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

At its December 11, 2024, meeting, the Water Board will consider a resolution approving the 2024 Triennial Review of the Basin Plan and associated list of Basin Plan projects. The final Staff Report, which is now available for public review and comment, contains the final list of priority projects and explains the process used to rank and select the priority projects. The purpose of the Triennial Review is to examine and update the focus of Water Board basin planning efforts.

Written comments on the staff report and prioritized list of Basin Plan projects must be received by the Regional Board no later than 5:00 pm on October 14, 2024. The public notice providing more information about the board hearing as well as the staff report and final list of priority projects are available below. 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
8/22/2024 - 9/12/2024 Restore Hayward Marsh Project Hayward, Alameda County
8/22/2024 - 9/12/2024 Boat Lift 47 West Shore Road Belvedere Belvedere, Marin County
8/22/2024 - 9/12/2024 Boat Lift 37 West Shore Road Belvedere Belvedere, Marin County
8/27/2024 - 9/16/2024 AMPORTS Port of Benicia Emergency Dredging Benicia, Solano County
8/28/2024 - 9/17/2024 Yew Street Culvert Project San Mateo, San Mateo County
9/4/2024 - 9/24/2024 PG&E Line 131 Emergency Leak Repair - Dixon Landing - 46307304 Fremont, Alameda County
9/6/2024 - 9/26/2024 Long Wharf Firewater Pump Replacement Richmond, Contra Costa County
9/6/2024 - 9/26/2024 1647 Ralston Ave Belmont, San Mateo County
9/6/2024 - 9/26/2024 SFCJPA SAFER Bay Project, Menlo Park, California Menlo Park, San Mateo County
9/10/2024 - 9/30/2024 Sediment and Bank Soil Sampling of Arroyo Viejo Creek near 73rd Avenue Oakland, Alameda County
9/10/2024 - 9/30/2024 Interstate (I-) 680 Alameda Creek Bridge Scour Repair (Project) Sunol, Alameda County
9/10/2024 - 9/30/2024 Existing Carport Repair-Replacement Vallejo, Solano County
9/10/2024 - 9/30/2024 Restoration of Guadalupe River Tree Holes San Jose, Santa Clara County
9/12/2024 - 10/2/2024 901 El Camino Real Project Palo Alto, San Mateo County
9/12/2024 - 10/2/2024 Calero Dam Geotechnical Exploration Project Unincorporated, Santa Clara County

 

Storm Water

Tentative Orders to terminate the Cease and Desist Orders issued to the County of Alameda, City of Hercules, City of Livermore, City of Pinole, and City of Vallejo and Vallejo Flood and Waste Water District. Details about the Tentative Orders, the public comment period, and the public hearing, are provided in the Public Notices posted below.

 

Waste Discharge Requirements