 Potential (preliminary) · 0 Dismissed | Jul 15, 2025 – Jul 16, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | All violations |
| Enforcement actions | 3 | 3 issued · 0 draft · 0 withdrawn, rescinded or superseded | Aug 08, 2025 – Jul 22, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | All actions |
| Inspections | 1 | inspections, not findings | Apr 30, 2024 – Apr 30, 2024 | Oct 21, 2026 | All inspections |
| Annual reports | 1 | certified reports (contents not shown) | 2023 – 2023 | 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 (7 records, newest first)
| Date | Record | ID | Type or purpose | Status as published | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Enforcement actions | 471121 | NOV (Notice of Violation) | Active | |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Violations | 905198 | Late Report | Violation | Report |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Enforcement actions | 463830 | NOV (Notice of Violation) | Active | |
| Aug 08, 2025 | Enforcement actions | 457795 | NOV (Notice of Violation) | Active | |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Violations | 893266 | Late Report | Violation | Report |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Annual reports | 1251399 | Annual report 2023 | — | |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Inspections | 2064192 | B Type compliance | Finalized | Additional Info Required |
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.