San Diego Region - Basin Plan Amendments

Introduction

Basin Plan amendments generally are developed to address issues identified during the Basin Plan Review or to incorporate Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs ), which address impaired waters on the Clean Water Act, Section 303(d) List of Water Quality Limited Segments.

Approved Amendments (ADDED TO THE BASIN PLAN DOCUMENT SINCE THE 1994 UPDATE)

• Basin Plan Review Issues
  • Update of Basin Plan (2004 Review Issue No. 1) (Resolution No. R9-2006-0029)
  • Unnamed waterbodies and other corrections (2004 Review Issue No. 3) (Resolution R9-2005-0239)
  • Compliance time schedule authorization (2004 Review Issue No. 6) (Resolution R9-2005-0238)
• TMDLs
  • Rainbow Creek Nitrogen and Phosphorus TMDLs (Resolution No. R9-2005-0036)
  • Shelter Island Yacht Basin Dissolved Copper TMDL (Resolution No. R9-2005-0019)
  • Chollas Creek Diazinon TMDL (Resolution No. R9-2002-0123)
• Others
  • WDR Waiver Policy (Resolution No. R9-2002-0186) (superseded by Resolution No. R9-2007-0104)
  • Designation of COLD and SPWN Beneficial Uses (Resolution No. 97-04)
  • Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting and Processing, Mulching, or Grinding Waste Management Units (Resolution No. 96-34) (superseded by Resolution No. R9-2002-0186)
  • An Exception to the Prohibition of Discharges of Recycled Wastewater to Surface Water Bodies Used for Municipal Water Supply (Resolution No. 96-30)
  • Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Short-term and Permanent Reclaimed Water Projects (Resolution No. 95-95) (superseded by Resolution No. R9-2002-0186)
  • Ground Water Quality Objectives for the Alluvial Aquifer in the Moosa (903.13) and Valley Center (903.14) Hydrologic Subareas (Resolution No. No. 95-48)
  • Update of Basin Plan (Resolution No. 94-10)

Approved Amendments (IN EFFECT BUT NOT YET ADDED TO THE BASIN PLAN DOCUMENT)

• Basin Plan Review Issues
  • Implementation Provisions for Indicator Bacteria Water Quality Objectives to Account for Loading from Natural Uncontrollable Sources within the Context of a Total Maximum Daily Load (also known as the Reference System and Antidegradation Approach / Natural Sources Exclusion Approach Basin Plan Amendment) (Resolution No. R9-2008-0028) (2004 Review Issue No. 7)
• TMDLs
  • Chollas Creek Copper, Lead, and Zinc TMDLs (Resolution No. R9-2007-0043)
  • Baby Beach in Dana Point Harbor and Shelter Island Shoreline Park in San Diego Bay Indicator Bacteria TMDLs (Resolution No. R9-2008-0027)
  • Revised Project I - Twenty Beaches and Creeks in the San Diego Region (including Tecolote Creek) Indicator Bacteria TMDLs (Resolution No. R9-2010-0001)
• Others
  • Conditional waivers of waste discharge requirements (Resolution No. R9-2007-0104) (supersedes Resolution No. R9-2002-0186)

Amendments Pending Final Approval from State Board, OAL and USEPA

• Basin Plan Review Issues
  • None at this time.
• TMDLs
  • None at this time.
• Others
  • Definition of Commercial Growing Operation in Conditional Waiver No. 4 for Agricultural and Nursery Operations (Resolution No. R9-2011-0020)

Amendments in Preparation

• Basin Plan Review Issues
  • None at this time.
• TMDLs
  • San Diego Bay Marine Contaminated Sediments TMDLs
    • Mouth of Chollas Creek
    • Seventh Street Channel (Paleta Creek)
    • Switzer Creek
    • B Street/Broadway Piers
    • Downtown Anchorage
  • TMDLs for Impaired Lagoons, Adjacent Beaches, and Agua Hedionda Creek
    • Loma Alta Slough Eutrophication and Bacteria TMDLs
    • Los Penasquitos Lagoon Sedimentation TMDL
  • Tijuana River and Estuary Sedimentation and Trash TMDLs
• Others
  • None at this time.