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California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.9 - Total Maximum Daily Load for Sediment in Napa River

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On September 9, 2009, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2009-0064, amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region. This amendment
					 establishes a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for sediment in the Napa River,
					 and an implementation plan to achieve the TMDL and related habitat enhancement
					 goals.
To implement required control measures, the San Francisco
					 Bay Water Board will rely on Waste Discharge Requirements, Waivers of Waste
					 Discharge Requirements, Clean Water Act Section
					 401 permits, and existing National
					 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for urban stormwater
					 runoff and/or wastewater discharges. Approximately every five years, the San
					 Francisco Bay Water Board plans to evaluate monitoring results and assess
					 progress made towards attaining targets and load allocations. The San Francisco
					 Bay Water Board may revise the TMDL and implementation plan and schedule as
					 necessary.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San
					 Francisco Region filed 1-3-2011; amendments approved by the State Water
					 Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2010-0047 on 10-5-2010; amendments
					 approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 1-3-2011 (Register 2011, No. 1).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.10 - Bacteria Water Quality Objectives for Marine and Estuarine Waters Designated for Contact Recreation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On April 14, 2010, the Regional Water Quality Control
					 Board, San Francisco Bay Region (San Francisco Bay Water Board) adopted
					 Resolution No. R2-2010-0066, amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the
					 San Francisco Bay Region. The State Water Resources Control Board approved the
					 amendment under Resolution No. 2010-0016, on April 5, 2011.
San Francisco Bay Water Board Resolution R2-2010-0066,
					 amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region (Basin
					 Plan). The Basin Plan amendment includes new enterococcus water quality
					 objectives to protect the Water Contact Recreation beneficial use in marine and
					 estuarine waters, a new water quality-based enterococcus effluent limitation
					 for NPDES wastewater permits, mandatory inclusion of bacteriological effluent
					 limitations in most NPDES wastewater permits, and limited flexibility for the
					 Regional Board to apply total coliform objectives in effluent limitations and
					 to apply dilution credit in effluent limitations.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendment to basin plan filed 7-14-2011; amendment approved
					 by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2011-0016 on 4-5-2011;
					 amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 7-14-2011 (Register 2011, No. 28).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.11 - Addition of Surface Water Bodies and Designation of Beneficial Uses for Surface Water Bodies Throughout the San Francisco Bay Region

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The San Francisco Bay Water Board Resolution R2-2010-0100,
					 adopted July 14, 2010, amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San
					 Francisco Bay Region (Basin Plan). The State Water Resources Control Board
					 approved the amendment under Resolution No. 2011-0058, on December 5, 2011. The
					 Basin Plan amendment adds approximately 280 surface water bodies to Table 2-1
					 of the Basin Plan and designates beneficial uses for approximately 375 surface
					 water bodies. This amendment is intended to improve the clarity and
					 completeness of the Basin Plan.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 3-9-2012; amendments
					 approved by the State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2011-0058 on
					 12-5-2011; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 3-9-2012 (Register 2012, No. 10).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.12 - Refinement of Beneficial Uses for Hayward Marsh

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
San Francisco Bay Water Board Resolution R2-2011-0057
					 amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region (Basin
					 Plan). The State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under
					 Resolution No. 2011-0057, on December 5, 2011. The Basin Plan amendment refines
					 the beneficial uses specific to Hayward Marsh by adding Hayward Marsh to Table
					 2-4 as a distinct water body; removing water contact recreation as a beneficial
					 use; adding the protection of rare and endangered species beneficial use, and
					 sustaining other existing beneficial uses. The amendment also clarifies the
					 water quality objectives that apply to wastewater discharges into Hayward
					 Marsh.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 2-27-2012; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2011-0057 on
					 12-5-2011; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 2-27-2012 (Register 2012, No. 9).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.14 - Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
San Francisco Bay Water Board Resolution R2-2014-0028
					 amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region (Basin
					 Plan). The Basin Plan amendment amended sections of the Basin Plan that discuss
					 septic systems by incorporating by reference without change the State Water
					 Resources Control Board's adopted Onsite Wastewater System (OWTS) Policy and
					 deleting those sections of the Basin Plan that were superseded by the OWTS
					 Policy. The State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under
					 Resolution 2014-0064 on November 18, 2014. This amendment is intended to
					 implement the statewide OWTS policy for the San Francisco Bay Region.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 2-17-2015; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2014-0064 on
					 11-18-2014; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 2-17-2015 (Register 2015, No. 8).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.15 - Total Maximum Daily Load for Fine Sediment in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed and an Implementation Plan to Achieve the TMDL and Related Habitat Enhancement Goals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On June 11, 2014, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board (Water Board) adopted Resolution No. R2-2014-0027,
					 amending the Water quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region. This
					 amendment establishes a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for sediment in
					 Lagunitas Creek, and an implementation plan to achieve the TMDL and related
					 habitat enhancement goals.
The objective of this amendment is to reduce fine sediment
					 (primarily sand) deposition in Lagunitas Creek and its tributaries, as needed
					 to support recovery of coho salmon and steelhead runs. The amendment also is
					 expected to enhance channel habitat complexity and connectivity to the
					 floodplain. The TMDL allocates discharges of sediment to natural erosion
					 processes, non-point sources generated by human actions (e.g., roads, grazing,
					 and accelerated bed and bank erosion along Lagunitas creek and the alluvial
					 reaches of its tributaries), and minor point sources including construction
					 activities and stormwater runoff.
The amendment establishes:
* A sediment TMDL [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] 120 percent of the
					 natural background sediment load;
* Numeric targets for sediment, as indicated by streambed
					 mobility and red scour;
* Numeric targets for habitat condition, as indicated by
					 the amount of large woody debris in channels;
* Allocations for all significant sediment sources;
* An implementation plan to achieve the TMDL and related
					 habitat enhancement goals; and
* A plan and schedule to evaluate and monitor progress
					 towards meeting targets.
To implement the required control measures, the Water Board
					 will rely on Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs), Waivers of WDRs, Clean Water
					 Act Section
					 401 permits, and existing NPDES
					 permits for urban stormwater runoff and/or construction activities.
Approximately every five years, the Water Board will
					 evaluate monitoring results and assess progress made towards attaining targets
					 and load allocations. New and relevant information and monitoring, special
					 studies and scientific literature will be taken into account as it becomes
					 available. The Water Board may revise the TMDL and implementation plan and
					 schedule as necessary through tis adaptive implementation process.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 3-17-2015; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2014-0065 on
					 11-18-2014; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 3-17-2015 (Register 2015, No. 12).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.16 - Maximum Daily Load for Selenium in North San Francisco Bay

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On November 18, 2015, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2015-0048, amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region to address impairment of
					 the North Bay from selenium. This amendment establishes a total maximum daily
					 load (TMDL) expressed as total annual selenium load to North San Francisco Bay
					 equal to the sum of current loads from external sources and an implementation
					 plan. The amendment establishes two numeric targets:
1) a numeric target for selenium in fish
				  tissue (8.0 µg/g dry weight whole body and 11.3 µg/g in muscle
				  tissue) protective of aquatic life, including listed species (e.g., green
				  sturgeon), and
2) a numeric target
				  for the water column of 0.5 µg/L total dissolved selenium, derived from
				  the fish tissue target, which is more stringent than the current Basin Plan
				  water quality objective of 5.0 µg/L.
The main goal of the implementation plan is to maintain
					 existing water quality and prevent increases in selenium loading from petroleum
					 refineries, the largest controllable source of selenium, and from the Central
					 Valley watershed. Therefore the implementation plan establishes load-based
					 effluent limits for petroleum refineries that will be incorporated into NPDES
					 permits, and includes monitoring of ambient waters, and monitoring to ensure
					 attainment of the Central Valley load allocation.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 6-2-2016; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2016-0017 on
					 3-15-2016; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 6-2-2016 (Register 2016, No. 23).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.17 - Total Maximum Daily Load for Bacteria at San Francisco Bay Beaches

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On April 13, 2016, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2016-0021, amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region to address impairment of
					 several San Francisco Bay beaches from bacteria. This amendment establishes
					 total maximum daily loads (TMDL) for bacteria at Aquatic Park beach,
					 Candlestick Point beaches, and Crissy Field beach in San Francisco, and at
					 Parkside Aquatic and Lakeshore beaches in the City of San Mateo. The amendment
					 establishes numeric targets for the fecal indicator bacteria Enterococcus for
					 these beaches and allocates discharges of bacteria to sanitary sewer collection
					 systems, urban runoff, vessels (where present), and controllable
					 wildlife.
The objective of this amendment is to reduce levels of
					 bacteria at the named beaches to protect water quality for recreational uses.
					 It includes an implementation plan for achieving the numeric targets, and
					 monitoring to investigate and identify bacteria sources and to ensure
					 attainment of the targets.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 12-13-2016; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2016-0046 on
					 8-16-2016; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 12-13-2016 (Register 2016, No. 51).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.18 - Site-Specific Water Quality Objectives and Total Maximum Daily Load for Suisun Marsh and Addition of Suisun Marsh to Water Bodies Addressed by San Francisco Bay Mercury TMDL

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On April 11, 2018, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2018-0015, amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region to address impairment of
					 Suisun Marsh by low dissolved oxygen/organic enrichment and mercury. This
					 amendment establishes site-specific water quality objectives for dissolved
					 oxygen in the marsh slough channels and a total maximum daily load (TMDL) with
					 targets equal to the water quality objectives. The goal of the amendment is to
					 reduce occurrences of anthropogenically-induced low dissolved oxygen, and to
					 protect aquatic life (EST, MIGR, RARE, and SPWN) beneficial uses. The
					 implementation actions are designed to encourage and build upon on-going water
					 and vegetation management in the marsh, and to comply with the requirements of
					 the 401 water quality certification for managed wetlands maintenance and
					 operations.
The Basin Plan amendment extends applicability of the San
					 Francisco Bay Mercury TMDL to Suisun Marsh including fish tissue targets, TMDL
					 allocations, and implementation and monitoring requirements.
On August 21, 2018, the State Water Resources Control Board
					 approved the Basin Plan amendments with Resolution No. 2018-0040.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 11-29-2018; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2018-0040 on
					 8-21-2018; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 11-29-2018 (Register 2018, No. 48).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.19 - Total Maximum Daily Load for Sediment in the Pescadero-Butano Watershed and an Implementation Plan to Achieve the TMDL and Related Habitat Enhancement Goals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On June 13, 2018, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2018-0027, amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region. This amendment
					 establishes a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for sediment in Pescadero-Butano
					 watershed and an implementation plan to achieve the TMDL and related habitat
					 enhancement goals.
The objective of this amendment is to reduce sediment
					 deposition in Pescadero and Butano creeks and their tributaries, to support
					 recovery of steelhead and coho salmon runs. The amendment is also expected to
					 enhance channel habitat complexity and connectivity to the floodplain. The TMDL
					 allocates discharges of sediment to natural erosion processes, non-point
					 sources generated by human actions (e.g., roads, grazing, and accelerated bed
					 and bank erosion along the creeks), and minor point sources including
					 construction activities and stormwater runoff.
The amendment establishes:
* A sediment TMDL [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] 125 percent of
					 natural background sediment load;
* Numeric targets for sediment, expressed as residual pool
					 volume and substrate composition;
* Numeric targets for habitat condition, expressed as the
					 amount of large woody debris in channels;
* Allocations for all significant sediment source
					 categories;
* An implementation plan to achieve the TMDL and related
					 habitat enhancement goals; and
* A plan and schedule for monitoring and evaluating
					 progress toward meeting the targets.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendment to basin plan filed 5-21-2019; amendment approved
					 by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2018-0058 on 12-11-2018;
					 amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 5-21-2019 (Register 2019, No. 21).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.20 - Total Maximum Daily Load or Bacteria in the Petaluma River Watershed

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On November 13, 2019, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolutions No. R2-2019-0030, amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region. This amendment
					 establishes a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for bacteria in the Petaluma
					 River and its tributaries (Petaluma River Watershed). The amendment includes
					 new regulatory provisions, summarized below:
1. Numeric targets for fecal indicator
				  bacteria in the Petaluma River Watershed to protect water contact
				  recreation;
2. A TMDL for fecal
				  indicator bacteria in the Petaluma River Watershed;
3. Allocations of the TMDL among controllable
				  sources of bacteria, including a wastewater treatment plant, sanitary sewer
				  collection systems, private sewer laterals, onsite wastewater treatment
				  systems, vessel marinas, homeless encampments, confined animal facilities,
				  grazing lands, domestic pet waste, and municipal and California Department of
				  Transportation stormwater runoff; and
4. A program of implementation that includes
				  actions to achieve the TMDL, a time schedule for actions, and a description of
				  monitoring to be undertaken to determine compliance.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 10-26-2020; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2020-0018 on
					 6-2-2020; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 10-26-2020 (Register 2020, No. 44).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.21 - Chlorine Water Quality Objectives and Total Chlorine Residual Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On November 18, 2020, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board (San Francisco Bay Water Board) adopted Resolution No.
					 R2-2020-0031, amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay
					 Region. The Basin Plan amendment includes changes to:
(1) Establish chlorine water quality
				  objectives for the protection of aquatic life beneficial uses in marine,
				  estuarine, and fresh surface waters in the region.
(2) Replace the total residual chlorine
				  technology-based effluent limitation with water quality-based effluent
				  limitations for wastewater discharges.
(3) Include the provisions specifying how
				  these water quality-based effluent limitations are to be implemented in
				  wastewater discharge permits.
(4)
				  Remove the 4-day average freshwater mercury objective.
(5) Make a reference to the Statewide Mercury
				  Provisions, which contains mercury water quality objectives applicable to the
				  region's surface waters.
(6)
				  Correct the applicability of the oil and grease effluent limitations to apply
				  only to sewage treatment facilities that do not provide secondary or
				  advanced-secondary treatment.
The objective of this amendment is to allow wastewater
					 dischargers that are subject to total residual chlorine effluent limitations
					 the flexibility to stop dechlorination over-dosing practices, thus saving
					 operational cost and reducing the discharge of excess chemicals into receiving
					 waters.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 10-22-2021; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2021-0016 on
					 5-18-2021; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 10-22-2021 (Register 2021, No. 43).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.22 - Total Maximum Daily Load for Bacteria at the Beaches in Pillar Point Harbor and Venice Beach

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On February 10, 2021, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2021-0002, amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region. The State Water
					 Resources Control Board approved the amendment under Resolution No. 2021-0026
					 on July 20, 2021. The amendment establishes a total maximum daily load (TMDL)
					 to reduce bacteria at the beaches in Pillar Point Harbor and Venice Beach on
					 the San Mateo coast and includes the following:
1. Bacteria TMDL with numeric targets to
				  protect water contact recreational uses at the beaches in Pillar Point Harbor
				  and Venice Beach,
2. Load and
				  wasteload allocations for all controllable sources of bacteria to the beaches,
				  and
3. A program of implementation
				  with actions to achieve the TMDL, a time schedule and a monitoring program to
				  evaluate progress in meeting the numeric targets and determine compliance.
The implementation relies on regulatory programs and
					 actions to control bacteria discharges from controllable sources and employs a
					 phased approach to reduce bacteria loads from sanitary sewer collection
					 systems, vessels and amenities in Pillar Point Harbor, and municipal stormwater
					 runoff. An implementation target of 15 years is established for achieving the
					 TMDL.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 11-15-2021; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2021-0026 on
					 7-20-2021; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 11-15-2021 (Register 2021, No. 47).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3921 - Revised Beneficial Use Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The 1994 Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coast
					 Region (Basin Plan) was amended in September 1994 resulting in revisions to the
					 definitions for the following beneficial uses: Freshwater Replenishment (FRSH),
					 Navigation (NAV), Estuarine Habitat (EST), and Shellfish Harvesting
					 (SHELL).
1. New
					 section filed 3-3-95; operative 3-3-95. Resolution No. 94-06 adopted by the
					 Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 9-8-94. Resolution No.
					 94-115 adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board 11-17-94. Approved by
					 OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 95, No. 9).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3922 - San Lorenzo River Watershed Wastewater Management Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The 1994 Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coast
					 Region (Basin Plan) was amended on April 14, 1995 as follows: the San Lorenzo
					 Valley on-site septic system prohibition was rescinded and replaced with the
					 "Wastewater Management Plan for the San Lorenzo River Watershed" and "San
					 Lorenzo Nitrate Management Plan, Phase II Final Report."
1. New
					 section filed 10-25-95; operative 10-25-95. Resolution No. 95-04 adopted by the
					 Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 4-14-95. Resolution 95-53
					 adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board 8-17-95. Approved by OAL
					 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 95, No. 43).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3923 - Removal of the Numeric Nitrate Objective for the San Lorenzo River

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On June 2, 2002, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board adopted Resolution No. 00-001 amending the Water Quality Control
					 Plan for the Central Coast Basin (Basin Plan). The amendment revised the Basin
					 Plan by removing the numeric nitrate objective for the San Lorenzo River. Water
					 quality will continue to be protected by the narrative Basin Plan taste and
					 odor and biostimulatory effects objectives.
The amendment removes the numeric nitrate objective for San
					 Lorenzo River from Chapter Three, page III-14 in the Basin Plan.
1. New
					 section filed 2-13-2002; operative 2-13-2002. Resolution No. 00-001 adopted by
					 the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 6-2-2000. Approved by
					 OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2002, No. 7).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3924 - Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Pathogens in Morro Bay, Including Chorro and los Osos Creeks

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for pathogens
					 in Morro Bay, Chorro and Los Osos Creeks to address impairment of the
					 beneficial uses of Shellfish Harvesting, Contact Recreation and Non-contact
					 Recreation by excessive levels of bacterial indicator organisms. The numeric
					 target in the Bay is equal to the California Department of Health Service's
					 standard, and the numeric targets for the Creeks are equal to the existing
					 water quality objectives. An implicit margin of safety was incorporated into
					 the TMDL through the use of conservative numeric targets.
The Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board)
					 will rely on self-determined actions and actions required by existing
					 regulatory authority (National Pollutant Discharge Eliminations Systems permits
					 for stormwater discharges and Waste Discharge Requirements [WDRs] for treated
					 sewage discharges) for a ten-year implementation period to achieve the TMDL.
					 The Regional Board will monitoring water quality for compliance with the
					 numeric targets for fecal coliform and/or other appropriate bacterial indicator
					 organisms and will track implementation progress. Any future revision of the
					 TMDL or the numeric targets will be considered through the Basin Plan amendment
					 process. If future revision to the implementation strategy is recommended, the
					 revision will be considered through the Basin Plan amendment process and/or on
					 a case-by-case basis through existing regulatory authority (e.g., additional
					 WDRs).
1. New
					 section filed 11-19-2003; operative 11-19-2003. Resolution No. R3-2002-0117
					 adopted by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 5-16-2003;
					 Resolution No. 2003-060 adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board
					 9-16-2003. Approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2003, No. 47).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3925 - Concise Summary of Regulatory Provisions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Regional Board Resolution No. R3-2002-0051, adopted on May
					 16, 2003 by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional
					 Board), modified the regulatory provisions of the Water Quality Control Plan
					 for the Central Coast Region (Basin Plan) by establishing a Total Maximum Daily
					 Load (TMDL) for Sediment in Chorro Creek, Los Osos Creek, and the Morro Bay
					 Estuary, adopting numeric targets for sediment, and adopting an implementation
					 plan to achieve the TMDL.
This Basin Plan amendment establishes the TMDL for sediment
					 in Chorro Creek at 30,020 tons/year; in Los Osos Creek at 4,864 tons/year; and
					 in the Morro Bay Estuary at 24,885 tons/year. An implicit margin of safety was
					 incorporated into the TMDL through the use of conservative assumptions
					 throughout the sediment source analysis and characterization of beneficial uses
					 impacts. The Regional Board set load allocations for subwatersheds based on
					 fifty percent reductions in erosion. The amendment establishes numeric targets
					 for streambed sediment characteristics known to be supportive of the beneficial
					 uses protecting anadromous fish and for the volume of tidal prism in the Morro
					 Bay Estuary. The numeric targets interpret narrative water quality objectives
					 for sediment in the Basin Plan. The Regional Board will evaluate the TMDL by
					 monitoring numeric targets and tracking implementation actions. Implementation
					 emphasizes the activities of the Morro Bay National Estuary Program, Coastal
					 San Luis Resources Conservation District, and other public and private groups
					 to implement self-determined activities identified in the amendment language.
					 If self-determined actions have not been completed at the end of the third year
					 of implementation, staff will develop a regulatory approach (rather than a
					 self-determined approach) and present a revised implementation plan to the
					 Regional Board as a Basin Plan amendment. This Basin Plan amendment establishes
					 a 50-year implementation period to achieve the TMDL. Revision of the TMDL, the
					 numeric targets, or the implementation strategy would be considered through the
					 Basin Plan amendment process.
1. New
					 section summarizing regulatory provisions of basin plan amendment filed
					 12-3-2003; regulatory provisions adopted by the Central Coast Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board pursuant to Resolution No. R3-2002-0051 on 5-16-2003;
					 approved by OAL and effective 12-3-2003 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2003, No. 49).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3926 - Amends the Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the Central Coast Region to Include a Revised and Updated Monitoring and Assessment Chapter (Chapter 6)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On December 24, 2002, the Central Coast Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board (Regional Board) adopted an amendment to the
Water Quality Control Plan -- Central Coastal Basin, 1994
(Basin Plan). The
Water Quality Control Plan -- Central Coastal Basin,
					 1994
(Basin Plan) serves as the cornerstone water quality protection
					 policy and legal standards for the Central Coast. It identifies beneficial uses
					 of surface and ground waters, establishes water quality objectives to protect
					 beneficial uses, and provides an implementation plan to achieve those
					 objectives. The Basin Plan includes a chapter on surveillance, monitoring, and
					 assessment programs of the State and the Region (Chapter 6). Over the
					 intervening years, new monitoring and assessment programs have been developed
					 and existing monitoring and assessment programs have changed.
The purpose of this amendment is to include up-to-date
					 information on State and Regional surveillance, monitoring, and assessment
					 programs and requirements described in Chapter 6 of the Basin Plan.
1. New
					 section summarizing regulatory provisions of Basin Plan amendment filed
					 12-22-2003; operative 12-22-2003 (Register 2003, No. 52). Basin Plan amendment
					 adopted by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 12-24-2002.
					 Approved by OAL 12-23-2003 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3928 - Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Implementation Plan for Pathogens in San Luis Obispo Creek

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On December 3, 2004, the Central Coast Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board (Central Coast Water Board) adopted Resolution No.
					 R3-2004-0142 amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coast
					 Region (Basin Plan). The amendment revised the Basin Plan by establishing the
					 San Luis Obispo Creek Total Maximum Daily Load and Implementation Plan for
					 Pathogens (TMDL).
The TMDL addresses impairment of San Luis Obispo Creek due
					 to fecal coliform. Current fecal coliform concentration in San Luis Obispo
					 Creek is impairing the water contact recreation and non-contact water
					 recreation beneficial uses (REC-1 and REC-2, respectively.) The TMDL
					 establishes a numeric target for fecal coliform consistent with current Basin
					 Plan objectives protecting both REC-1 and REC-2 beneficial uses. Fecal coliform
					 concentration, based on a minimum of not less than five samples for any 30-day
					 period, shall not exceed a log mean of 200 MPN per 100mL, nor shall more than
					 ten percent of total samples collected during any 30-day period exceed 400 MPN
					 per 100mL. Achieving the numeric target is the responsibility of several
					 entities described in the Basin Plan amendment. An implicit margin of safety is
					 utilized in the TMDL to account for uncertainties.
The Central Coast Water Board is relying on existing
					 regulatory authority to insure implementation actions are carried out by the
					 implementing parties using existing permits. An implementation target of ten
					 years is established for achieving the TMDL. The Central Coast Water Board will
					 track progress towards achieving the TMDL through review of implementation
					 actions and monitoring conducted by the implementing parties. Staff will
					 conduct triennial reviews of implementation actions and monitoring results. If
					 existing efforts are not expected to achieve the TMDL as scheduled (as
					 determined by a triennial review), staff will recommend that additional
					 reporting, monitoring, or implementation efforts be required either through
					 approval by the Executive Officer (e.g., pursuant to California Water Code
					 section
					 13267 or
					 13383) or by
					 the Central Coast Water Board (e.g., through revisions of existing permits
					 and/or a Basin Plan amendment).
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to Basin Plan filed 7-25-2005; operative
					 7-25-2005. Amendments adopted by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board 12-3-2004 by Resolution No. R3-2004-0142; approved by the State
					 Water Resources Control Board 5-19-2005 by Resolution 2005-0037; approved by
					 OAL 7-25-2005 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2005, No. 30).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3929 - Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Implementation Plan for Nitrate-N in San Luis Obispo Creek

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Resolution No. R3-2005-0106, adopted on September 9, 2005
					 by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Central Coast Water
					 Board), modified the regulatory provisions of the Water Quality Control Plan
					 for the Central Coast Region. The State Water Resources Control Board (State
					 Water Board) approved the amendment on June 21, 2006, under Resolution No.
					 2006-0045. Resolution No. R3-2005-0106 established the San Luis Obispo Creek
					 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Implementation Plan for Nitrate-Nitrogen
					 (nitrate-N). The TMDL addresses impairment of San Luis Obispo Creek due to
					 nitrate-N. Current nitrate-N concentrations in San Luis Obispo Creek are
					 impairing the beneficial uses of the municipal and domestic supply of water.
					 The TMDL establishes a numeric target for nitrate-N consistent with the current
					 Water Quality Control Plan objective protecting the municipal and domestic
					 water supply beneficial use. Responsibility for achieving the numeric target
					 falls upon several entities as described in the resolution. The TMDL utilizes
					 an implicit margin of safety to account for uncertainties. The Central Coast
					 Water Board is relying on existing regulatory authority to ensure that
					 implementation actions are carried out, through National Pollutant Discharge
					 Elimination System permits, waste discharge requirements, and waivers. An
					 implementation target date of the year 2012 is established for achieving the
					 TMDL. The Central Coast Water Board will track progress towards achieving the
					 TMDL through review of implementation actions and monitoring conducted by the
					 implementing parties. Central Coast Water Board staff plans to conduct
					 triennial reviews of implementation actions and monitoring results. If the
					 triennial review shows that existing efforts will not achieve the TMDL as
					 scheduled, the Executive Officer of the Central Coast Water Board may require
					 changes to existing monitoring, reporting, or implementation efforts, pursuant
					 to California Water Code section
					 13267 or
					 section 13383.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to Basin Plan filed 8-4-2006; operative
					 8-4-2006. Amendments adopted by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board 9-9-2005 by Resolution No. R3-2005-0106; approved by State Water
					 Resources Control Board 6-21-2006 by Resolution No. 2006-0045; approved by OAL
					 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 8-4-2006 (Register 2006, No. 31).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3929.5 - Aptos Creek Watershed Total Maximum Daily Loads and Implementation Plan for Fecal Coliform, Domestic Animal Waste Discharge Prohibition, and Human Fecal Material Discharge Prohibition

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On May 8, 2009, the Regional Water Quality Control Board,
					 Central Coast Region (Central Coast Water Board) adopted Resolution No.
					 R3-2009-0025, amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coast
					 Region. The State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under
					 Resolution No. 2010-0038, on August 3, 2010.
Resolution No. R3-2009-0025 establishes Total Maximum Daily
					 Loads (TMDLs) for fecal coliform in the Aptos Creek, Valencia Creek, and Trout
					 Gulch (Aptos Creek Watershed), and adds the Aptos Creek Watershed to the Basin
					 Plan's human fecal material discharge prohibition and domestic animal waste
					 discharge prohibition.
The Central Coast Water Board set wasteload and load
					 allocations for subwatersheds, and numeric targets for receiving waters based
					 on the Basin Plan water quality objectives for fecal coliform in waters
					 supporting body contact recreation. Implementation of the TMDLs relies on
					 compliance by non-point source dischargers with prohibitions against the
					 discharge of domestic animal waste and human fecal material. Responsible
					 parties will need to demonstrate compliance with the prohibitions through
					 reporting to the Central Coast Water Board or its Executive Officer.
					 Additionally, the Central Coast Water Board will rely upon existing NPDES
					 permits and Waste Discharge Requirements to ensure that implementing parties
					 carry out implementation actions.
Central Coast Water Board staff will conduct triennial
					 reviews of implementation actions, monitoring results, and evaluations
					 submitted by responsible parties of their progress toward achieving their
					 allocations. Triennial reviews will continue until the water quality objectives
					 are achieved. The compliance schedule for achieving the TMDLs and the numeric
					 target for fecal coliform concentration is 13 years after the TMDLs are
					 approved by the Office of Administrative Law.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendment to basin plan filed 10-29-2010; amendment
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2010-0038 on
					 8-3-2010; amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 10-29-2010 (Register 2010, No. 44).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 3 - Central Coast Region › Section 3929.7 - Corralitos and Salsipuedes Creek Watershed Total Maximum Daily Loads and Implementation Plan for Fecal Coliform, Domestic Animal Waste Discharge Prohibition, and Human Fecal Material Discharge Prohibition

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On March 20, 2009, the Regional Water Quality Control
					 Board, Central Coast Region (Central Coast Water Board) adopted Resolution No.
					 R3-2009-0009, amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coast
					 Region. The State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under
					 Resolution No. 2011-0019, on April 19, 2011.
Regional Board Resolution No. R3-2009-0009, establishes
					 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for fecal coliform in the Corralitos and
					 Salsipuedes Creeks and adds the Corralitos and Salsipuedes Creek Watershed to
					 the human fecal material discharge prohibition and the domestic animal waste
					 discharge prohibition.
The Central Coast Water Board set wasteload and load
					 allocations for the watershed, and numeric targets for receiving waters based
					 on the Basin Plan water quality objectives for fecal coliform in waters
					 supporting body contact recreation. Implementation of the TMDLs relies on
					 compliance by non-point source dischargers with prohibitions against the
					 discharge of domestic animal waste and human fecal material. Responsible
					 parties will need to demonstrate compliance with the prohibitions through
					 reporting to the Central Coast Water Board or its Executive Officer.
					 Additionally, the Central Coast Water Board will rely upon existing National
					 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits and Waste Discharge Requirements
					 to ensure that implementing parties carry out implementation actions.
Central Coast Water Board staff plan to conduct triennial
					 reviews of implementation actions, monitoring results, and evaluations
					 submitted by responsible parties of their progress towards achieving their
					 allocations. The compliance schedule for achieving the TMDLs and the numeric
					 target for fecal coliform concentration is 13 years after the TMDLs are
					 approved by the Office of Administrative Law.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 9-8-2011; amendment approved
					 by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2011-0019 on 4-19-2011;
					 amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 9-8-2011 (Register 2011, No. 36).