Santa Ana Regional Water Board Performance Summary
Percentage of Targets Met
Area: 2798 square miles Budget: $8,308,601 Staff: 62.8
Permitting 20% Inspections 89% Others 13%
 
 
Total Maximum Daily Load and Basin Planning
Program Budget: $1,255,260 Program Staff: 10.30
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Pollutant/Water Body Combinations Addressed 4 0 0%
Total Maximum Daily Loads Adopted 1 0 0%
Basin Plan Amendments Adopted 0 1 N/A
During FY 13-14, Basin Planning staff continued to be involved in multi-year efforts to develop and adopt highly complex TMDLs for selenium and copper in the Newport Bay Watershed and the Bay, respectively. Close coordination with USEPA on the selenium TMDL led to repeated meetings and discussions to clarify/resolve questions and concerns. The need to address USEPA and stakeholder comments on the draft TMDL documentation has led to delays in finalizing the documentation and completing the Basin Plan amendment process. Planning staff also provided guidance and enforcement assistance in the implementation of the nutrient TMDL for the Lake Elsinore/Canyon Lake watershed. Significant amendments to the Region's Salt Management Plan were approved that also required redirection of staff resources. The amendments are the culmination of many years’ work in creating and revising strategies to address nitrogen and salts issues in the region’s groundwater basins, thereby maximizing the use of recycled water while protecting essential groundwater resources. Finally, Planning staff continued to respond to USEPA on another multi-year project on revisions to recreation standards for inland fresh waters in the Santa Ana Region. Staff’s continued efforts led to approval of those revisions by State Board on January 21, 2014, and they are currently under review by USEPA staff. These unanticipated redirections of staff resources to address highly complex technical issues prevented staff from meeting the performance targets in the TMDL and Basin Planning categories.
NPDES Wastewater
Program Budget: $1,020,055 Program Staff: 7.70
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Major Individual Permits Issued or Renewed 7 5 71%
Major Individual Facilities Inspected 13 20 154%
Minor Individual Permits Issued or Renewed 5 0 0%
Minor Individual Facilities Inspected 2 7 350%
Minor General Facilities Inspected 0 0 N/A
No Regional Board Considerations Provided
NPDES Stormwater
Program Budget: $1,324,451 Program Staff: 10.90
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Municipal (Phase I/II Inspections) 2 13 650%
Construction Inspections 460 388 84%
Industrial Inspections 195 229 117%
No Regional Board Considerations Provided
Waste Discharge to Land - Wastewater
Program Budget: $342,635 Program Staff: 2.90
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Waste Discharge to Land Inspections 10 22 220%
Individual Waste Discharge Requirements Updated 4 0 0%
No Regional Board Considerations Provided
Land Disposal
Program Budget: $556,275 Program Staff: 4.00
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Landfill Individual Permits Updated 1 15 1,500%
Landfill Inspections 36 87 242%
All Other Individual Permits Updated 2 1 50%
All Other Inspections 6 3 50%
Staff resources in the Land Disposal section were focused on updating individual land disposal permits and landfill inspections due to a subsequent (after performance targets were developed) reprioritization of tasks within the Region. As a result, targets for “all other individual permit update” and “all other inspections” were not met.
Confined Animal Facilities (WDR, NPDES, etc.)
Program Budget: $0 Program Staff: 0.00
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Confined Animal Facilities (WDR, NPDES, etc.) 93 112 120%
No Regional Board Considerations Provided
Timber Harvest (Forestry) N/A
Program Budget: $0 Program Staff: 0.00
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Timber Harvest Inspections 0 0 N/A
No Regional Board Considerations Provided
Enforcement
Program Budget: $204,456 Program Staff: 1.40
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
Facilities with Over $12,000 in MMPs (4 or More Violations) Not Assessed within 18 Months of Accrual 0 8 0%
Class 1 Priority Violations will Result in Formal Enforcement or an Investigative Order Pursuant to Water Code Section 13267 within 18 Months of Discovery 100% 67% 67%
The target for “Facilities with 4 or more MMP violations Not Assessed within 18 Months of Accrual” is 0, actual achieved column shows number not addressed within 18 months. Number of facilities with 4 or more MMP violations that were addressed within 18 is not shown.
Cleanup
Program Budget: $1,303,198 Program Staff: 9.70
  Target Actual Achieved % of Targets Met
New Department of Defense Sites Into Active Remediation 0 4 N/A
New Cleanup Moved Sites Into Active Remediation 7 3 43%
Cleanup Sites Closed 6 2 33%
New Underground Storage Tank Sites Into Active Remediation 5 3 60%
Underground Storage Tank Sites Projected Closed 20 28 140%
No Regional Board Considerations Provided