Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution Control Program

The purpose of the NPS Program Plan is to improve the State's ability to effectively manage NPS pollution and conform to the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act and the Federal Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990. These documents were developed by staff of the State Water Resources Control Board's Division of Water Quality and the California Coastal Commission (CCC), in coordination with the Regional Water Quality Control Boards and staff from over twenty other State agencies.

The documents were submitted for final federal approval on February 4, 2000, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A letter granting full approval of the NPS Program Plan was signed on July 17, 2000. The USEPA/NOAA Approval Letter, Decisions on Conditions of Approval (CZARA), and Response to Comments are available on the EPA web site at http://www.epa.gov/region09/water/nonpoint/cal/.

If you would like a CD containing the NPS Program Plan sent to you, please leave your name and mailing address with Kelly Maurie at (916) 327-9530 or by email at kmaurie@waterboards.ca.gov.  For any problems associated with downloading the NPS Program Plan from this web site, please contact Mary Tappel at (916) 341-5491, or by email at mtappel@waterboards.ca.gov.

If you have any questions concerning the NPS Program Plan, please send them to:

• NPS Program Plan:
  • Volume 1: Nonpoint Source Program Strategy and Implementation Plan (1998-2013) (January 2000)
    • Appendix C to Volume I: TMDL Schedule
      
      
  • Volume II: California Management Measures for Polluted Runoff (January 2000)
    • Attachment 3: MOU Between the Water Boards and CCC
    • Attachment 4: Memorandum from Cal/EPA and the Resources Agency
    • Attachment 5: Memorandum from Cal/EPA and the Resources Agency
      
      
• Policy for Implementation and Enforcement of the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
  (NPS Implementation and Enforcement Policy), May 2004. (9/13/04)
  
  
• California Nonpoint Source Program Five-Year Implementation Plan
  July 2003 through June 2008
  
  
• Nonpoint Source Biennial Progress Report
  July 2001 through June 2003
  
  
• First Addendum to Five-Year Implementation Plan (1998-2003) for SWRCB, RWQCBs, and CCC
  November 2000
  
  
• Interagency Coordinating Committee (IACC)
  
  
• NPS Pollution Related Reports Required Pursuant to CWC 13369(b)
  
  
• Overview of California's Program
  
  
• 1998-2002 Clean Water Act 319(h) Projects with Regional Map

( updated 11/23/04 )