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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 1 - North Coast Region › Section 3909 - Site Specific Water Quality Objectives for Dissolved Oxygen in the Klamath River; an Action Plan for the Klamath River Total Maximum Daily Loads Addressing Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrient, and Microcystin Impairments in the Klamath River in California; and Lost River Implementation Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On March 24, 2010, the North Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board (North Coast Water Board) adopted Resolution Nos. R1-2010-0025
					 and R1-2010-0026, amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the North Coast
					 Region (Basin Plan) to establish:
(1)
				  site specific water quality objectives for dissolved oxygen in the Klamath
				  River;
(2) an action plan for the
				  Klamath River Total Maximum Daily Loads addressing temperature, dissolved
				  oxygen, nutrient, and microcystin impairments in the Klamath River in
				  California; and
(3) an
				  implementation plan for the Lost River in California. The State Water Resources
				  Control Board approved these amendments under Resolution No. 2010-0043 on
				  September 7, 2010.
Consistent with the state's Policy for the Implementation
					 and Enforcement of the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program, the actions
					 for nonpoint sources include the development of conditional waivers of waste
					 discharge requirements for grazing and irrigated agriculture on private lands,
					 for road construction and maintenance on county roads, and for certain nonpoint
					 source activities on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. As a regulatory
					 backstop, the implementation plan includes a prohibition of discharges in
					 violation of water quality objectives in the Klamath River basin. For point
					 sources, the implementation plan requires the revision of NPDES permits for the
					 Iron Gate Hatchery and the Tulelake Wastewater Treatment Plant. Other actions
					 include the development of a Management Agency Agreement among the North Coast
					 Water Board, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
					 Service, and the Tule Lake Irrigation District to address the water quality
					 impairments in the Lost River and discharges to the Klamath River. North Coast
					 Water Board staff plan to report to the North Coast Water Board at least yearly
					 on the status and progress of implementation activities, and plan to conduct a
					 comprehensive assessment of effectiveness of the implementation plan every five
					 years.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 12-7-2010; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board 9-7-2010 pursuant to Resolution
					 No. 2010-0043; amendments approved by OAL 12-7-2010 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11353
					 (Register 2010, No. 50).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 1 - North Coast Region › Section 3909.1 - Low Threat Action Plan and Revised Storm Water Action Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On July 23, 2009, the North Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board adopted Regional Board Resolution No. R1 2009-004 amending,
the Water Quality Control Plan for the North Coast Region
(Basin Plan). The amendment revised the Basin Plan by incorporating a "Low
					 Threat Action Plan" and a revision of the "Storm Water Action Plan." These
					 Action Plans will be incorporated into Chapter 4, "Strategic Planning and
					 Implementation," of the Basin Plan. On March 15, 2011, the State Water
					 Resources Control Board approved this amendment under Resolution No.
					 2011-0012.
The amendment includes a new "Action Plan for Low Threat
					 Discharges" (Low Threat Action Plan), which will apply to certain point source
					 categories of planned, short-term discharges from definable projects where the
					 discharge is controlled to eliminate or reduce pollutants and minimize
					 discharge volume and discharge rates through the implementation of best
					 management practices (BMPs). The Low Threat Action Plan would also allow for
					 exceptions to the one-percent prohibition for low threat discharges. The Low
					 Threat Action Plan provides the framework for permitting these low threat
					 discharges and granting exceptions to the point source prohibitions.
The amendment also includes revisions to the existing
					 Action Plan for Storm Water Discharges (Storm Water Action Plan). The revisions
					 to the Storm Water Action Plan apply to discharges of storm water and certain
					 categories of low threat non-storm water flows that are incidental to urban
					 activities from regulated storm water collection systems. The Storm Water
					 Action Plan identifies the conditions that must be met in order to prevent or
					 preclude these discharges from being subject to the point source and
					 one-percent prohibitions.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 5-12-2011; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2011-0012 on
					 3-15-2011; amendments approved by OAL 5-12-2011 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11353
					 (Register 2011, No. 19).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 1 - North Coast Region › Section 3909.2 - Policy for Implementation of the Water Quality Objectives for Temperature, and Action Plans to Address Temperature Impairments in the Mattole, Navarro, and Eel River Watersheds

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On March 13, 2014, the North Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board (Regional Water Board) adopted Resolution No. R1-2014-0006 to
					 incorporate a Policy for Implementation of Water Quality Objectives for
					 Temperature (Policy), which a) establishes a policy for region-wide
					 implementation of the water quality objectives for temperature and b) action
					 plans to address temperature impairments in the Mattole, Navarro, and Eel River
					 Watersheds (Action Plans). On April 8, 2015, the State Water Resources Control
					 Board approved the amendment under Resolution No. 2015-0020.
The Policy describes the approach to implementing the water
					 quality objectives for temperature, identifies activities that may result in
					 temperature alterations, and identifies the regulatory tools that the Regional
					 Water Board may use to address temperature concerns in one cohesive policy. The
					 Policy explicitly identifies the shade provided by riparian vegetation as a
					 controllable water quality factor, and directs the implementation of riparian
					 management measures, sediment controls, and stream flow considerations through
					 programs and permits, as appropriate and necessary to address and prevent
					 further impairments.
The Action Plans address temperature impairments in the
					 Mattole, Navarro, and Eel River watersheds. The Action Plans implement the
					 Policy by identifying specific activities in the watersheds that may affect
					 temperature, and identifies the regulatory programs and actions the Regional
					 Water Board will implement to address temperature concerns in the respective
					 watersheds.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 7-18-2016; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2015-0020 on
					 4-8-2015; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 7-18-2016 (Register 2016, 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 1 - North Coast Region › Section 3909.3 - On-Site Wastewater System Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On June 19, 2014, the North Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board adopted Resolution No. R1-2014-0009, amending Chapter 4 of the
					 Basin Plan to:
a) incorporate by
				  reference the State Water Resources Control Board's (State Water Board)
Water Quality Control Policy for Siting, Design, Operation, and
				  Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
(available on the
				  State Water Board's website) to apply in all watersheds, except the Russian
				  River Watershed;
b) retain the
				  existing Policy on the Control of Water Quality with Respect to On-Site Waste
				  Treatment and Disposal Practices to apply in the Russian River Watershed until
				  such time as a Russian River pathogen indicator bacteria Total Maximum Daily
				  Load is adopted and approved; and
c) retain existing region-specific
				  maintenance, monitoring, and repair requirements to apply regionwide. On June
				  2, 2015, the State Water Board approved the amendment under Resolution No.
				  2015-0036.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 7-14-2016; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2015-0036 on
					 6-2-2015; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 7-14-2016 (Register 2016, No. 29).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 1 - North Coast Region › Section 3909.4 - Water Quality Objective Update Amendment and Non-Regulatory Revisions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) On
				  June 18, 2015, the North Coast Water Board adopted Resolution No. R1-2015-0013
				  to make nonsubstantive revisions to Section
				  1 (Introduction) and 5 (Plans and
				  Policies) amending the Basin Plan. The purpose of the editorial amendments is
				  to make the Basin Plan more user-friendly through non-regulatory language
				  changes such as grammatical corrections, section reordering corrections, and
				  updated language. On February 16, 2016, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (State Water Board) approved the amendment under Resolution No.
				  2016-0009.
(b) On June 18, 2015,
				  the North Coast Water Board adopted Resolution No. R1-2015-0018 to update
				  Section 3 (Water Quality Objectives) of
				  the Basin Plan. The amendment includes updates to the existing water quality
				  objectives for chemical constituents and dissolved oxygen. Additionally, a new
				  water quality objective for groundwater toxicity was adopted. The amendment
				  revises outdated numeric values, revises narrative objectives for consistency,
				  and clarifies the application of narrative water quality objectives. On
				  February 16, 2016, the State Water Board approved the amendment under
				  Resolution No. 2016-0009.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 7-18-2016; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2016-0009 on
					 2-16-2016; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 7-18-2016; operative 7-18-2016 (Register 2016, 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 1 - North Coast Region › Section 3909.5 - Policy in Support of Restoration in the North Coast Region

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On January 29, 2015, the North Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board (North Coast Water Board) adopted Resolution No. R1-2015-0004,
					 amending Chapter 4 of the Water Quality Control Plan for the North Coast Region
					 to incorporate narrative amendment language from the Policy in Support of
					 Restoration in the North Coast Region (Restoration Policy). The Restoration
					 Policy was adopted separately by the North Coast Water Board under Resolution
					 No. R1-2015-0001 and accomplishes the following:
(1) recognizes the important role that
				  restoration plays in restoring and maintaining water quality,
(2) highlights some of the barriers that
				  inhibit implementation of restoration projects,
(3) describes the work being done by the
				  Regional Water Board and its staff to support restoration,
(4) describes the regulatory requirements for
				  permitting restoration projects, and
(5) provides direction on how the Regional
				  Water Board and its staff will continue to promote and support restoration in
				  the future. On May 19, 2015 the State Water Resources Control Board approved
				  the amendment under Resolution No. 2015-0034.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to Chapter 4 of the Water Quality Control Plan
					 filed 11-3-2016; amendments approved by State Water Resources Control Board
					 Resolution No. 2015-0034 on 5-19-2015; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to
					 Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 11-3-2016 (Register 2016, No. 45).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines › Article 1 - North Coast Region › Section 3909.6 - Action Plan for the Upper Elk River Sediment TMDL

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On May 12, 2016, the North Coast Regional Water Quality
					 Control Board (Regional Water Board) adopted Resolution No. R1-2016-0017 to
					 establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and incorporate an action plan to
					 address sediment impairments in the Upper Elk River Watershed. On August 1,
					 2017, the State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under
					 Resolution No. 2017-0046. The TMDL Action Plan identifies a three-prong
					 approach to addressing excessive sedimentation and elevated rates of flooding
					 that constitute nuisance conditions under the Porter Cologne Water Quality
					 Control Act. The three components of the program of implementation
					 include:
1) control of sediment
				  delivery via waste discharge requirements, waivers or other orders;
2) assessment of the sediment remediation and
				  channel restoration options via the Elk River Recovery Assessment (e.g.,
				  hydrodynamic and sediment model); and
3) implementation of individual recovery
				  projects through the Elk River Watershed Stewardship Program with support from
				  a Health and Safety Workgroup, Science and Monitoring Workgroup, and Sediment
				  Remediation Workgroup.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 3-8-2018; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2017-0046 on
					 8-1-2017; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 3-8-2018 (Register 2018, 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 3910 - Policy on the Use of Wastewater to Create, Restore, and/or Enhance Wetlands

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
This policy revises a 1977 policy to add new provisions
					 which:
1) establish a preference for
				  the creation (rather than restoration or enhancement) of wetlands with
				  wastewater;
2) require the project
				  applicant to consider important wetland functions and values; and
3) in most cases, prohibit the use of these
				  wetlands to satisfy Clean Water Act Section
				  404 mitigation requirements. The
				  policy also revises the earlier policy to reflect current Basin Planning
				  language, allow portions of a wetland to be created for wastewater treatment,
				  and require a monitoring plan as part of the management plan.
1. New
					 article 2 and section filed 4-24-95; operative 4-24-95. Resolution No. 94-086
					 adopted by San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board 7-20-94.
					 Resolution No. 94-102 adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board
					 11-17-94. Approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 95, No. 17).
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 3911 - Use of Constructed Wetlands for Urban Runoff Pollution Control

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Constructed wetlands approved under the policy would be
					 waste treatment systems in accordance with 40 CFR Part 122.2 , and, as such,
					 would not be waters of the United States. Policy provisions require that the
					 wetland be an "artificial" or constructed system built on an upland site with
					 the primary purpose of treatment. Adequate land and management resources must
					 be committed to the project, wildlife monitoring and vector control programs
					 are required, and the treatment wetlands may not be used to satisfy
					 requirements for wetlands loss mitigation. In addition, a required management
					 plan would include descriptive information, an operations and maintenance plan,
					 and a monitoring plan. The management plan would be the chief means by which
					 the Regional Board would review and/or approve a proposal under the policy.
					 Upon project approval, the management plan would serve as the operations manual
					 for the constructed treatment wetland.
1. New
					 section filed 4-25-95; operative 4-25-95. Resolution No. 94-102 adopted by the
					 San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board 8-17-94. Resolution No.
					 94-107 adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board 11-17-94. Approved by
					 OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 95, No. 17).
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 3913 - Site-Specific Water Quality Objectives for Copper and Nickel South of the Dumbarton Bridge

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Through Regional Water Board Resolution R2-2002-0061, the
					 San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) amended
					 on May 22, 2002, the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay
					 Region (Basin Plan).
The Basin Plan amendment adopted by the Regional Board
					 includes two new regulatory provisions, which are summarized below.
1. The amendment specifies new site-specific
				  water quality objectives (SSOs) for copper and nickel in the portion of San
				  Francisco Bay South of the Dumbarton Bridge. The SSOs are 6.9 µg/1 for a
				  4-day average and 10.8 for a one-hour average for dissolved copper and 11.9
				  µg/1 for a 4-day average and 62.4 µg/1 for a one-hour average for
				  dissolved nickel.
2. The amendment
				  specifies numeric values of metal translators (ration of dissolved to total
				  metal) for copper and nickel in San Francisco Bay South of the Dumbarton Bridge
				  that will be used to compute National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
				  (NPDES) effluent limitations according to the procedure outlined in the
Policy for Implementation of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface
				  Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California
for the three
				  Municipal Wastewater Treatment facilities discharging to this portion of San
				  Francisco Bay. These translators are 0.53 for copper and 0.44 for nickel. Other
				  Basin Plan amendments are non-regulatory and consist primarily of language
				  updates and an implementation plan to implement the new site-specific
				  objectives. The implementation plan does not contain any new regulatory
				  requirement (other than establishment of the metal translators described
				  above), but instead summarizes already existing permit requirements.
1. New
					 section filed 12-17-2002; approved by OAL and operative 12-17-2002 pursuant to
					 Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2002, 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 3914 - Updates Water Quality Objectives, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Implementation Measures, and Edits Language

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Amendment revises water quality objectives for arsenic,
					 cadmium, chromium (VI), copper (freshwater only), lead, nickel, silver, and
					 zinc to be consistent with federal California Toxics Rule (CTR) regulations.
					 These objectives will apply throughout the region. Definitions of "freshwater,"
					 "estuarine," and "marine" are revised to be consistent with the CTR. This
					 amendment incorporates provisions of the State Water Resources Control Board
					 Policy for Implementation of Toxic Standards for Inland Surface Waters,
					 Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California pertaining to NPDES permitting.
					 Obsolete provisions are removed, descriptions and references are updated and
					 clarified, and minor corrections are made to the Basin Plan text.
1. New
					 section summarizing basin plan amendment filed 10-4-2004; amendment adopted by
					 San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board Resolution No.
					 R2-2004-0003 1-21-2004; approved by State Water Resources Control Board
					 Resolution No. 2004-0045 7-22-2004; approved by OAL and operative 10-4-2004
					 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2004, No. 41).
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 3915 - San Francisco Bay Mercury TMDL

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Through Regional Water Board Resolution R2-2006-0052,
					 adopted August 9, 2006, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control
					 Board amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region
					 (Basin Plan). The Basin Plan amendment establishes the allowable annual mercury
					 load Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) to San Francisco Bay, and actions and
					 monitoring necessary to implement the TMDL. The numeric targets, allocations,
					 and associated implementation plan will ensure that all San Francisco Bay
					 segments attain applicable water quality standards established to protect and
					 support beneficial uses. The Basin Plan amendment includes new regulatory
					 provisions, as summarized below:
1.
				  Two numeric mercury water quality objectives for all segments of San Francisco
				  Bay, to protect (a) people who consume Bay fish, and (b) aquatic organisms and
				  wildlife;
2. Vacate (i.e., remove)
				  the water column four-day average mercury water quality objective for San
				  Francisco Bay;
3. Numeric targets
				  for mercury concentrations in suspended sediment and fish tissue;
4. TMDL defined as a total maximum yearly
				  mercury load to San Francisco Bay of 700 kg, on average, which is roughly 60
				  percent of the existing load;
5.
				  Allocation of the total maximum yearly mercury load among the various San
				  Francisco Bay mercury sources, including bed erosion, Central Valley watershed
				  urban storm water runoff, Guadalupe River watershed, direct atmospheric
				  deposition, non-urban storm water runoff, and wastewater;
6. Plan to implement the TMDL, which requires
				  actions to reduce mercury loads and methylmercury production to achieve
				  allocations, and plan studies to improve technical understanding relevant to
				  the mercury TMDL and implementation plan; and
7. Plan and schedule for reviewing progress
				  toward meeting targets, implementing proposed actions, and evaluating continued
				  appropriateness and effectiveness of proposed actions.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to plan filed 11-7-2007; amendments approved by
					 State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2007-0045 on 7-17-2007;
					 amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2007, No. 45).
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 3918 - Basin Plan Amendment to Establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Implementation Plan for Pathogens in the Napa River Watershed

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Through Regional Water Board Resolution R2-2006-0079,
					 adopted November 13, 2006, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control
					 Board amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region
					 (Basin Plan). The Basin Plan amendment includes new regulatory provisions,
					 summarized below:
1. Numeric water
				  quality targets for the Napa River consisting of:
* Geometric mean and single sample maxima for
E.
					 coli
density, Fecal Coliform densities, and Total Coliform densities.
					 In addition, a zero discharge of untreated or inadequately treated human waste
					 was included.
2. A TMDL for
				  the Napa River consisting of:
* Geometric mean and single sample maxima for
E.
					 coli
density, Fecal Coliform densities, and Total Coliform densities.
					 All sources of untreated or inadequately treated human waste have an allocation
					 of zero.
3. Allocations of
				  the total maximum daily load among the various sources of pathogens in the Napa
				  River watershed:
* On-site sewage disposal systems (septic systems)
* Sanitary sewer systems
* Wastewater treatment facilities
* Confined animal facilities
* Grazing lands
* Municipal runoff
* Wildlife
4. The TMDL implementation plan builds upon
				  existing efforts and requires actions by source categories to reduce pathogen
				  loads and achieve allocations. These actions include evaluation of operating
				  practices, development of comprehensive and site-specific pathogen control
				  measures, and submittal of progress reports documenting actions
				  undertaken.
5. A plan and schedule
				  for monitoring and evaluating progress toward meetings targets and implementing
				  proposed actions.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendment to basin plan filed 12-6-2007; amendment approved
					 by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2007-0053; amendment
					 approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 12-6-2007 (Register 2007, 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 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919 - Basin Plan Amendment to Establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Implementation Plan for Pathogens in the Sonoma Creek Watershed

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Through Regional Water Board Resolution R2-2006-0042,
					 adopted June 14, 2006, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control
					 Board amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region
					 (Basin Plan). The Basin Plan amendment includes new regulatory provisions,
					 summarized below:
1. Numeric water
				  quality targets for Sonoma Creek consisting of:
* Geometric mean and single sample maxima for
E.
					 coli
density, Fecal Coliform densities, and Total Coliform densities.
					 In addition, a prohibition of discharge of untreated or inadequately treated
					 human waste was included.
2.
				  A TMDL for Sonoma Creek consisting of:
* Geometric mean and single sample maxima for
E.
					 coli
density, Fecal Coliform densities, and Total Coliform densities.
					 All sources of untreated or inadequately treated human waste have an allocation
					 of zero.
3. Allocations of
				  the total maximum daily load among the various sources of pathogens in the
				  Sonoma Creek watershed:
* On-site sewage disposal systems (septic systems)
* Sanitary sewer systems
* Municipal runoff
* Grazing lands
* Dairies
* Municipal wastewater treatment facility
* Wildlife
4. The TMDL implementation plan builds upon
				  existing efforts and requires actions by source categories to reduce pathogen
				  loads and achieve allocations. These actions include evaluation of operating
				  practices, development of comprehensive and site-specific pathogen control
				  measures, and submittal of progress reports documenting actions
				  undertaken.
5. A plan and schedule
				  for monitoring and evaluating progress toward meeting targets and implementing
				  proposed actions.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendment to basin plan filed 12-7-2007; amendment approved
					 by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2007-0054; amendment
					 approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 12-7-2007 (Register 2007, 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 2 - San Francisco Bay Region › Section 3919.1 - Site-Specific Water Quality Objectives for Cyanide for San Francisco Bay and an Implementation Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Through Regional Water Board Resolution R2-2006-0086,
					 adopted December 13, 2006, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control
					 Board amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region
					 (Basin Plan). On December 4, 2007, the State Water Resources Control Board
					 (State Water Board) approved this amendment under State Water Board Resolution
					 No. 2007-0077. The Basin Plan amendment includes new regulatory provisions,
					 summarized below:
* Chronic (4-day average) and acute (1-hour average) marine
					 site-specific objectives for cyanide in San Francisco Bay.
* An implementation plan and monitoring surveillance
					 program to ensure maintenance and attainment of the marine site-specific
					 objectives and protection of water quality.
* Effluent limits for cyanide shall be derived from the new
					 marine site-specific objectives, using the methodology in the "Policy for
					 Implementation of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays,
					 and Estuaries of California."
* Where a shallow water discharge is allowed, effluent
					 limits for such discharges will be based on the dilution credits set forth in
					 the amendment.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendment to basin plan filed 2-28-2008; amendment approved
					 by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2007-0077 on 12-4-2007;
					 amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 2-28-2008 (Register 2008, 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 3919.2 - Disposal of Dredged Sediment in San Francisco Bay

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On June 19, 2001, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted two resolutions, which together implement the
					 Long-Term Management Strategy for the Disposal of Dredged Materials in the San
					 Francisco Bay Region (LTMS). The LTMS provides for a phased-in reduction of the
					 volume of dredged sediment disposed of in the San Francisco Bay, while
					 increasing both disposal at a deep ocean disposal site and beneficial reuse of
					 dredged sediment.
Resolution No. 01-064 amends Chapters 4 and 5 of the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region to implement LTMS
					 consistent with the 2001 LTMS Management Plan. The amendment sets a long-term
					 overall goal for reducing in-Bay disposal of dredged material at designated
					 disposal sites to one million cubic yards or less per year, to be attained in a
					 step-wise manner over a 12-year period.
Resolution No. 01-065 adopts the guidelines contained in
					 the 1998 Inland Testing Manual and local implementation procedures developed
					 through the Dredged Material Management Office (DMMO) as the appropriate
					 framework for evaluating the suitability of dredged material for disposal at
					 in-Bay disposal sites, recognizes the success of DMMO as a review body for
					 dredging and disposal projects in the Bay, and directs staff to continue to
					 participate in this group. In addition, Resolution No. 01-065 rescinds outdated
					 Resolution Nos. 80-10, 87-53, and 93-009.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to Basin Plan filed 3-10-2008; amendments
					 adopted by San Francisco Bay Regional Quality Control Board 6-19-2007 pursuant
					 to Resolution No. 01-064 and Resolution No. 01-065. Approved by the State Water
					 Resources Control Board 11-6-2007 pursuant to Resolution No. 2007-0063;
					 approved by OAL 3-10-2008 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2008, No. 11).
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 3919.3 - Site-Specific Water Quality Objectives for Copper

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Through Regional Water Board Resolution R2-2007-0042,
					 adopted June 13, 2007, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control
					 Board amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region
					 (Basin Plan). On January 15, 2008, the State Water Resources Control Board
					 approved this amendment under State Board Resolution 2008-0005. The Basin Plan
					 amendment includes acute and chronic site-specific dissolved copper water
					 quality objectives in San Francisco Bay (north of the Dumbarton Bridge),
					 numeric metal translators used to calculate water quality-based effluent limits
					 for wastewater discharges to the Bay north of the Dumbarton Bridge, and a
					 Bay-wide implementation strategy to ensure attainment of the copper
					 site-specific water quality objectives.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to Basin Plan filed 5-13-2008; amendments
					 adopted by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board 6-13-2007
					 per Resolution No. R2-2007-0042. Approved by State Water Resources Control
					 Board 1-15-2008 per Resolution No. 2008-0005; approved by OAL 5-13-2008
					 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2008, No. 20).
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 3919.4 - Walker Creek Watershed Total Maximum Daily Load

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On January 23, 2007, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board (San Francisco Bay Water Board) adopted Resolution No.
					 R2-2007-0010 amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay
					 Region (Basin Plan). This amendment revised the Basin Plan to:
(1) establish new methylmercury water quality
				  objectives in Walker Creek and Soulajule Reservoir and their
				  tributaries,
(2) vacate an existing
				  objective for Walker Creek and Soulajule Reservoir and their tributaries,
				  and
(3) establish a Total Maximum
				  Daily Load (TMDL) and implementation plan to reduce mercury in the Walker Creek
				  Watershed, which is located in western Marin County. On July 15, 2008, the
				  State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under Resolution No.
				  2008-0055.
The overall goal of this amendment is to reduce mercury
					 levels in Walker Creek and Soulajule Reservoir so that fish-eating wildlife and
					 humans who consume local sport fish are protected from the toxic effects of
					 this persistent, bioaccumulative pollutant. The amendment establishes two new
					 fish tissue-based water quality objectives for mercury in Walker Creek and
					 Soulajule Reservoir. The TMDL allocates discharges of mercury-laden sediment
					 and methylmercury production to sources in the watershed. It includes wasteload
					 allocations for the Gambonini Mine site and load allocations for Soulajule
					 Reservoir and Walker Creek mercury-laden stream deposits.
To implement required control measures, the San Francisco
					 Bay Water Board will rely on the Industrial Stormwater General Permit Program,
					 Waste Discharge Requirements, Waivers of Waste Discharge Requirements, Marin
					 County's Creek Permit Program, and Clean Water Act Section
					 401 permits.
Approximately every five years, the San Francisco Bay Water
					 Board will evaluate monitoring results and assess progress made towards
					 attaining targets and load allocations. New and relevant information from
					 monitoring, special studies and the scientific literature will be taken into
					 account as it becomes available.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to basin plan filed 9-17-2008; amendment
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2008-0055 on
					 7-15-2008; amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section
					 11353 on
					 9-17-2008 (Register 2008, No. 38).
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 3919.5 - Total Maximum Daily Load for Pathogens in Richardson Bay

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On July 9, 2008, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2008-0061, amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region (Basin Plan) by
					 establishing a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for pathogens in Richardson Bay.
					 The TMDL sets numeric density-based targets for fecal coliform and enterococci
					 in the water column to ensure protection of designated beneficial uses. On
					 August 4, 2009, the State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment
					 under Resolution No. 2009-0063.
The targets are based on existing Basin Plan water quality
					 objectives and/or United States Environmental Protection Agency-recommended
					 criteria for the protection of shellfish harvesting and water contact
					 beneficial uses.
The TMDL will be implemented through the National Pollutant
					 Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) storm water permit for the Marin County
					 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System, Statewide General Waste Discharge
					 Requirements (WDRs) for Sanitary Sewer Systems, and Basin Plan Waste Discharge
					 Prohibitions for domestic and vessel wastes.
Water quality monitoring is required as part of this TMDL.
					 The San Francisco Bay Water Quality Control Board will review and revise the
					 TMDL, if necessary, based on collected data or other relevant information made
					 available by special studies and scientific literature.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to Basin Plan filed 11-2-2009; amendments
					 approved by the State Water Resources Control Board 8-4-2009 per Resolution No.
					 2009-0063; approved by OAL 11-2-2009 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2009, No. 45).
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 3919.6 - San Francisco Bay PCBs TMDL

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Resolution R2-2008-0012, adopted February 13, 2008, by the
					 San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) amended
					 the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region (Basin Plan).
					 The Basin Plan amendment establishes the allowable annual total polychlorinated
					 biphenyls (PCBs) load (Total Maximum Daily Load [TMDL]) to San Francisco Bay,
					 and actions and monitoring necessary to implement the TMDL.
The TMDL sets a numeric concentration-based target for
					 total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), in fish tissue in San Francisco Bay.
					 The target is based on protecting human health risk associated with consumption
					 of recreationally-caught PCBs-contaminated San Francisco Bay fish and
					 protection of wildlife.
The TMDL will mainly be implemented through National
					 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) industrial and municipal
					 wastewater permits and storm water permits, including the Regional Municipal
					 Separate Storm Sewer Systems permit, the California Department of
					 Transportation (Caltrans) permit, 401 water quality certifications issued for
					 navigational dredging activities, and through the authority vested in the
					 Executive Officer by Water Code section
					 13267.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendment to Basin Plan filed 2-25-2010; amendment approved
					 by State Water Resources Control Board in Resolution No. 2009-0076 on
					 10-20-2009; amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 2-25-2010 (Register 2010, 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 3919.7 - Total Maximum Daily Loads for Mercury in the Guadalupe River Watershed

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On October 8, 2008, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2008-0089 amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region because waters in the
					 Guadalupe River watershed are impaired by mercury. This amendment establishes
					 for the Guadalupe River watershed two new fish tissue-based water quality
					 objectives for mercury; mercury total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for seven
					 waters (Alamitos Creek, Guadalupe Creek, Guadalupe River, Guadalupe Reservoir,
					 Almaden Reservoir, Calero Reservoir, and Lake Almaden); an implementation plan
					 to reduce mercury to meet the new TMDLs and implement the new water quality
					 objectives; and a mercury monitoring program. It also vacates an outdated
					 water-column water quality objective (four-day average of 25 ng/l) in the
					 above-mentioned waters.
The implementation plan requires cleanup and abatement of
					 mercury mining waste at mine sites by December 31, 2018. Through existing
					 regulatory controls such as waste discharge requirements and Clean Water Act
					 section 401 certifications, the
					 implementation plan also requires projects proposed within depositional areas
					 downstream of mine sites to minimize erosion. Further, the implementation plan
					 requires the Santa Clara Valley Water District to undertake methylmercury
					 production and control studies and to continue the operation, maintenance and
					 improvement of methylmercury controls in its lakes and reservoirs. Finally, the
					 implementation plan requires urban stormwater runoff agencies to determine
					 whether urban runoff contributes to methylmercury production and
					 bioaccumlation.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to the Basin Plan filed 2-24-2010; amendments
					 approved by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
					 10-8-2008 per Resolution No. R2-2008-0089; approved by OAL 2-24-2010 pursuant
					 to Government Code section
					 11353
					 (Register 2010, 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 3919.8 - Total Maximum Daily Load for Sediment in Sonoma Creek

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On December 10, 2008, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
					 Quality Control Board adopted Resolution No. R2-2008-0103 amending the Water
					 Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region. This amendment
					 establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for sediment in Sonoma Creek and
					 an implementation plan to achieve the TMDL and related habitat enhancement
					 goals.
The TMDL allocates discharges of sediment to natural
					 erosion processes, non-point sources generated by human actions (e.g., roads,
					 vineyards, grazing, and accelerated bed and bank erosion along Sonoma Creek),
					 and point sources that occur as a result of urban runoff and wastewater
					 discharges. The amendment is also expected to enhance stream habitat attributes
					 including habitat complexity, fish passage, and stream baseflow.
The amendment includes an implementation plan requiring
					 several control measures by responsible parties including developing and
					 submitting various reports of waste discharge and management plans to address
					 sediment loading. To implement required control measures, the San Francisco Bay
					 Water Board will rely on compliance by responsible parties with the
					 implementation measures specified in the Basin Plan Amendment and on Waste
					 Discharge Requirements, Waivers of Waste Discharge Requirements, Clean Water
					 Act Section
					 401 certifications, and existing
					 NPDES permits for urban stormwater runoff and/or wastewater discharges. Every
					 five years years, the San Francisco Bay Water Board commits to evaluate
					 monitoring results and assess progress made towards attaining targets and load
					 allocations.
1. New
					 section summarizing amendments to the Basin Plan filed 7-12-2010; amendments
					 approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2008-0103 on
					 12-10-2008; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 7-12-2010 (Register 2010, No. 29).