Historical Basin Plan Amendments
Historical Basin Plan Amendments
- Historical amendments of the Basin Plan from 1969 to 2015 (Note: PDF file size is 109 MB)
Amendment to Incorporate Applicable Provisions of Statewide Water Quality Control Plans and Policies
Adopted by Regional Board on June 21, 2024. State Water Board approval on April 15, 2025. Office of Administrative Law approval on October 14, 2025 (effective date).
- California Office of Administrative Law Approval
- State Water Board Resolution 2025-0011
- State Water Board Notice of Public Hearing (English | Spanish)
- State Water Board Notice of Opportunity to Comment (English | Spanish)
- Signed Resolution R3-2024-0003
- Staff Report
- Attachment 1: Proposed Resolution
- Attachment 2: Basin Plan Amendment Project Report
- Attachment 3: CEQA Checklist
- Attachments 4 and 5: Notice of Opportunity to Comment (English & Spanish)
- Supplemental Sheet: Late comment letter in support of adopting Tribal Beneficial Use definitions
- Supplemental Sheet Attachment: Comment Letter from Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
Consideration of Proposed Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Basin to Improve and Clarify Waste Discharge Prohibition Language.
Adopted by Regional Board on February 18, 2022. Approved by State Board on June 7, 2022. Approved by Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on November 2, 2022 (effective date).
- Attachment 1: Resolution No. R3-2022-0001
- Attachment A: Strikeout and underline version of the proposed Basin Plan amendments
- Attachment 2: Project Report including the CEQA Checklist
- Attachment 3: Notice of CEQA Scoping Meeting – Oct 2018
- Attachment 4: Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment – Jan 2020
- Attachment 5: Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment – Sept 2021
- Attachment 6: Public comments and staff responses
State Water Board Resolution No. 2022-0022
Amendment to Revise Turbidity Water Quality Objective Units
- USEPA Action
- Office of Administrative Law (OAL) Action
- State Water Board Action
- July 14, 2017 - Central Coast Water Board approves Basin Plan amendment
- Regional Board Resolution No. R3-2017-0014
- Basin Plan Amendment Technical Memo Updating Basin Plan Turbidity Water Quality Objective Units of Measurement
- Public Comments and Staff Responses
- USEPA 1971 Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes - Turbidity Methods (excerpt)
- USEPA 1983 Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes - Turbidity Method 180.01: Determination of Turbidity by Nephelometry
- July 3, 2017 - Link to Board Meeting Agenda Item #17
- April 19, 2017
- Notice of Opportunity to Comment
- Staff Report
- Attachment 1 Resolution No. R3-2017-0014
- Attachment 2 Technical Memo
Amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Basin to Revise Beneficial Use Designations and to Make Editorial Changes.
- USEPA Action
- USEPA Region IX Approval Letter (September 27, 2017)
- Office of Administrative Law (OAL) Action
- State Water Board Action
- July 28, 2016 - Central Coast Water Board approves Basin Plan amendment
- Staff Report
- Attachment 1 Resolution No. R3-2016-0030
- Attachment 1a Basin Plan showing all proposed amendments
- Attachment 2 Project Report including the CEQA Checklist
- Attachment 3 Notice of CEQA Scoping Meeting April 5, 2016
- Attachment 4 Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment April 26, 2016
- Attachment 5 Comment Letters
- July 13, 2016 - Link to Board Meeting Agenda Item #9
- April 26, 2016 - Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment. Public Hearing scheduled for July 28-29, 2016
- Staff Report Describing Basin Plan Amendments
- Draft Resolution
- Attachment A of Draft Resolution - Revised Basin Plan (strikeout/underline) of Basin Plan amendments
- April 18, 2016 - Scoping Meeting
