The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2010-11
REGULATE: WASTE DISCHARGES TO LAND-NON15 |
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GROUP: |
INDUSTRIAL WASTE NON15 FACILITIES |
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MEASURE: |
NUMBER OF PERMITS ADOPTED OR RENEWED
NUMBER OF PERMITS PAST RENEWEAL DATE AS OF END OF FISCAL YEAR 2010-11 |
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MESSAGE: |
48% of the Industrial NON15 permits are current. |
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MEASUREMENTS
WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING
The number of facilities with a permit past the review date is relatively high compared to total number of industrial facilities regulated under the program. Only 46% of the permits for industrial facilities have been reviewed/updated in accordance within the recommended frequency. Although 485 (compared to 374 in FY 08-09) permits need to be renewed, only 14 permits were reissued during fiscal year 09-10. The backlog of expired permits varies among the different regional boards. Region 3 had an increase in the number of expired permits from 24 in FY 08-09 to 126 as of June 30, 2010.
WHY THIS MEASURE IS IMPORTANT
Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) are issued for the duration of the discharge and do not contain an expiration date. Regional Boards are authorized to review WDRs periodically pursuant to Section 13263(e) of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. The State Legislature has found that many WDRs are out of date and therefore do not reflect existing laws, regulations, and revised Water Quality Control Plans. The Water Boards recommend that WDRs be reviewed on a frequency of five, ten or fifteen years, based on the discharger’s Threat to Water Quality (TTWQ). WDRs that have not been reviewed/updated are considered to be backlogged. This measure describes the workload associated with existing permits.
TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
GLOSSARY
- Industrial Sources
- Facilities that treat and/or dispose of liquid or semisolid wastes from any servicing, producing, manufacturing or processing operations of whatever nature including mining, gravel washing, geothermal operations, air conditioning, ship building and repairing, oil production, storage and disposal operations, and water well pumping.
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- Waste Discharge Requirements NON15 Program
- The Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) Program regulates all point source discharges of waste to land that do not require full containment (which falls under the Land Discharge Program), or are not subject to the NPDES Program.