Nitrate/OWTS Policy Basin Plan Amendment

On April 15, 2015, the San Diego Water Board conducted a public hearing and adopted the Basin Plan Amendment that changed water quality objectives for nitrate in groundwater basins that currently have numeric objectives to 45 mg/L as NO3, incorporated the State Water Quality Control Policy for Siting, Designing, Operation, and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, added implementation measures for areas where surface and groundwater are interconnected and made some other non-substantive changes to the Basin Plan.

The State Water Board approved the San Diego Water Board's Nitrate/OWTS Policy Basin Plan amendment on November 17, 2015. The Office of Administrative Law approved the San Diego Water Board's Nitrate/OWTS Policy Basin Plan amendment on May 17, 2016.

Documents

May 17, 2016 - Office of Administrative Law

• May 17, 2016 Approval

November 17, 2015 - State Water Board Documents

• November 17, 2015 Resolution No. 2015-0066
• November 17, 2015 Agenda

August 7, 2015 - State Water Board Comment Period

• Notice of Opportunity to Comment

April 15, 2015 Final Documents

• Resolution No. R9-2015-0008 and Basin Plan Amendment
• Final Substitute Environmental Document

April 15, 2015 San Diego Water Board Hearing

• April 15, 2015 Meeting Item 8

December 23, 2014 - San Diego Water Board Tentative Basin Plan Amendment

• Draft Substitute Environmental Document
• Draft Resolution for Adoption of the Basin Plan Amendment
• Proposed Revisions to Chapter 3 of the Basin Plan
• Proposed Revisions to Chapter 4 of the Basin Plan
• Proposed Revisions to Chapter 5 of the Basin Plan
• Proposed Revisions to Appendices of the Basin Plan
• CEQA - Notice of Filing and Public Hearing