Ocean Standards

State Water Quality Protection Areas – Areas of Special Biological Significance

• Special Protections to Address Storm Water and Nonpoint Source Waste Discharges
  • Draft Special Protections for Selected Storm Water and Nonpoint Source Discharges into Areas of Special Biological Significance - March 3, 2008
  • Draft Data Report which includes a preliminary summary of the available data from ASBS exception applications received in 2006. The information in this draft report is in addition and complimentary to the August 2006 ASBS Status Report. Additional applications have been received in 2007 and not all of that data has yet been assimilated into this report.
  • Deadline for Comment Letters (extended to September 1, 2006 - 5pm)
    • Comments Received
  • Draft Staff Proposal (6/16/06)
  • Notice of Public Scoping Meetings
  • Notice of Board Member Quorum (for August 15th)
  • Agenda (9:00 am - Noon)
  • August Scoping Meeting Notes
• ASBS Natural Water Quality Committee
• Ocean Plan Exception for Bodega Marine Lab Waste Discharge into the Bodega ASBS
  The State Water Board held a public hearing to receive comments on a proposed exception to the California Ocean Plan prohibition against waste discharge into the Bodega ASBS on July 30, 2007
  • Resolution No. 2007-0058
  • Public Notice
    • Comment Letters
    • Response to Comments (8/24/07)
  • Initial Study
  • Mitigated Negative Declaration
• August 2006 ASBS Status Report (12/19/06)
• ASBS Frequently Asked Questions
• Resolution 2006-0013: Ocean Plan Exception/Special ASBS Protections for the University of Southern California Wrigley Marine Science Center, Northwest Santa Catalina Island ASBS
  • Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study
• Notice of Comment Period and Public Hearing - February 1, 2006
• Comment Letters and Responses to the Ocean Plan Exception
  • Roberts, Raspe & Blanton LLP
  • Responses to Comments
• ASBS Waste Discharge Prohibition, State Water Board Workshop - October 24, 2005
  • Public Notice
  • Agenda
  • ASBS Presentation
  • Transcript (Disclaimer: This transcript was made from a tape recording.  The State Water Board does not guarantee the accuracy of this transcript.)
  • Comment Letters
    • California Coalition for Clean Water
    • City of Monterey
    • Environmental Group
    • Coalition for Practical Regulation
• Correspondence with Responsible Parties
• ASBS Waste Discharge Prohibition, State Water Board Workshop - August 31, 2005
  • Public Notice
  • Agenda
  • Attendees
  • ASBS Workshop Presentation
  • Transcript (Disclaimer: This transcript was made from a tape recording.  The State Water Board does not guarantee the accuracy of this transcript.)
  • Comment Letters
• Instructions: How to Apply for an Ocean Plan Exception"
• ASBS Cease and Desist Orders (2005), Central Coast Regional Board
  • Central Coast CDOs
• ASBS Cease and Desist Order (2000, Irvine Coast ASBS), Santa Ana Regional Board
  • Santa Ana Region CDO
• State Board Precedential decision (2001) concerning the CDO for discharges to the Irvine Coast ASBS (Crystal Cove)
  • Staff Report
  • Summary
• Stakeholder Meeting - January 13, 2005
  The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting to provide information to stakeholders regarding applications for exceptions to the Water Board for discharges into ASBS. Potential funding sources for planning and implementation of measures to control waste discharges into ASBS will be described. The meeting will also provide a forum for stakeholders and staff to investigate collaborative approaches to eliminating waste discharges into ASBS.
  • Public Notice
  • Final Agenda
  • Transcript
• Ocean Plan Exception - July 7, 2004
  The University of California Scripps Institution of Oceanography Exception to the California Ocean Plan for its Discharge into the San Diego Marine Life Refuge, and Mitigated Negative Declaration and Supporting Initial Study (9/13/04)
  • Hearing Notice
  • Notice of Proposed Negative Declaration
  • Draft Negative Declaration and Supporting Initial Study
  • Comment Letters and Responses to the Ocean Plan Exception:
    • Coastal Law Group
    • Department of Fish and Game
    • Hopkins Marine Station
    • Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
    • The Ocean Conservancy
    • U.C. Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory
    • U.C. San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography No. 1
    • U.C. San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography No. 2
    • University of Southern California
    • Responses to Comments
      
• California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Letter
• Final Ocean Plan Exception and Mitigated Negative Declaration
• Waste Discharge Requirements for the University of California, Scripps Insitution of Oceanography, San Diego County, February 9, 2005.
• Board Order No. R9 2005-0008
• Monitoring and Reporting Program
• Fact Sheet
• Study A - Mitigated Negative Declaration
• Study B - References and Appendices
• Final Report: Discharges into State Water Quality Protection Areas
  • GIS Information
• The watershed areas bordering each State Water Quality Protection Area are Critical Coastal Areas. For more information on Critical Coastal Areas, please go to the California Coastal Commission web site.
• State Water Quality Protection Areas - Areas of Special Biological Significance - This pamphlet contains information on the Areas of Special Biological Significance, including legal descriptions, maps, and applicable Board resolutions, including exceptions. The document given is the June 2003 publication, with electronic revisions as of October 2003. For a black and white hard copy of this document, contact Connie Anderson, Ocean Standards Unit, Division of Water Quality.

Questions or Comments?

Please contact Connie Anderson, Ocean Standards Unit, Division of Water Quality

(Updated 9/2/08)