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Palomar Transfer Station Inc

9 37I018454 · Notice of Intent · Carlsbad, San Diego

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

Official

Facility record

Facility name
Palomar Transfer Station Inc
WDID
9 37I018454
Application type
Notice of Intent
City
Carlsbad
County
San Diego
ZIP
92008
Primary SIC code
4212
SIC description
Local Trucking Without Storage
Date active
2003-11-04
Regional Water Board
Regional Board 9 - San Diego Region

Hydrologic

Geographic context

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

Official facility point
33.13110, -117.26789
HUC12 subwatershed
Agua Hedionda Creek
HUC12 code
180703030502
Impaired-water associations (derived)
3
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303(d) context

Associated impaired waters

Grouped by derived geographic association class.

Derived

Same impaired-water subwatershed

3 waterbodies
Agua Hedionda Creek

River & Stream · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (17) Benthic Community Effects, Bifenthrin, Chlorpyrifos, Cyfluthrin, Cyhalothrin, Lambda, Cypermethrin +11 more

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

Aqua Hedionda Lagoon

Estuary · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (1) Toxicity

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

Buena Creek

River & Stream · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (7) Benthic Community Effects, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Indicator Bacteria, Nitrate and Nitrite, Nitrogen, Phosphorus +1 more

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
855
Sample events
84
Distinct parameters
18
Reporting years
2015 – 2025
First sample
2016-03-07
Latest sample
2026-02-17
Source regional dataset
Region 9 - San Diego
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 855
Sample dateLocationParameterResultUnitsEvent
2026-02-17SW-2Aluminum211ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Chemical oxygen demand (COD)257mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2CopperND (non-detect / est.)ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Enterococcus> 2419.6(non-detect / est.)MPN/100 mLQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Fecal Coliform11590MPN/100 mLQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Iron69.4ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2LeadND (non-detect / est.)ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N)ND (non-detect / est.)mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Oil and Grease1.49mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2pH7SUQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Phosphorus.036mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Selenium.000433mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2Total Suspended Solids (TSS)2.8mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2026-02-17SW-2ZincND (non-detect / est.)ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2Aluminum3250ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2Chemical oxygen demand (COD)105mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2Copper.535ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2Iron1010ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2Lead.339ug/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N)ND (non-detect / est.)mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2Oil and Grease.867mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2pH7SUQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2PhosphorusND (non-detect / est.)mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2SeleniumND (non-detect / est.)mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-11-21SW-2Total Suspended Solids (TSS)2.6mg/LQualifying Storm 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
11
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

Annual1.809 mg/L0.75 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.2.41× threshold4 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

Annual132.025 mg/L120 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.1.1× threshold4 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

Annual0.017 mg/L0.033 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.5× threshold4 eligible2 non-detect as zeroarithmetic 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

Annual2.92 mg/L1 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.2.92× threshold4 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

Annual0.005 mg/L0.262 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.02× threshold4 eligible2 non-detect as zeroarithmetic 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)

Nitrite Plus Nitrate (as N)

nitrate_nitrite_n

Annual0.113 mg/L as N0.68 mg/L as NAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.17× threshold4 eligible3 non-detect as zeroarithmetic 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.4 eligible1 non-detect as zerocount 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.4 eligiblecount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

Phosphorus, Total (as P)

phosphorus_total

Annual0.286 mg/L as P2 mg/L as PAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.14× threshold4 eligible1 non-detect as zeroarithmetic 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)

Selenium, Total Recoverable

selenium_total

Annual1.08e-4 mg/L0.005 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.02× threshold4 eligible3 non-detect as zeroarithmetic 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)

Total Suspended Solids (TSS)

tss

Instantaneous maximum0 samples above400 mg/LAt or below NALNo eligible result in this reporting year was outside the instantaneous maximum NAL.4 eligiblecount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

Zinc, Total Recoverable

zinc_total

Annual0.093 mg/L0.26 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.36× threshold4 eligible1 non-detect as zeroarithmetic 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

PhosphorusMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentAgua Hedionda Creek

1 reporting year above the annual NAL, most recently RY 2018 · 1 303(d) listing · association: derived watershed association (low confidence)

PhosphorusMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentBuena Creek

1 reporting year above the annual NAL, most recently RY 2018 · 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
9 37I018454
Source feature ID
17450
Application type
Notice of Intent
Regional board derivation
WDID region prefix
Geometry status
valid
Last successful facility import
Aug 21, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC

Official IGP permitted facilities feature layer