Public Notices

In keeping with California's commitment to provide meaningful public involvement in governmental decisions, the North Coast Regional Water Board receives public comments on many types of draft documents: Basin Plan amendments, draft permits and enforcement orders, site cleanup plans, California Environmental Quality Act documents, and more. This page contains links to public notices for projects currently in a public comment period. You may also visit the Board Meeting calendar for information about upcoming public hearings, workshops, information items and other items being considered by the North Coast Regional Water Board and associated comment periods.

Public Notices

• Cleanup Decisions, Proposed corrective actions related to cleanups from spills, leaks, and other hazardous substance discharges, including releases from underground storage tanks
• Consideration, Notices of , to provide coverage under Waste Discharge Requirements, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits, including general permit enrollments
• Corrective Action Plans, Proposed
• Intent, Notices of
• Remedial Actions, Proposed
• Settlement, Notice of Proposed, Pending actions regarding Administrative Civil Liability Complaints
• Time Schedule Orders, Proposed
• Water Quality Certifications, 21 day public notices
  

Public Hearings

• Enforcement Actions, Public Hearings related to Administrative Civil Liability Complaints, Administrative Civil Liability Orders, Cease and Desist Orders, and Time Schedule Orders
• NPDES Permits, Waste Discharge Requirements, and Waivers, Public Hearings related to

Misc Public Notices

• NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP
  Proposed Revisions to Categorical Waivers of Waste Discharge Requirements
  for Non-Industrial Timber Management Plans

• Annual Notification for Sonoma County Water Agency's 2011 Stream Maintenance Projects: Supplemental Notification for City of Santa Rosa's Laguna Nutrient Offset Project - June 7, 2011
• LAGUNA LUDWIGIA NUTRIENT OFFSET PROJECT 17 Mar 2011
• Laguna Nutrient Offset Project (Revised Proposal) - June 6, 2011

Board Meetings

• Calendar, Agendas, and Minutes
• Board Meeting Procedures
• Tentative Orders
• Adopted Orders

Basin Planning

• Basin Plan Start

Total Maximum Daily Loads

• TMDL Start

How to Participate

• Cal/EPA Live Webcasts
• Appeals Process and Petition for Reconsideration
• Citizen's Guide to Working with the California Water Boards

Laws and Regulations Relevant to Current Public Procedings

• Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act - (California Water Code, Division 7. Water Quality) with additions and amendments, effective January 1, 2011
• California Water Code
• California Code of Regulations
• Title 23. Waters
• Title 27. Environmental Protection
• Federal Clean Water Act (Title 33, U.S.C. sections 1251 and following)
• Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, with amendments effective January 1, 2005
• Incompatible Activities Statement
• Waste Discharge Fee Schedules (Amended California Code of Regulations Title 23)