| Water Body Name: | Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach |
| Water Body ID: | CAC3041301420100414183740 |
| Water Body Type: | Coastal & Bay Shoreline |
DECISION ID |
129324 |
Region 3 |
Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach |
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| Pollutant: | Enterococcus |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2018) |
| Revision Status | Revised |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | The Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters (“Ocean Plan”) contains two bacteria water quality objectives applicable to the REC-1 beneficial use: a fecal coliform water quality objective and an enterococci water quality objective. This waterbody is being considered for placement on the CWA section 303(d) List under section 3.3 of the Listing Policy using the enterococci objective. A total of 3 lines of evidence of enterococci data were evaluated for this waterbody. Of these lines of evidence, 2 are based on historic enterococci data collected prior to 2010. One line of evidence is based on recent enterococci data, collected since 2010, and compared to the enterococci bacteria water quality objectives. In accordance with section 6.1.5.3 of the Listing Policy, to be evaluated to develop the list, the data should be representative of the critical timing that the pollutant is expected to impact the waterbody. Indicator bacteria (total coliform, fecal coliform, E. coli, enterococci) populations may fluctuate substantially on a daily, seasonal, or yearly basis. Lacking constant inputs, they do not persist in the environment for a long period and effects are of relatively short duration. As a result, the historic levels of indicator bacteria in the waterbody may be a poor indicator of current risks to human health, particularly when more recent data is available to sufficiently assess the water quality standard. Unrepresentative data will likely result in incorrectly placing or not placing a water body segment on the CWA section 303(d) List. This could result in the unnecessary expenditure of public resources or missing a problem completely. The 2 historic lines of evidence were evaluated pursuant to these considerations and were not used to assess water quality standards attainment because they do not meet the temporal representation requirements of section 6.1.5.3 of the Listing Policy. The recent data were collected during 2010-2019. There are adequate recent data to determine beneficial use support in accordance with the Listing Policy. The recent data are representative of existing conditions in the waterbody and represent a range of hydrologic conditions (both wet and dry years). With respect to the recent lines of evidence, 10 of 88 STV for enterococci calculated from 2010-2019 exceed the enterococci objective. For these data, Listing Policy section 3.3 instructs to use the binomial distribution table in section 3.2. Using the applicable exceedance frequency, the number of exceedances is not sufficient to place this waterbody on the list. Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is not sufficient justification to add this waterbody to the 303(d) list. The data used satisfies the data quality requirements (section 6.1.4) and data quantity requirements (section 6.1.5) of the Listing Policy. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met. |
| Regional Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards are not being exceeded. |
| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: | |
| State Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of the available data and information, SWRCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards for the pollutant are not exceeded. |
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| LOE ID: | 56108 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 36 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 1 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed Beach Watch Program data that is collected by each County's Environmental Health Department for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 1 of 36 samples exceed the criterion for Enterococci. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Region 3 Beach Watch. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) single sample maximum for enterococcus density shall not exceed 104 per 100 mL. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach was collected at 1 monitoring site [ Corcoran Lagoon Beach] | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Data was collected over the time period 1/17/2007-8/16/2010. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Staff is not aware of any special conditions that might affect interpretation of the data. | ||||
| QAPP Information: | Water Board staff assessed Beach Watch Program data that is collected by each County's Environmental Health Department. There is no QA Project Plan but instead each County follows their own Quality Assurance Procedures | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 218149 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 88 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 10 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 10 of the 88 samples exceeded the Statistical Threshold Value (STV) water quality threshold for Enterococcus. The STV is based on a 10% exceedance rate that is calculated monthly. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data file of Region 3 Beachwatch Data. Includes data from all coastal counties in Region 3 including: , Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Ventura, and San Mateo counties. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2019) states that the bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial for all ocean waters for Enterococci is a statistical value threshold (STV) of 110 cfu/100 mL. The STV shall not be exceeded by more than 10 percent of the samples collected in a calendar month, calculated in a static manner. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | SWRCB. 2005. Water Quality Control Plan, Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan). California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board. February 2, 2019 | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site(s), station(s): O370 | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the days of 2010-09-20 and 2019-05-20 . | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QAPP for 2020 Santa Cruz County Beachwatch data. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | QAPP for 2020 Santa Cruz County Beachwatch data. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 19474 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 25 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 2 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Central Coast Regional Board Staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 2 of 25 samples exceed the criterion for Enterococci. | ||||
| Data Reference: | AB 411 Data for 2004 | ||||
| AB 411 Data for 2005 | |||||
| AB 411 Data for 2006 | |||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) states that the single sample maximum for Enterococcus shall not exceed 104 MPN/100 mL. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach was collected at one AB411 monitoring site (Corcoran Lagoon Beach) | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Data was collected over the time period 3/15/2004 - 12/18/2006. This includes weekly AB411 monitoring between April 1 and October 31 of each year. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QA information not available | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | |||||
DECISION ID |
80030 |
Region 3 |
Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach |
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| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2016) |
| Revision Status | Original |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | This pollutant is being considered for placement on the section 303(d) list under sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the Listing Policy. Under these sections, a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status.
Two lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Zero of 55 samples exceeded the single sample maximum for fecal coliform (LOEs 19453 and 56109) for the water contact recreation water quality standard (Water Quality Control Plan: Ocean Waters of California, SWRCB, 2005). Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the section 303(d) list in the Water Quality Limited Segments category. This conclusion is based on the staff findings that: 1. The data used satisfies the data quality requirements of section 6.1.4 of the Policy. 2. The data used satisfies the data quantity requirements of section 6.1.5 of the Policy. 3. Zero of 55 samples exceeded the single sample maximum for fecal coliform (LOEs 19453 and 56109) for the water contact recreation water quality standard and this does not exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy. 4. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met. |
| Regional Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards are not being exceeded. |
| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: | |
| State Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of this Regional Board decision, SWRCB staff recommend the decision be approved by the State Board. |
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| LOE ID: | 19453 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 19 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Central Coast Regional Board Staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 0 of 19 samples exceed the criterion for Coliform, Fecal. | ||||
| Data Reference: | AB 411 Data for 2004 | ||||
| AB 411 Data for 2005 | |||||
| AB 411 Data for 2006 | |||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) states that the single sample maximum for fecal coliform shall not exceed 400 MPN/100 mL. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach was collected at one AB411 monitoring site (Corcoran Lagoon Beach) | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Data was collected over the time period 3/15/2004 - 12/18/2006. This includes weekly AB411 monitoring between April 1 and October 31 of each year. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QA information not available | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 56109 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 36 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed Beach Watch Program data that is collected by each County's Environmental Health Department. E. coli data results are assessed using the Ocean Plan single sample maximum objective for fecal coliform to determine beneficial use support for the station named Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach and results are as follows: 0 of 36 samples exceed the criterion for Coliform, Fecal. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Region 3 Beach Watch. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) single sample maximum for fecal coliform density shall not exceed 400 per 100ml | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach was collected at 1 monitoring site [ Corcoran Lagoon Beach] | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Data was collected over the time period 1/17/2007-8/16/2010. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Staff is not aware of any special conditions that might affect interpretation of the data. | ||||
| QAPP Information: | Water Board staff assessed Beach Watch Program data that is collected by each County's Environmental Health Department. There is no QA Project Plan but instead each County follows their own Quality Assurance Procedures | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | |||||
DECISION ID |
80069 |
Region 3 |
Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach |
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| Pollutant: | Total Coliform |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2016) |
| Revision Status | Original |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | This pollutant is being considered for placement on the section 303(d) list under sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the Listing Policy. Under these sections, a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status.
Five lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Three of 36 samples exceeded the shellfish harvesting water quality objective (Water Quality Control Plan: Ocean Waters of California, SWRCB, 2009). Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the section 303(d) list in the Water Quality Limited Segments category. This conclusion is based on the staff findings that: 1. The data used satisfies the data quality requirements of section 6.1.4 of the Policy. 2. The data used satisfies the data quantity requirements of section 6.1.5 of the Policy. 3. Three of 36 samples exceeded the shellfish harvesting water quality objective (Water Quality Control Plan: Ocean Waters of California, SWRCB, 2009) and this does not exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy. 4. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met. |
| Regional Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards are not being exceeded. |
| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: | |
| State Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of this Regional Board decision, SWRCB staff recommend the decision be approved by the State Board. |
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| LOE ID: | 56110 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Shellfish Harvesting | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 36 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 3 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed Beach Watch data for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 3 of 36 samples exceed the criterion for Coliform, Total. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Region 3 Beach Watch. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The California Ocean Plan (2009) states the following: At all areas where shellfish may be harvested for human consumption, the following bacterial objectives shall be maintained throughout the water column: Ten percent of the samples collected during any 30-day period shall not exceed 230 MPN/100mL. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009 | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Corcoran Lagoon Beach was collected at 1 monitoring site [ Corcoran Lagoon Beach] | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Data was collected over the time period 1/17/2007-8/16/2010. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Staff is not aware of any special conditions that might affect interpretation of the data. | ||||
| QAPP Information: | The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program. | ||||
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