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 3929.6 - San Lorenzo River 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 San Lorenzo River Estuary

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On May 8, 2009, the Regional Water Quality Board, Central
					 Coast Region (Central Coast Water Board) adopted Resolution No. R3-2009-0023,
					 amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coast Region. The State
					 Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under Resolution No.
					 2011-0010, on March 1, 2011.
Regional Board Resolution No. R3-2009-0023, establishes
					 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for fecal coliform in the San Lorenzo River
					 Estuary, San Lorenzo River, Branciforte Creek, Camp Evers Creek, Carbonera
					 Creek and Lompico Creek, adds the San Lorenzo River Watershed to the human
					 fecal material discharge prohibition and the domestic animal waste discharge
					 prohibition, and removes the shellfish beneficial use from the San Lorenzo
					 River Estuary.
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 National
					 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits and Waste Discharge Requirements
					 to ensure that implementing parties carry out implementation actions.
The Basin Plan amendment removes Shellfish Harvesting as a
					 beneficial use in the San Lorenzo River Estuary. 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 Estuary.
Central Coast Water Board staff plan to conduct triennial
					 reviews of implementation actions, monitoring results, and evaluations
					 submitted by reasonable 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 amendment to basin plan filed 6-8-2011; amendment approved
					 by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2011-0010 on 3-1-2011;
					 amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
					 11353 on
					 6-8-2011 (Register 2011, No. 23).