Storm Water Unit

The Storm Water Unit addresses issues related to storm water and non-storm water discharges to waters of the nation including storm drains, rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and the ocean. The Clean Water Act requires the State/Regional Boards to regulate the discharge of storm water from a number of sources. For Phase I of the program, these sources included large (population greater than 250,000) and medium (population from 100,000 to 250,000) sized municipalities, most industrial sites, and construction activities on one acre or more. This web site will be updated with additional information regarding Phase II programs as information become available.

Some of the storm water programs have been addressed on a statewide basis and some on a regional basis. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) issued two General Permits (General Industrial Activities Storm Water Permit and the General Construction Activity Storm Water Permit) to address most of the industrial facilities and the construction sites within California. Copies of these General Permits, application forms (NOI) and the annual report forms are available at the SWRCB's Storm Water web site. A number of regional boards, including the Santa Ana Regional Board, adopted individual storm water permits for some of the facilities within their region. The regional boards administer the State's General Permits and the regional board's individual permits.

A list of the facilities covered under the two State General Permits may be obtained at the SWRCB's Storm Water web site. For a list of the facilities covered by individual permits issued by the Santa Ana Regional Board or to review the files for the facilities covered either by the General Permits or by individual permits, contact the file review desk at 951-782-4499 or FileReview8@waterboards.ca.gov.

The Santa Ana Region also issued three municipal storm water permits to the three counties (Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino) and all the incorporated cities within the jurisdiction of this Board. Click on the county name for more details on the permit.

* Incorporated cities: The number of incorporated cities within the county which are within the jurisdiction of the Santa Ana Regional Board.

To report any illegal/illicit discharges to the waters of the State (streets, storm drains, rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, ocean, etc.), the staff person listed above may be contacted.

For any other questions regarding the Storm Water Units, you may contact either Section Chiefs: Mark Smythe at (951) 782-4998 or Milasol Gaslan at (951) 782-4419.

Storm Water Links

Orange County Municipal NPDES Storm Water Permit Page

Riverside County Municipal NPDES Storm Water Permit Page

San Bernardino County Municipal NPDES Storm Water Permit Page

Stormwater Quality Standards Task Force

San Jacinto Watershed Information and Maps

Annual Report Form of General Industrial Permit Program

Storm Water Announcements

A public hearing to consider adoption of the Sector-Specific General Permit for Storm Water Runoff Associated with Industrial Activities from Metals Recycling Facilities (Scrap Metal Facilities) within the Santa Ana Region (Order No. R8-2012-0012, NPDES No. CAG 618001) will be held during the regularly scheduled Regional Board Meeting on February 10, 2012 starting at 9:00 A.M. at:

City Council Chambers of Loma Linda
25541 Barton Road
Loma Linda, CA 92354

A seventh draft of the tentative Order and the Fact Sheet are posted at this website (see below).  These documents have been revised to incorporate comments received to date, resolve minor inconsistencies between the tentative Order and the Fact Sheet and correct formatting/punctuation errors.

There is a change in the monitoring and reporting requirements between the sixth and seventh draft. The seventh draft calls for sampling and analysis of a storm water runoff sample for PCBs during the 1st year after permit adoption (2012/13 storm season). In the sixth draft, this sampling and analysis was required during the 4th year after permit adoption.

 Metal Recyclers Water Quality Standards Committee

• Letter from State Water Resources Control Board (12/16/2011) 
  
  
• Staff Report: Dated February 10, 2012
  
  
• Errata Sheet (7th Draft)
  
  
• Seventh Draft (Clean): Dated February 10, 2012
  
  
• Seventh Draft (With Tracking): Dated February 10, 2012
  
  
• Comment Letter Received on Seventh Draft
  
  
• Additional Comment Letter Received on Sixth Draft
  
  
• Comment Letter Received on Sixth Draft
  
  
• Response to Comments
  
  
• Previous Documents
  
  

12/05/2011 State Water Resources Control Board Meeting (Item 6)

• Video Part 1 (59:08)
• Video Part 2 (43:40)

Documents are in Adobe Acrobat format - viewer is available below.