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Water Quality Control Commission: Ensuring Consistency for Effective Action

The WQCC identified inconsistency in decision-making and aims to establish a process to address it. Stakeholders have reported varying application of laws and policies across regions, highlighting the need for statewide guidance. The strategic plan outlines areas requiring consistency and asks for feedback on proposed review questions to improve policies.

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Water Quality Control Commission: Ensuring Consistency for Effective Action

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  1. ConsistencyStrategic Plan Action 6.2.3 WQCC October 27, 2008

  2. WQCC made the following findings in the fall of 2006: • Stakeholders engaged with more than one region have reported that some decisions are inconsistent • Regional Water Boards exist because some variation is expected and needed to respond to different geography and local conditions

  3. More Findings … • Consistency in application of law and policy is valuable • On questions of law and overarching policy, the State Water Board should provide guidance and build a basic policy framework from which the regions can appropriately tailor action • Water Boards are committed to developing procedures and policies to minimize inappropriate inconsistency

  4. Need for WQCC Review Process STRATEGIC PLAN Action 6.2.3. The State and Regional Water Boardswill establish as a standing item at its biannual WQCC meetings the identification and prioritization of areas of inconsistency to be addressed, including where statewide policy is needed.

  5. ProposedPROCESS

  6. Review Questions QUESTION 1: Thinking about this straw proposal – • What is your initial reaction to the approach? • What would you add, subtract or change about the proposal to improve it?

  7. The recently adopted strategic plan includes several areas in which a need for consistency is already identified and specific approaches are described. QUESTION 2: • Are there additional areas you would like to propose for review and consideration in the 2008-09 WQCC cycle?

  8. QUESTION 3: • Thinking about the areas identified for the WQCC 2008-09 cycle, please list your top 3 priorities. • For those priorities indicate any specific issues or concerns you think will need to be addressed in order to successfully achieve consistency.

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