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

• None at this time

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

Notice is hereby given that the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region, (Water Board) will hold a public hearing to consider adoption of three tentative orders containing waste discharge requirements and a Clean Water Act section 401 water quality certification for Martin Marietta Marine Operations (Martin Marietta), Lind Marine Incorporated (Lind), and Suisun Associates (a joint venture of Martin Marietta and Lind) to continue sand mining over the next 10 years from several California State Lands Commission mineral extraction lease areas in Central San Francisco Bay and Suisun Bay, and from a private lease area adjacent to Middle Ground Island in Suisun Bay (Tentative Orders). The Tentative Orders will regulate hydraulic suction dredging to obtain commercial sand that is primarily used for construction activities within the greater San Francisco Bay area and the discharge of overflow (decant water) from the dredging operations.

SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS: All public written comments on the Tentative Orders must be received by the Regional Water Board staff contact no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday September 3, 2026. Late written comments will not be accepted. Written comments must be sent to the staff contact identified below, preferably by email:

STAFF CONTACT:

Jazzy Graham-Davis
1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400
Oakland, CA 94612(510) 622-2509
Jazzy Graham-Davis@waterboards.ca.gov

Document Availability:

• Public Notice


• Tentative Orders:
o Suisun Associates- Sand Mining in Suisun Bay
o Lind Marine- Sand Mining in Middle Ground
o Martin Marietta- Sand Mining in Central Bay

• Draft Self-Monitoring and Reporting Program
o Appendix A. Sand Mining in Suisun Bay
o Appendix A. Sand Mining in Middle Ground
o Appendix A. Sand Mining in Central Bay