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GENERAL NPDES PERMITS, STATEWIDE	Page
Order No. 2012-0003-DWQ Aquatic Pesticides (Vector Control) Order No. 2013-0002-DWQ Aquatic Pesticides (Weed Control) Order No. 2011-0003 DWQ Aquatic Pesticides (Aquatic Animal Invasive Species Control) Order No. 2011-0004 DWQ Aquatic Pesticides (Spray Applications)	NPDES Aquatic Pesticide Program page
Order No. 2006-0008-DWQ Discharges from Utility Vaults and Underground Structures	Utility Vaults Program page
Order No. 2013-0001-DWQ Stormwater Discharges from Small (Phase II) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)	Phase II Permit page
Order No. 2014-0057-DWQ Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities	Industrial Permit Program Page
Order No. 2009-0009-DWQ Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction and Land Disturbance Activities	Construction Permit Program Page
Order No. 2014-0194-DWQ Discharges from Drinking Water Systems	Drinking Water Systems NPDES Program Page

GENERAL WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS, STATEWIDE	Adopted Order
ORDER 2021-0002-DWQ General Waste Discharge Requirements For Winery Process Water	Order No. 2021-0002-DWQ
ORDER WQ 2020-0004-DWQ General Waste Discharge Requirements for Disaster-Related Waste	Order No. WQ 2020-0004-DWQ
ORDER 2012-0010 Aquifer Storage and Recovery Projects	Order No. 2012-0010
ORDER 2022-0103-DWQ Sanitary Sewer Systems	Order No. 2022-0103-DWQ
Order No. WQ 2016-0068-DDW Water Reclamation requirements for Recycled Water Use	Order No. WQ 2016-0068-DDW
Order No. WQ 2015-0121-DWQ Discharges to Land from Compost Operations	Order No. WQ 2015-0121-DWQ
Order No. 2014-0153-DWQ Discharges to Land By Domestic Wastewater Systems	Order No. 2014-0153-DWQ Permit application Application questions (for reference only)
Order No. 2003-0003-DWQ Discharges to Land with Low Threat to Water Quality	Order No. 2003-0003-DWQ
Order No. 2004-0012-DWQ Discharge of Biosolids to Land	Biosolids Program page

STANDARD PROVISIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS	Adopted
Waste Discharge Requirements	12/5/2013
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits	12/06/2012

GENERAL NPDES PERMITS, CENTRAL COAST REGION	Order	Adopted
Order No. R3-2019-0001 Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Aquaculture Facilities and Aquariums, NPDES Permit CAG993003	Order No R3-2019-0001	01/31/2019
Order No. R3-2017-0042 Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges with Low Threat to Water Quality	Order No R3-2017-0042	12/07/2017
Order No. R3-2016-0035 Waste Discharge Requirements NPDES General Permit for Discharges of Highly Treated Groundwater to Surface Water, Regionwide - NPDES Permit CAG993002	Order No R3-2016-0035	12/08/2016

GENERAL WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS AND WAIVERS, CENTRAL COAST REGION	Order	Adopted
Order No. R3-2021-0040 General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges From Irrigated Lands	Order No. R3-2021-0040 Attachment A: Findings Attachment B: Monitoring and Reporting Program Attachment C: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Definitions	04/15/2021
Order No. R3-2020-0020 General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Domestic Wastewater Systems with Flows Greater than 100,000 gallons per day.	Order No. R3-2020-0020 (Includes Attachments A-C) Attachment D - General Monitoring and Reporting Program Attachment E - Standard Provisions Order No. R3-2020-0020 Notice of Intent (Permit Application) Annual Report Template	09/25/2020
Order No. R3-2020-0001 General Waste Discharge Requirements for active Class III Landfills in the Central Coast Region	Order No. R3-2020-0001	09/25/2020
Order No. R3-2020-0006 General Waste Discharge Requirements for the Management and Beneficial Reuse of Petroleum-Impacted Soils on Active Oil Lease and Fee Properties in the Central Coast Region	Order No. R3-2020-0006 Transmittal Letter to Oilfield Operators	05/28/2020
Order No. R3-2019-0089 General Waiver for Specific Types of Discharges	Order Number. R3-2019-0089 General WDR Order No. R3-2019-0089 Attachments	09/20/2019
Order No. R3-2017-0020 General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges of Winery waste and Categorical Waiver of Waste Discharge for Certain Small Wineries	Cover Letter Order No. R3-2017-0020 NOI Instructions for Discharges of Winery Waste Monitoring and Reporting Program Annual Report Template	09/21/2017
Order No. R3-2005-0001 General Waste Discharge Requirements for Fertilizer and Pesticide Handling Facilities in the Central Coast Region.	WDR Order No. R3-2005-0001	03/25/2005
Order No. R3-2004-0117 Agricultural Waiver	Agricultural Waiver Link	07/09/2004
Order No. R3-2004-0066 Conditional Waiver of Report of Waste Discharge and Waste Discharge Requirements for Fruit and Vegetable Processing Waste.	Order No. R3-2004-0066	07/09/2004
Order No. R3-2004-0006 General Waste Discharge Requirements for Post-Closure Maintenance of Closed, Abandoned, or Inactive Non-Hazardous Landfills Within the Central Coast Region.	Transmittal Letter WDR Order No. R3-2004-0006 MRP Order No. R3-2004-0006 Attachments 1 and 2	02/06/2004

INDIVIDUAL ADOPTED ORDERS, PERMITS, AND RESOLUTIONS

2022 ADOPTED ORDERS, PERMITS, AND RESOLUTIONS	Order	Adopted
Order No. R3-2022-0035 Limited Threat to Water Quality NPDES General Permit No. CAG99304	Order No. R3-2022-0035	December 8, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0068 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Entry of Administrative Civil Liability Order	Order No. R3-2022-0068	December 6, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0031 City of San Juan Bautista Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Entry of Administrative Civil Liability Order	Order No. R3-2022-0031	October 18, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0046 Time Schedule Order for Heritage Ranch Community Services District Wastewater Treatment Plant	Order No. R3-2022-0046	October 14, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0010 Waste Discharge Requirements for Montecito Sanitary District Wastewater Treatment Facility	Order No. R3-2022-0010	August 25, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0014 Waste Discharge Requirements for The Summerland Sanitary District Wastewater Treatment Plant	Order No. R3-2022-0014	August 25, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0029 Waste Discharge Requirements/NPDES Permit for the City of Morro Bay Water Reclamation Facility, NPDES No. CA3000002.	Order No. R3-2022-0029	June 16, 2022
Resolution No. R3-2022-0020 Amendment of the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Basin to Establish Total Maximum Daily Loads for Organophosphate Pesticides and Toxicity in the Lower Salinas River Watershed, Monterey County, California	Resolution No. R3-2022-0020 Attachment A to Resolution: Basin Plan Amendment	June 16, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0006 K&A Farms, LLC, Blanco Ranch Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Entry of Administrative Civil Liability Order	Order No. R3-2022-0006 Attachment A to the Order	May 26, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0030 Granite Rock Company Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Entry of Administrative Civil Liability Order	Order No. R3-2022-0030	May 17, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0015 Pacific Gas & Electric Company Settlement Funds Allocation Plan	Order No. R3-2022-0015	April 22, 2022
Resolution No. R3-2022-0002 Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Basin to Adopt Total Maximum Daily Loads for Turbidity in the Gabilan Creek Watershed, Monterey County, California	Resolution No. R3-2022-0002	February 18, 2022
Resolution No. R3-2022-0001 Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Basin to Improve and Clarify Waste Discharge Prohibition Language	Resolution No. R3-2022-0001	February 18, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0005 Requiring the City of Lompoc Regional Wastewater Reclamation Plant to comply with Waste Discharge Requirements prescribed in NPDES Permit No. CA0048127, Order No. R3-2022-0004	Order No. R3-2022-0005	February 17, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0004 Waste Discharge Requirements/NPDES Permit for the City of Lompoc Regional Wastewater Reclamation Plant	Order No. R3-2022-0004	February 17, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0003 Waste Discharge Requirements for the San Simeon Community Services District Wastewater Treatment Plant, NPDES No. CA0047961	Order No. R3-2022-0003, NPDES No. CA0047861	February 17, 2022
Order No. R3-2022-0013 Chris Mathys, Rhine, L.P., Oro Financial of California, Inc. Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Entry of Administrative Civil Liability Order	Order No. R3-2022-0013 Attachment to the Order - Complaint No. R3-2021-0097	January 19, 2022

(Page last updated 01/17/2023)

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