National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Document Categories:- 303(d) and TMDL
- 40 CFR
- Basin Plans
- Bay-Delta,Ocean and Thermal Plans
- Clean Water Act
- Miscellaneous References (Form 200, Public Records, etc.)
- National Toxics Rule & California Toxics Rule
- Other Laws, Regulations and Policies
- State Water Board and U.S. EPA Agreements
- State Water Board Resolutions
- U.S. EPA Documents and Guidance
- Water Quality Petitions
- Whole Effluent Toxicity
- 40 CFR Part 122 – U.S.EPA Administered Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- 40 CFR Part 123 – State Program Requirements
- 40 CFR Part 124 – Procedures for Decision Making
- 40 CFR Part 125 – Criteria and Standards
- 40 CFR Part 129 – Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards
- 40 CFR Part 130 – Water Quality Planning and Management
- 40 CFR Part 131 – Water Quality Standards
- 40 CFR Part 133 – Secondary Treatment Regulation
- 40 CFR Part 135 – Citizen Suits
- 40 CFR Part 136 – Analytical Procedures
- 40 CFR Part 401 – General Provisions
- 40 CFR Part 403 – General Pretreatment Regulations
- 40 CFR Part 501 – State Sludge Management Program Regulations
- 40 CFR Part 503 – Standards for Use & Disposal of Sludge
- Region 1 Basin Plan
- Region 2 Basin Plan
- Region 3 Basin Plan
- Region 4 Basin Plan
- Region 5 Basin Plan -Tulare Lake and Sacramento/San Joaquin Basins
- Region 6 Basin Plan
- Region 7 Basin Plan
- Region 8 Basin Plan
- Region 9 Basin Plan
- Bay-Delta Plan
- California Ocean Plan
- Water Quality Control Plan for Control of Temperature in the Coastal and Interstate Waters and Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California – The Thermal Plan
- Clean Water Act Title I (Sections 101 – 121)
- Clean Water Act Title II (Sections 201 – 221)
- Clean Water Act Title III (Sections 301 – 320)
- Clean Water Act Title IV (Sections 401 – 406)
- Clean Water Act Title V (Sections 501 – 519)
- Clean Water Act Title VI (Sections 601 – 607)
- Compilation of EPA Mixing Zone Documents
- Compilation of Water Quality Goals
- Form 200
- NPDES Permit Rating Worksheet
- Public Records Requests
- NTR - 40 CFR 131.36 (For Applicability to California Waters see (d)(10))
- U.S. EPA Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California; Rule (California Toxics Rule)
- Typographical Corrections to CTR
- Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States\' Compliance--Revision of Metals Criteria
- California Health Laws Related to Recycled Water (The Purple Book)
- California Water Code - Porter Cologne Act
- Endangered Species Act
- Policy for Implementation of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California (SIP)
- Anti-Degradation Policy - Resolution 68-16
- Policy with Respect to Water Reclamation in California Resolution No. 77-01
- Water Quality Control Policy on the Use and Disposal of Inland Waters Used for Powerplant Cooling Resolution No. 75-58
- U.S. EPA Current National Recommended Water Quality Criteria 2004 (4304T)
- U.S. EPA Effluent Guidelines Webpage
- U.S. EPA Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal (The Green Book) February 1991, EPA/503/8-91/001
- U.S. EPA Generalized Methodology for Conducting Industrial Toxicity Reduction Evaluations TREs April 1989, EPA/600/2-88/070
- U.S. EPA Guidance for Developing Best Management Practices October 1993 EPA 833-B-93-004
- U.S. EPA Interim Revised Clean Water Act Settlement Penalty Policy Issued
- U.S. EPA Issuance of Guidance Interpreting ‘Single Operational Upset’ September 27, 1989
- U.S. EPA Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations - Phase 1 Toxicity Characterization Procedures February 1991 EPA/600/6-91/003
- U.S. EPA Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations - Phase 2 Toxicity Identification Procedures for Samples Exhibiting Acute & Chronic Toxicity September 1993 EPA/600/R-92/080
- U.S. EPA Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations - Phase 3 Toxicity Confirmation Procedures for Samples Exhibiting Acute & Chronic Toxicity September 1991 EPA/600/R-92/081
- U.S. EPA NPDES Permit Writers’ Manual December 1996 EPA 833-B-96-003
- U.S. EPA’s Online Training for Watershed Management
- U.S. EPA’s Technical Support Document for Water Quality-based Toxics Control (TSD) March 1991 EPA/505/2-90-01, PB91-127415
- U.S. EPA Toxicity Reduction Evaluation Guidance for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants August 1999 EPA/833B-99/002
- U.S. EPA Quality Criteria for Water 1986 (The Gold Book) May 1, 1986 EPA 440/5-86-001
- U.S. EPA Quality Criteria for Water 1976 (The Red Book) July 1976
- U.S. EPA Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California; Rule (California Toxics Rule)
- Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Western States Petroleum Association, Communities for a Better Environment, and Bay Area Clean Water Agencies, WQO-2002-0011
- City of Stockton, WQO 2003-0002
- City of Woodland, WQO 2004-0010
- City of Yuba City, WQO 2004-0013
- County Sanitation District of Los Angeles, Los Coyotes Wastewater Reclamation Plant and Long Beach Wastewater Reclamation Plant, WQO 2003-0012
- County Services District No. 2 of Los Angeles County, Whittier Narrows Wastewater Reclamation Plant, WQO 2003-0013
- East Bay Municipal Utility District and Bay Area Clean Water Agencies, WQO-2002-0012
- Napa Sanitation District, Bay Area Clean Water Agencies, and San Francisco Baykeeper, WQO-2001-16
- Original Sixteen to One Mine, WQO 2003-0006
- Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant, WQO 2002-0013
- The City of Turlock, Municipal Services Department, WQO-2002-0016
- Vacaville’s Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant, WQO-2002-0015
- Waste Discharge Requirements for the Avon Refinery (Tosco), WQO-2001-06
- Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Whole Effluent Toxicity Methods
- Fact Sheet (October 2002, EPA-821-F-02-024)
- Final Rule (November 19, 2002)
- Method Guidance and Recommendations for Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing (40 CFR part 136) (July 2000, EPA 821-B-00-004)
- Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater and Marine Organisms (Fifth Edition, October 2002, EPA-821-R-02-012)
- Regions 9 and 10 Guidance for Implementing Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing Programs
- Short-Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Organisms (Fourth Edition, October 2002, EPA-821-R-02-013)
- Short-Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and Estuarine Organisms (Third Edition, October 2002, EPA-821-R-02-014)
- Technical Support Document for Water Quality Based Toxins Control (TSD) (March 1991, EPA/505/2-90-001)
- Understanding and Accounting for Method Variability in Whole Effluent Toxicity Applications Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (June 2000, EPA 833-R-00-003)
- U.S. Court of Appeals WET Decision