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


Laws and Regulations Relevant to Current Public Proceedings

How to Participate

Board Meetings

Basin Planning and TMDLs

NEW - DECEMBER 11 HEARING POSTPONED FOR THE 2024 TRIENNIAL REVIEW
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board has received and accepted two late letters raising substantive concerns about the Triennial Review.  Staff needs additional time to consider these concerns. Therefore, the public hearing and action on the 2024 Triennial Review, scheduled for December 11, 2024, have been postponed.

Updates on the rescheduled hearing will be noticed by an email distribution list. Any person desiring to receive future notices must sign up for and remain on the email distribution list, and select the box for the “ALL Basin Planning/TMDL Notices and Information” option in the section on Basin Planning and TMDLs.

Questions and comments may be directed to Gerardo Martinez at (510) 622-1015 or Gerardo.Martinez@waterboards.ca.gov.

Agriculture

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

Site Cleanup

Site Cleanup Requirement Rescission for The Former East Palo Alto Area, for 29 properties located within the boundaries of what was formerly known as the East Palo Alto Industrial Area (EPAIA) and/or the Ravenswood Industrial Area (RIA) in East Palo Alto, San Mateo County.

Section 401 Water Quality Certification

Comment Period Project Name City/County
11/15/2024 - 12/5/2024 Emergency Bank Repair - 4661 San Pablo Dam Rd El Sobrante, Contra Costa County
11/15/2024 - 12/5/2024 BART Transbay Tube Cathodic Protection Maintenance Work Oakland, Alameda County
11/15/2024 - 12/5/2024 Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project San Jose, Santa Clara County
11/15/2024 - 12/5/2024 Yountville Recycled Water Transmission Main Repair Project Yountville, Napa County
11/15/2024 - 12/5/2024 Pore Water Assessment Project Oakland, Alameda County
11/15/2024 - 12/5/2024 Pulgas Creek Erosion Repair Project San Carlos, San Mateo County
11/15/2024 - 12/5/2024 Rutherford Wine Company, 1680 Silverado Trail St. Helena, Napa County
11/27/2024 - 12/17/2024 Tidewater Emergency Pile Replacement Oakland, Alameda County
11/27/2024 - 12/17/2024 628 John’s Place Shoreline Revetment Project Benicia, Solano County
11/27/2024 - 12/17/2024 Salson Trail & Culvert Project Belmont, San Mateo County
11/27/2024 - 12/17/2024 Sheedy Bridge Replacement Novato, Marin County
11/27/2024 - 12/17/2024 Emeryville Entrance Channel Marker Replacement Emeryville, Alameda County
11/27/2024 - 12/17/2024 Cascade Drive Box Culvert and Retaining Wall Repair Project Mill Valley, Marin County
11/27/2024 - 12/17/2024 New Aquatic And Community Center At Heather Farm Park Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County
11/27/2024 - 12/17/2024 Sr-84 Storm Damage Rehabilitation Project (Ea 04-0q480) Unincorporated, San Mateo County
12/3/2024 - 12/22/2024 Rick Ali Wetland Restoration at 345 Silverado Trail, Calistoga Calistoga, Napa County
12/4/2024 - 12/23/2024 R-1742 L-191 MP 9.4-10.6 Retire Pipe Project Pittsburg, Contra Costa County
12/5/2024 - 12/24/2024 Vineyard Pipeline Emergency Repair Pleasanton, Alameda County
12/5/2024 - 12/24/2024 Mallard Pointe 1951 Project Belevedere, Marin County
12/5/2024 - 12/24/2024 Emergency Winterization Work at 6361 SFD Blvd, San Geronimo San Geronimo, Marin County


The USACE and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) have prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA)/ Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to address the potential environmental effects of the maintenance dredging of federal aquatic navigation channels in San Francisco Bay and the associated placement of dredged materials for dredging years 2025 to 2034. The USACE proposes to continue maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channels in San Francisco Bay to maintain the navigability of the channels. The Regional Water Board will consider USACE’s application for a Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification and waste discharge requirements for USACE’s continued maintenance dredging operations.

A comment period is established for this document, from October 31, 2024, to December 16, 2024. The Water Board will accept written comments on the Draft EA/EIR. Written comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on December 16, 2024, to be considered. Please send all comments to:

Jazzy.Graham-Davis@waterboards.ca.gov and SF-Bay-Dredging@usace.army.mil or 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400, Oakland, CA 94612, Attn.: Jazzy Graham-Davis.

A public meeting will be held to explain the proposed project and answer clarifying questions on the Draft EA/EIR. This meeting will be held online on November 19, 2024, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Please register for this meeting at: https://stantec.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sdOivpzoqG9B7k6nrmy6YTAyBo2VIchZr. The Regional Water Board anticipates a public hearing on the Final EIR in summer/fall 2025.

 

Storm Water

 

Waste Discharge Requirements