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Garcia Recycling Center

8 30MR000017 · Region 8 - Scrap Metal Permit · Garden Grove, Orange

Official record — State Water Resources Control Board, Industrial General Permit

Official

Facility record

Facility name
Garcia Recycling Center
WDID
8 30MR000017
Application type
Region 8 - Scrap Metal Permit
City
Garden Grove
County
Orange
ZIP
92843
Primary SIC code
5093
SIC description
Scrap and Waste Materials
Date active
2012-05-15
Regional Water Board
Regional Board 8 - Santa Ana Region

Hydrologic

Geographic context

Official facility coordinate plotted against the official 2026 impaired-water geometry.

Official facility point
33.76130, -117.92250
HUC12 subwatershed
Anaheim Bay
HUC12 code
180702010001
Impaired-water associations (derived)
4
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303(d) context

Associated impaired waters

Grouped by derived geographic association class.

Derived

Same impaired-water subwatershed

4 waterbodies
Bolsa Bay Marsh

Estuary · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (1) Toxicity

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

Bolsa Chica Channel

River & Stream · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (3) Ammonia (Unionized), Indicator Bacteria, pH

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

East Garden Grove Wintersburg Channel

River & Stream · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (1) Ammonia (Unionized)

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

Huntington Harbour

Bay & Harbor · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (6) Chlordane, Copper, Indicator Bacteria, Lead, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Toxicity

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

Associations are calculated from official facility coordinates, USGS HUC12 boundaries, and official 2026 impaired-water geometry. They do not establish a discharge connection or causation.

TMDL requirements

Water Board-stated TMDL waste load allocations applied to this industrial permit in SMARTS.

Official record — SMARTS TMDL dataset, State Water Board

No SMARTS TMDL requirement is recorded for this WDID. In the statewide TMDL export only permits in Regions 4, 8 and 9 currently carry industrial TMDL requirements, so an absence here is not a statement that the facility discharges to an unimpaired water.

Official monitoring

SMARTS monitoring

Self-reported industrial stormwater sampling results as submitted by the discharger to SMARTS.

Official record — SMARTS parameter data, State Water Board
Reported results
1,228
Sample events
71
Distinct parameters
30
Reporting years
2012 – 2025
First sample
2012-11-30
Latest sample
2026-04-01
Source regional dataset
Region 8 - Santa Ana
Source retrieved
Aug 21, 2026

Official SMARTS public reports

Parameters reported

Reported results over time

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Most recent reported results

Latest 25 of 1,228
Sample dateLocationParameterResultUnitsEvent
2026-04-01DP#1Aluminum880ug/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Cadmium.73ug/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Chemical oxygen demand (COD)160mg/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Copper110ug/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Electrical Conductivity3900umhos/cmRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Hydrocarbons, Total PetroleumND (non-detect / est.)mg/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Iron1700ug/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Lead6.8ug/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Nickel3.8ug/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Oil and Grease2.4mg/LRain Event
2026-04-01DP#1pH6.5SURain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Turbidity30NTURain Event
2026-04-01DP#1Zinc170ug/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Aluminum2100ug/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Cadmium1.5ug/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Chemical oxygen demand (COD)130mg/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Copper240ug/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Electrical Conductivity52umhos/cmRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Hydrocarbons, Total PetroleumND (non-detect / est.)mg/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Iron3700ug/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Lead16ug/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Nickel8.8ug/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Oil and Grease3.6mg/LRain Event
2026-02-16DP#2pH6.7SURain Event
2026-02-16DP#2Turbidity95NTURain Event

Monitoring rows are official self-reported SMARTS submissions, joined to this facility by WDID. California Stormwater Intelligence does not restate, correct, average or evaluate reported values, and no benchmark comparison or violation determination is made.

YDOS-derived

Numeric Action Level comparison

Reported SMARTS analytical results compared against the Numeric Action Levels of the Industrial General Permit version in effect for each reporting year (July 1 – June 30).

Derived
Reporting years evaluated
10
Years with an NAL exceedance
10
Most recent evaluated year
RY 2025
Ruleset
igp_nal_ruleset_v1 / igp_nal_v1
ParameterNAL typeCalculated valueNALResultSamples usedMethod

Aluminum, Total Recoverable

aluminum_total

Annual1.593 mg/L0.75 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.2.12× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Cadmium, Total Recoverable

cadmium_total

Annual0.001 mg/L0.005 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.23× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

cod

Annual150 mg/L120 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.1.25× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Copper, Total Recoverable

copper_total

Annual0.183 mg/L0.033 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.5.52× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Iron, Total Recoverable

iron_total

Annual2.633 mg/L1 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.2.63× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Lead, Total Recoverable

lead_total

Annual0.012 mg/L0.262 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.05× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Nickel, Total Recoverable

nickel_total

Annual0.007 mg/l1.02 mg/lAt or below NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.01× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Oil and Grease

oil_grease

Instantaneous maximum0 samples above25 mg/LAt or below NALNo eligible result in this reporting year was outside the instantaneous maximum NAL.3 eligiblecount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

pH

ph

Instantaneous maximum0 samples above6 – 9 pH unitsWithin NAL rangeNo eligible result in this reporting year was outside the instantaneous maximum NAL.3 eligiblecount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

Zinc, Total Recoverable

zinc_total

Annual0.25 mg/L0.26 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.96× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

YDOS-derived overlap

Pollutant overlap with impaired receiving waters

Parameters where this facility has an NAL exceedance in at least one reporting year and the geographically associated waterbody carries a 303(d) listing for the same pollutant.

Derived

CopperMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentHuntington Harbour

9 reporting years above the annual NAL, most recently RY 2025 · 1 303(d) listing · association: derived watershed association (low confidence)

LeadMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentHuntington Harbour

1 reporting year above the annual NAL, most recently RY 2017 · 1 303(d) listing · association: derived watershed association (low confidence)

pHMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentBolsa Chica Channel

1 reporting year above the instantaneous maximum NAL, most recently RY 2022 · 1 303(d) listing · association: derived watershed association (low confidence)

Overlap is informational co-occurrence between a derived NAL comparison and an official 303(d) listing. It is not evidence that this facility caused or contributed to the impairment.

An NAL exceedance is a permit-defined condition that triggers Exceedance Response Actions under the Industrial General Permit. It is not a violation, an enforcement action, or a Water Board compliance determination. Annual values use the arithmetic average of eligible results with non-detects treated as zero; instantaneous maximum NALs (total suspended solids, oil and grease, pH) are exceeded when two or more eligible results in a reporting year fall outside the level. Rules transcribed from 2014-0057-DWQ as amended by 2015-0122-DWQ (effective 2015-07-01, superseded 2020-06-30); 2014-0057-DWQ as amended by 2018-0028-DWQ (effective 2020-07-01).

Provenance

Source & provenance

Source agency
California State Water Resources Control Board
Source dataset
Industrial General Permit — permitted facilities (statewide GIS layer)
WDID
8 30MR000017
Source feature ID
19661
Application type
Region 8 - Scrap Metal Permit
Regional board derivation
WDID region prefix
Geometry status
valid
Last successful facility import
Aug 21, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC

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