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Basin Planning Overview

Basin Planning Overview . Rik L. Rasmussen Senior Environmental Scientist Chief, Planning, Standards, and Implementation Unit. TMDLs and Basin Plan Amendments. CWA §303(d)(2) & §303(e) EPA Approved TMDLs must be incorporated into State Water Quality Management plan

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Basin Planning Overview

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  1. Basin Planning Overview Rik L. Rasmussen Senior Environmental Scientist Chief, Planning, Standards, and Implementation Unit

  2. TMDLs and Basin Plan Amendments • CWA §303(d)(2) & §303(e) • EPA Approved TMDLs must be incorporated into State Water Quality Management plan • Should be incorporated during Continuous Planning Process • CWA §303(c) • Changes to Water Quality Standards • Objectives • Beneficial Uses • NPDES Compliance Schedule Provisions

  3. TMDLs and Basin Plan Amendments (cont’d) • Porter-Cologne • §13242 requires Program of Implementation for Water Quality Objectives • Administrative Procedures Act • “Rule of General Applicability” • Serial Actions • Implementation will take multiple actions of the Water Board

  4. Overlapping Legal Requirements? Notice • Porter-Cologne • Government Code • §6061 Publication for one day in a Newspaper • §6061.3 Publication for 3 days for Prohibitions • CEQA • 45 Day for “Notice of Filing” (23 CCR §3777) • Clean Water Act • 45 Day Notice (33 US Code §1251 et. Seq.) • Administrative Procedures Act • CWA Public Participation (Gov.’t Code §11353(b) (4))

  5. Overlapping Legal Requirements?Economics • Porter-Cologne • When adopting new or revised water qualtiy objectives • must “consider economics” (CWC §13241) • When adopting an agricultural water quality control plan (CWC § 13141) • Estimate total costs of program • Identify potential funding sources

  6. Overlapping Legal Requirements?Economics (Cont’d) CEQA §21159 : Adoption of a rule or regulation requiring the installation of pollution control equipment, or a performance standard or treatment requirement

  7. Response to Comments • Peer review (Health and Safety Code §57004) • Written response in record • Public comments (23 CCR §3779; 40 CFR Part 25; Administrative Procedures Act) • Written response available at hearing • Oral response • CEQA comments • Late comments • Summary of oral comments?

  8. Hearing Requirements • Porter-Cologne §13244 (Regional Board), §13245 (State Board) • CEQA • Requires Agencies to develop CEQA procedures • Procedures must be consistent with all CEQA requirements (Joy Road Area Forest and Watershed Association v. CDF, 142 Cal.App.4th 656) • Clean Water Act • Comply with public participation requirements • Administrative Procedures Act • Defers to Porter-Cologne and CWA

  9. State Board Liaisons Joanna Jensen – Regions 2 and 6 Michael Buckman – Regions 3, 7, & 4* Nirmal Sandhar – Regions 9 & 8 Mitchell Goode – Regions 1 & 5 Nicholas Martorano – Regions 4 & 5* * Backup Water Quality Standards Contacts Stephanie Rose – Freshwater Bacteria Tom Kimball – Methylmercury Fish Tissue Objectives, Selenium Steve Camacho – Cadmium and Nutrients. David Edwards – Chlorine Policy, Toxicity Control Provisions (SIP)

  10. Questions?

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