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 3929.4 - Soquel Lagoon Watershed Total Maximum Daily Loads and Implementation Plan for Fecal Coliform, Domestic Animal Waste Discharge Prohibition, Human Fecal Material Discharge Prohibition, and Shellfish Harvesting Beneficial Use Removal from Soquel Lagoon

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.
					 R3-2009-0024, amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coast
					 Region. The State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under
					 Resolution No. 2010-0031, on July 6, 2010.
Resolution No. R3-2009-0024 establishes Total Maximum Daily
					 Loads (TMDLs) for fecal coliform in the Soquel Lagoon, Soquel Creek and Noble
					 Gulch (Soquel Lagoon Watershed), adds the Soquel Lagoon Watershed to the human
					 fecal material discharge prohibition and the domestic animal waste discharge
					 prohibition, and removes the shellfish harvesting beneficial use from the
					 Soquel Lagoon.
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
					 non-point discharger compliance 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 insure that
					 implementing parties carry out implementation actions.
The Basin Plan amendment removes Shellfish Harvesting as a
					 beneficial use in Soquel Lagoon. The Central Coast Water Board determined that
					 this beneficial use designation was unsupportable based on background water
					 quality, habitat conditions and the absence of any shellfish harvesting
					 currently or historically in the Lagoon.
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
					 regulation summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 9-15-2010; amendment
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2010-0031 on
					 7-6-2010; amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 9-15-2010 (Register 2010, No. 38).