Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program

Water Quality Management Plan for National Forest System Lands in California

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), in collaboration with the State and Regional Water Boards has developed a new Water Quality Management Handbook (WQMH) to address control of nonpoint source pollution generated by various activities on National Forest System lands in California. This WQMH will replace the existing WQMP, which was originally certified by State Water Board in 1981 pursuant to Clean Water Act Section 208. Concurrently, pursuant to State Water Resources Control Board Resolution 2009-0064, the State Water Board has developed a proposed statewide Waiver of waste discharge requirements and reports of waste discharge for the nonpoint source activities covered by the WQMH.

• Announcements
• Upcoming Public Workshop and Adoption Meeting
• Relevant Documents
• Related U.S. Forest Service Information
• Comment Letters Received During the Public Comment Period
• Stakeholder Information
• Questions or Comments?

Announcements

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Upcoming Workshop and Adoption Meeting

• September 20, 2011
  Workshop to receive public comments concerning: 1) a proposed statewide Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Nonpoint Source Discharges Related to Certain Activities on National Forest System Lands in California, and 2) a supporting Mitigated Negative Declaration.

  Time: No earlier than 1 p.m.
  Location: Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Headquarters Building
  Coastal Hearing Room
  1001 I Street, 2nd Floor
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  

• New Date! December 6, 2011 (rescheduled from November 1, 2011
  Consideration of adoption of: 1) a proposed statewide Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Nonpoint Source Discharges Related to Certain Activities on National Forest System Lands in California, and 2) a supporting Mitigated Negative Declaration Location: Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Headquarters Building
  Coastal Hearing Room
  1001 I Street, 2nd Floor
  Sacramento, CA 95814

Relevant Documents

• Final Waiver Package
• Final Statewide Waiver
  • Final Attachment A - Conformance with Nonpoint Source Program Plan and Policy
  • Final Attachment B - Schedule of Future Actions
  • Final Attachment C - Monitoring and Reporting Program
  • Final Attachment D - Memorandum of Understanding
  • Final Attachment E - Watershed Restoration Plans and Legacy Site Inventories
  • Final Attachment F - Grazing Allotments and Rescission Schedule
  • Final Attachment G - Forms
  • Final Mitigated Negative Declaration/ Initial Study
  • Waiver Revisions made following public comment period
    • Final Draft Statewide Waiver, mark-up copy
  • Waiver Revisions made following public notice
    • Change sheet #1
    • Change sheet #2
• Relevant Documents for Review and Comment (Review period is 11/04/11 to 11/21/11)
  We are providing clean easy-to-read versions of the revised draft document in the proposed State Waiver package. We are also providing mark-up (redline) versions so you can see exactly what and where the changes are, as the Board will only accept review comments on proposed changes to the documents in the Waiver package.
  • Response to Comments on USFS Waiver and Mitigated Negative Declaration/Initial Study (posted 12/2/11)
  • Revised Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Notice of Intent to Adopt (posted 11/15/11)
    • Public Comments Received (deadline 11/21/11)
  • Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Notice of Intent to Adopt
    
    
  • Revised draft Waiver package, clean copies
    • Revised Draft Statewide Waiver
      • Revised Attachment A - Conformance with Nonpoint Source Program Plan and Policy
      • Revised Attachment B - Schedule of Future Actions
      • Revised Attachment C - Monitoring and Reporting Program
      • Revised Attachment D - MOU
      • Revised Attachment E - Watershed Restoration Plans and Legacy Site Inventories
      • Revised Attachment F - Grazing Allotments and Rescission Schedule
      • Revised Attachment G - Forms
      • Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration/ Initial Study
        
  • Revised draft Waiver package, mark-up copies
    • Revised Draft Statewide Waiver
      • Revised Attachment A - Conformance with Nonpoint Source Program Plan and Policy
      • Revised Attachment B - Schedule of Future Actions
      • Revised Attachment C - Monitoring and Reporting Program
      • Revised Attachment D - MOU
      • Revised Attachment E - Watershed Restoration Plans and Legacy Site Inventories
      • Revised Attachment F - Grazing Allotments and Rescission Schedule
      • Revised Attachment G - Forms
      • Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration/ Initial Study
• Relevant Documents for CEQA Review and Comment (Revised review period is 7/25/11 to 8/24/11)
  • Notice of Availability-Revised (posted 7/18/11)
    • Public Comments Received (deadline 8/24/11)
  • Notice of Availability
  • Draft Statewide Waiver
    • Attachment A - Conformance with Nonpoint Source Program Plan and Policy
    • Attachment B - Schedule of Future Actions
    • Attachment C - Monitoring and Reporting Program
    • Attachment D - MOU
    • Attachment E - Watershed Restoration Plans and Legacy Site Inventories
    • Attachment F - Grazing Allotments and Rescission Schedule
    • Attachment G - Forms
  • Mitigated Negative Declaration / Initial Study
    
• Additional Material
  • USFS Draft Water Quality Management Handbook
  • Background Material
• NPS Plan and Policy
  • The Plan for California’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (NPS Program Plan)
  • Policy for Implementation and Enforcement of the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (NPS Implementation and Enforcement Policy)
  • Fact Sheet on the NPS Implementation and Enforcement Policy
  • Water Board’s Information and Documents
    • Water Quality Enforcement Policy
    • Water Quality Legal Overview Presentation

Related U.S. Forest Service Information

• Water Quality Management Plan for National Forest System Lands in California
• Pilot Study Results Summer 2010 Water Quality on US Forest Service Grazing Allotments

Comments Letter Received during the Public Comment Period

• Public comments regarding USFS Waiver

Questions or Comments about the Forest Service Plan?

• Gaylon Lee, Division of Water Quality
  State Water Resources Control Board
  P.O. Box 2231
  Sacramento, CA 95812
  Phone: (916) 341-5478
  Fax: (916) 341-5463
  Email questions to: ForestPlan_Questions@waterboards.ca.gov. Responses will be available.
  Email comments to: ForestPlan_Comments@waterboards.ca.gov. Responses will not be available at this address.