Public Notices and Documents for Review
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) requests public comments on many types of draft documents: Basin Plan amendments, adoption of TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads), NPDES permits, Waste Discharge Requirements, Site Cleanup Requirements, Enforcement Orders, California Environmental Quality Act documents and more. This page contains links to public notices for projects currently in a public comment period. In addition, you will find links to pages containing support materials (fact sheets, regulation text, etc.) below the public notices.You may also visit the Water Board Meeting Calendar for information about comment periods, public hearings and meetings.
Decisions
- Board Meetings
- Basin Planning and TMDLs
- Enforcement Actions
- Proposed (Tentative) Orders for Consideration by the Board
- Site Cleanup
- Section 401 Water Quality Certification
- Storm Water
Laws and Regulations Relevant to Current Public Proceedings
- California Water Code
- California Code of Regulations
- Title 23. Waters
- Title 27. Environmental Protection
How to Participate
Board Meetings
Basin Planning and TMDLs
- Guadalupe River Watershed Mercury TMDL
The Water Board's second hearing on a Basin Plan amendment incorporating a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for mercury in the Guadalupe River Watershed, previously scheduled for August 13, 2008, has been postponed. Please check the Project Page for a new date.
- Sonoma Creek Sediment TMDL and Habitat Enhancement Plan
The second hearing on the Water Board's proposed Basin Plan amendment and supporting Staff Report establishing a total maximum daily load for sediment and habitat enhancement plan for the Sonoma Creek watershed has been postponed. Please check back here and on the project page for the new hearing schedule.
Site Cleanup
1802 and 1804 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, California (Written comments postmarked or e-mailed, no later than August 29, 2008, should be sent to: Mark Johnson, RWQCB, 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400, Oakland, CA 94612, mjohnson@waterboards.ca.gov)
Section 401 Water Quality Certification
Urban Stormwater
A Municipal Regional Permit for urban stormwater is also under development.
Last updated: 7/25/08