Public Notices and Documents for Review

The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) requests public comments on many types of draft documents: Basin Plan amendments, adoption of TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads), NPDES permits, Waste Discharge Requirements, Site Cleanup Requirements, Enforcement Orders, California Environmental Quality Act documents and more. This page contains links to public notices for projects currently in a public comment period. In addition, you will find links to pages containing support materials (fact sheets, regulation text, etc.) below the public notices.

You may also visit the Water Board Meeting Calendar for information about comment periods, public hearings and meetings.

Decisions

• Board Meetings
• Basin Planning and TMDLs
• Agriculture
• NPDES
• Enforcement Actions
• Proposed (Tentative) Orders for Consideration by the Board
• Site Cleanup
• Section 401 Water Quality Certification
• Storm Water
• Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
• Waste Discharge Requirements

Laws and Regulations Relevant to Current Public Proceedings

• California Water Code
• California Code of Regulations
• Title 23. Waters
• Title 27. Environmental Protection

How to Participate

• Board Meeting Procedures
• Submit Your Comments on Draft Regulations Here

Board Meetings

• Calendar, Agendas and Minutes of Board Meetings

Basin Planning and TMDLs

NEW – March 24, 2026: A Tentative Resolution and supporting draft Staff Report describing an Advanced Restoration Plan to address bacteria impairment at six San Mateo County Beaches – Oyster Point Beach, Coyote Point Beach, Kiteboard Beach, Gull Park Beach, Erckenbrack Park Beach, and Marlin Park Beach are available for public review. Send written comments to Selina Louie@waterboards.ca.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 24, 2026. The Water Board will consider the Tentative Resolution and the Staff Report in a hearing to be held on June 10, 2026.

• Notice of Availability for Comment and Public Hearing
• Tentative Resolution
• Draft Staff Report (March 2026)

Public Review Opportunity and Regional Water Board Hearing of the Proposed Basin Plan Amendment to Add Tribal Tradition and Culture (CUL), Tribal Subsistence Fishing (T-SUB), and Subsistence Fishing (SUB) Beneficial Use Definitions 

The San Francisco Bay Water Board will hold a public hearing on April 8, 2026, at 9:00 am to consider adoption of the proposed Basin Plan Amendment. The 45-day public comment period starts on January 20, 2026. Submit written comments by 5:00 pm on March 6, 2026. The Public Notice has details on submitting comments and attending the hearing in person or remotely. 

• Notice of Public Hearing
• Draft Staff Report with Proposed Basin Plan Amendment Language

Agriculture

• None at this time.

NPDES

• For public notices and draft documents for review on NPDES related matter, please see Proposed (Tentative) Orders for Consideration by the Board.

Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems

• None at this time.

Site Cleanup

• None at this time.

Section 401 Water Quality Certification

Storm Water

• None at this time.

Waste Discharge Requirements

A Tentative Order (TO) issuing Waste Discharge Requirements (Order) to the Santa Clara Valley Water District Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project will be considered by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board at its June 10, 2026, meeting. The draft Order would authorize the placement of fill in waters of the state for the construction of traditional floodwalls, passive barriers, berms, and levees spanning 17,000 discontinuous linear feet (LF), and improvements to the City’s municipal storm sewer system by the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Written comments on the Tentative Order or objections to this action must be submitted no later than May 16, 2026, by 5:00 p.m.

• Public Notice
• Tentative Order