Meeting Notice and Agenda Items
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Thursday, 22 October 2026 - 8:00 a.m. (Board Tour)
Field Tour – Wildfire and Forestry. Board staff will facilitate an all-day tour focused on tributaries of the Sacramento River east of I-5. Participants will learn about the Water Board’s role in pre-fire vegetation management, timber harvesting, post-fire activities, and sawmill operations, all critical components of managing resilient forests in a changing climate. Transportation will be provided to Board Members and staff. Other attendees will need to provide their own transportation. If you are interested in attending this tour, you must RSVP via email to Ciera.Compton@waterboards.ca.gov on or before October 20 at 12:00 p.m. indicating the names of attendees. Water Board staff will provide an itinerary for the tour with times, meeting locations, and driving directions.
Friday, 23 October 2026 - 9:00 a.m. (Board Meeting)
REDDING CITY HALL
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA 96001
(In-Person and via Video and Teleconference)
How to Attend This Meeting:
In-person and Remote Options: This meeting will occur with both a physical meeting location and an option for the public to participate from a remote location. Additionally, at least one Board member will participate remotely from the following teleconference locations: 2095 Rossi Road, Pescadero, CA 94060 and 4904 Buckingham Mountain Rd, Mariposa, CA 95338. Pursuant to Government code section 11123(b)(1), the teleconference location will be publicly accessible, and members of the public may directly address the Board from this location. For all Central Valley Water Board meetings, there is no expectation of privacy regarding any communications. Meetings are recorded and names of participants are listed in the Zoom forum. Participation in a recorded meeting will be deemed consent to be recorded. Any person desiring to receive future notices about changes to the date, time, location, or format of the public hearing should sign up for the GovDelivery e-mail list (https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email_subscriptions/reg5_subscribe.html). Additional information for those wishing to attend remotely can be found below.
TO ATTEND IN PERSON:
If you would like to attend in person please use this address and link for directions.
TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE LIVECAST (NOT PARTICIPATING):
If you do not need to participate but would like to remotely watch and listen to this meeting, please use the public meeting webcast link for the Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region on YouTube at
(https://www.youtube.com/@rb5s-zoomstreamingchannel475).
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING (via ZOOM):
Persons wishing to participate in the meeting via video or teleconference will need to contact the Board by email to receive a Zoom Meeting ID and password prior to the meeting by doing the following:
- Send an email to Agenda5@Waterboards.ca.gov
- In the Subject line, indicate: Agenda Item Number(s) you are interested in
- In the body of the email indicate:
- Your name.
- Who you represent (i.e., self, another person, an organization).
- Identify whether you intend to participate via videoconference (your computer microphone and speaker) or by telephone; and
- If calling in by telephone, please provide the last three digits of the telephone number you will be calling from.
The Board will respond to your email with the Zoom Meeting ID and password for the meeting. If you do not send an email by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 22 October 2026, it is possible you will need to begin watching the webcast available on CalEPA’s Public Meeting Live Broadcast. You cannot participate in the Zoom meeting until you receive an email with the Zoom ID and password.
LANGUAGE SERVICES:
This meeting will be offered in English. To request translation of a written document, interpretation services for the meeting, or sign language services, please use one of the following options at least (10) business days before the meeting, if possible:
- Submit an online request: Language Services Request (http://bit.ly/LanguageAccessForm)
- Call (916) 341-5254
- Email: languageservices@waterboards.ca.gov.
Contact us to request information in your language.
Contáctenos para solicitar información en su idioma.
Liên hệ chúng tôi để yêu cầu thông tin bằng ngôn ngữ của quý vị.
귀하의 언어로 작성된 정보를 요청하려면 저희에게 문의하십시오.
ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਕਰੋ।.
Makipag-ugnayan sa amin para humiling ng impormasyon sa iyong wika.
请联系我们，以您的语言获取相关信息。
Accessibility & Reasonable Accommodations
Users of a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) may contact the California Relay Service at (800) 735-2929 or the teletype (TTY) voice line at (800) 735-2922.
Additional information on attending the meeting can be found on the Regional Board Meeting Calendar webpage.
Items on this Agenda are numbered for identification purposes only; the Board may consider these items out of their listed order.
Copies of the items to be considered by the Central Valley Water Board are posted on the Board’s Tentative Orders web page.
Items to be considered by the Board at the 23 October 2026 Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Meeting, organized by agenda item number.
- Board Meeting Agenda - English | Español - no disponible
- Executive Officer's Report - not yet available
Thursday, 22 October 2026 - 8:00 a.m.
Board Business - Wildfire and Forestry
Wildfire and Forestry. Board staff will facilitate an all-day tour focused on tributaries of the Sacramento River east of I-5. Participants will learn about the Water Board’s role in pre-fire vegetation management, timber harvesting, post-fire activities, and sawmill operations, all critical components of managing resilient forests in a changing climate. Transportation will be provided to Board Members and staff. Other attendees will need to provide their own transportation. If you are interested in attending this tour, you must RSVP via email to Ciera.Compton@waterboards.ca.gov on or before October 20 at 12:00 p.m. indicating the names of attendees. Water Board staff will provide an itinerary for the tour with times, meeting locations, and driving directions.
Friday, 23 October 2026 - 9:00 a.m.
BOARD BUSINESS
- Executive Officer's Report - Not yet available
- Consideration of Minutes from August 2026 Board Meeting.
- 27 August 2026 Board Meeting Minutes - not yet available
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
(Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, § 647.2, subd. (f).)
Uncontested items are those items that are not being contested at the Board Meeting and will be acted on without discussion. If any person or Board Member requests discussion, the item may be removed from the Uncontested Calendar and taken up in the regular agenda in an order determined by the Board Chair.
UNCONTESTED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS
- UNCONTESTED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS
- Azteca Milling, L.P., Azteca Madera Masa Plant, Madera County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2023-0007
- Brookfield Sunset LLC Amoruso Ranch Project, Placer County – Consideration of an Amendment to Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2021-0016
- California Olive Ranch, Inc., California Olive Ranch, Artois Mill and Ranch, Glenn County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2012-0039
- Cover Letter
- Waste Discharge Requirements
- Monitoring & Reporting Program
- Comments Received: For a copy of the comments received, please contact Joshua Smith at (530) 224-4205 or Joshua.Smith@waterboards.ca.gov
- Response to Comments
- Notice of Public Hearing
- County of Nevada Department of Public Works, McCourtney Road Landfill, Nevada County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2014-0022
- Port of Stockton Denmar Natural Soda Ash Export Terminal Project, San Joaquin County – Consideration of an Amendment to Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2022-0014
- Sunsweet Growers, Gridley Dryer - 51, Butte County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 93-084
- Trinity River Lumber Company and CWS Enterprises, Inc., Trinity River Lumber Company Log Yard, Butte County – Consideration of New Waste Discharge Requirements
- Cover Letter
- Waste Discharge Requirements
- Monitoring & Reporting Program
- Comments Received: For a copy of the comments received, please contact Eden Pikowski at (530) 224-4853 or Eden.Pikowski@waterboards.ca.gov
- Response to Comments
- Notice of Public Hearing
UNCONTESTED NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMITS (NPDES)
- UNCONTESTED NPDES
- City of Sacramento, Combined Wastewater Collection and Treatment System, Sacramento County – Consideration an Amendment to Waste Discharge Requirements Order R5-2026-0003 (NPDES Permit CA0079111)
UNCONTESTED CHANGE OF NAME AND/OR OWNERSHIP OF FACILITIES
- UNCONTESTED CHANGE OF NAME AND/OR OWNERSHIP OF FACILITIES
- City of Arvin and Shooshtar, LP; Arvin Wastewater Treatment Facility, Kern County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 5-00-093
- Quail Valley RV Park LLC, Quail Valley Recreational Village, Tulare County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 99-143
- West Almanor Community Services District, Lake Almanor West, Plumas County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 97-254
