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
10/30/2024 - 11/19/2024 Hetfield Estates Moraga, Contra Costa County
10/30/2024 - 11/19/2024 97 Westshore Residential Overwater Home Emergency Repair Belvedre, Marin County
10/31/2024 - 11/20/2024 Novato Boulevard Improvements Project Novato, Marin County
10/31/2024 - 11/20/2024 Firehouse 20 Remodel San Anselmo, Marin County
10/31/2024 - 11/20/2024 Silveira Novato Ranch Emergency Culvert and Flood Gate Replacement Unincorporated, Marin County
10/31/2024 - 11/20/2024 Belmont Slough Emergency Levee Repair Redwood City, San Mateo County
11/1/2024 - 11/21/2024 1860 Thornsberry Road Sonoma, Sonoma County
11/5/2024 - 11/25/2024 Greenwood Beach Restoration Project Tiburon, Marin County
11/5/2024 - 11/25/2024 Renovations to the Demmel Boathouse Inverness, Marin County
11/5/2024 - 11/25/2024 18 Fleetwood Ct Retaining Wall Project Novato, Marin County
11/5/2024 - 11/25/2024 F02C96 San Lorenzo Creek Concrete Side Slope and Wall Joint Repairs San Lorenzo, Alameda County
11/7/2024 - 11/27/2024 EA 04-4J830 Hopper Slough Bridge Replacement Unincorporated, Napa County
11/8/2024 - 11/28/2024 U.S. Coast Guard Station Golden Gate Maintenance Dredging Sausalito, Marin County
11/8/2024 - 11/28/2024 Red and White Fleet Waterside Improvement Project San Francisco, San Francisco County
11/13/2024 - 12/3/2024 413 Fulton Creek And Deck Repairs Project San Mateo, San Mateo County
11/13/2024 - 12/3/2024 Mission and Islais Creek Channel Sediment Investigation Project San Francisco, San Francisco County
11/13/2024 - 12/3/2024 Port of Redwood City Living Shoreline Pilot Project Redwood City, San Mateo County
11/13/2024 - 12/3/2024 Bulkhead Repair on Belvedere Lagoon Belvedere, Marin County
11/13/2024 - 12/3/2024 Oak Hills Apartments Project Unincorporated, Marin County
11/13/2024 - 12/3/2024 2133 Alameda Diablo Unincorporated, Contra Costa 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


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