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    Cannabis Cultivation

    Growing cannabis? Cultivators with 2000 square feet or more of cannabis are required to enroll in the North Coast Regional Water Board’s water quality regulatory program (Order R1-2015-0023), either directly with the Regional Water Board, or via an approved third party program.

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    Forest Activities Program

    The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) has been active in regulating discharges from logging and associated activities since 1972.

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    TMDLs

    The Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) process leads to a "pollution budget" designed to restore the health of a polluted or impaired body of water. The TMDL process provides a quantitative assessment of water quality problems, contributing sources of pollution, and the pollutant load reductions or control actions needed to restore and protect the beneficial uses of an individual waterbody impaired from loading of a particular pollutant.

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    Dairy Program

    The Dairy Program for the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board currently regulates waste discharge from dairies under two orders: General Waste Discharge Requirements for Existing Cow Dairies in the North Coast Region, Order No. R1-2012-0002 (GWDR), and The Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Existing Cow Dairies in the North Coast Region, Order R1-2012-0003 (Waiver). In December 2016, the Waiver was renewed by Order R1-2016-0045.

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    Agricultural Lands Discharge Program

    The Agricultural Lands Discharge Program (Program) addresses water quality impacts associated with activities on agricultural lands in the North Coast Region (Region). There are approximately 350,000 acres of agricultural lands in the Region, which are primarily used for vineyards, orchards, row crops, grain, alfalfa, hay pasture, and dairies.

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    Restoration Program

    The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board takes an active role in promoting the implementation of restoration projects that help restore the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters within the region.
    -Policy in Support of Restoration in the North Coast Region

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