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• New! Adopted Order No. 2012-0011-DWQ for State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
  • Adopted Order No. 2012-0011-DWQ - Adopted September 19, 2012, Effective July 1, 2013
  • Caltrans Permit documents

• New! Construction General Permit - Post-Construction Notification (July 2012)
• New! 2012 Proposed Construction General Permit Amendments
  The State Water Board will only be accepting written comments that are limited to the proposed amendments.
  • Proposed Amendments to Order No. 2009-0009-DWQ as Modified by 2010-0014-DWQ
  • Notice - Comment deadline was May 14, 2012 by Noon
  • Comments  |  Response to Comments
• New! Construction Storm Water Permit Risk Level 3 / LUP Type 3 Dischargers: Numeric Effluent Limitations are no longer in effect, Receiving Water Monitoring Requirements are Suspended

• New! Public Comment Period Extended for the 2012 Draft Industrial General Permit
• New! 2012 Third Draft NPDES Industrial General Permit Notification
• 2011 Draft NPDES Industrial General Permit documents
• Public Comment Deadline Extended to 90 days: 2011 Draft Phase II Small MS4 General Permit
  Notice for Opportunity for Public Comment was been extended to Noon on Thursday, September 8, 2011.
    »»  See the Revised  Public Notice for instructions on how to submit written comments.

• New! The proposed final Phase II Small MS4 General Permit was adopted at the February 5, 2013 Board Meeting with the changes included in Change Sheet # 1 and additional minor revisions.
• New! 2012 Revised Draft Phase II Small MS4 General Permit
  The State Water Board has released the proposed final Phase II Small MS4 General Permit to be considered by the Board for adoption at the February 5, 2013, Board meeting.
  • Proposed Final Order
  • Revised Public Notice

• New! Cleanup and Enforcement of Nurdles in Water Bodies (run time - 3:59)
• Video Highlights Unique Effort to Eliminate Plastic Debris. (run time - 5:07) | Script Summary

• Low Impact Development
• Assembly Bill 739 Storm Water Advisory Task Force
• The Feasibility of Numeric Effluent Limits Applicable to Storm Water Discharges

• New! Keeping California Water Clean - Addressing Storm Water (Video)
  • Transcript
• Slow the Flow Video – Make Your Landscape Act Like a Sponge - A joint production of the Water Board Training Academy, Storm Water Program, brings to life practices and projects that individuals and communities have created to steward our watersheds and slow down the flow of storm water, one of the largest contributors of pollution into our waterways. (run time - 29:42)

(Updated 4/22/13)