Final California 2026 Integrated Report (303(d) List/305(b) Report)
Supporting Information
Regional Board 2 - San Francisco Bay Region
Water Body Name:
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
Water Body ID:
CAC2041001020110713112535
Water Body Type:
Coastal & Bay Shoreline
DECISION ID
150268
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
Pollutant:
Indicator Bacteria
Final Listing Decision:
Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list)
Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision:
List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2018)
Revision Status
Revised
Sources:
A Source Unknown
TMDL Priority:
High
Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution:
Pollutant
Regional Board Conclusion:
This pollutant is being considered for removal on the CWA section 303(d) List under sections 2.2 and 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Under section 4.3 of the Policy, a minimum of one line of evidence is needed to assess listing status.
Multiple lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Eighty-nine of two hundred ninety-four samples exceed the enterococcus geometric mean objective to protect water contact recreation and seventy-five of seventy-six samples exceed the total coliform monthly median objective for shellfish harvesting.
Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against removing this water segment-pollutant combination from the CWA section 303(d) List.
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. Eighty-nine of two hundred ninety-four samples exceed the enterococcus geometric mean objective and this exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 4.2 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 removed from the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards for the pollutant are 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.
Listing Extent:
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
90772
Pollutant:
Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
None
Benefici
Final California 2026 Integrated Report (303(d) List/305(b) Report)
Supporting Information
Regional Board 2 - San Francisco Bay Region
Water Body Name:
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
Water Body ID:
CAC2041001020110713112535
Water Body Type:
Coastal & Bay Shoreline
DECISION ID
150268
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
Pollutant:
Indicator Bacteria
Final Listing Decision:
Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list)
Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision:
List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2018)
Revision Status
Revised
Sources:
A Source Unknown
TMDL Priority:
High
Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution:
Pollutant
Regional Board Conclusion:
This pollutant is being considered for removal on the CWA section 303(d) List under sections 2.2 and 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Under section 4.3 of the Policy, a minimum of one line of evidence is needed to assess listing status.
Multiple lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Eighty-nine of two hundred ninety-four samples exceed the enterococcus geometric mean objective to protect water contact recreation and seventy-five of seventy-six samples exceed the total coliform monthly median objective for shellfish harvesting.
Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against removing this water segment-pollutant combination from the CWA section 303(d) List.
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. Eighty-nine of two hundred ninety-four samples exceed the enterococcus geometric mean objective and this exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 4.2 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 removed from the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards for the pollutant are 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.
Listing Extent:
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
90772
Pollutant:
Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
None
Beneficial Use:
Water Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
207
Number of Exceedances:
18
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch data for Oyster Point Marina to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 18 of 207 samples exceed the criterion for Enterococci.
The geometric mean standard for entercoccus states that the entercoccus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 mL. San Francisco Bay Basin Water Quality Control Plan.
Samples were collected at the Oyster Point Marina site.
Temporal Representation:
Samples were collected from December 2005 to August 2010.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information:
The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program.
QAPP Information Reference(s):
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Water Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
207
Number of Exceedances:
18
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch data for Oyster Point Marina to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 18 of 207 samples exceed the criterion for Enterococci.
The geometric mean standard for entercoccus states that the entercoccus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 mL. San Francisco Bay Basin Water Quality Control Plan.
The geometric mean standard for fecal coliform states that the fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100 mL. San Francisco Bay Basin Water Quality Control Plan.
Samples were collected at the Oyster Point Marina site.
Temporal Representation:
Samples were collected from December 2005 to August 2010.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information:
The samples were collected for the beach watch program.
QAPP Information Reference(s):
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
90867
Pollutant:
Fecal Coliform
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
None
Beneficial Use:
Water Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
207
Number of Exceedances:
11
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch data for Oyster Point Marina to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 11 of 207 samples exceed the criterion for fecal coliform
The geometric mean standard for fecal coliform states that the fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100 mL. San Francisco Bay Basin Water Quality Control Plan.
Samples were collected at the Oyster Point Marina site.
Temporal Representation:
Samples were collected from December 2005 to August 2010.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information:
The samples were collected for the beach watch program.
QAPP Information Reference(s):
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
90867
Pollutant:
Fecal Coliform
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
None
Beneficial Use:
Water Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
207
Number of Exceedances:
11
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch data for Oyster Point Marina to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 11 of 207 samples exceed the criterion for fecal coliform
Data for this line of evidence for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) was collected at 1 monitoring site [ Oyster Point Marina]
Temporal Representation:
Data was collected over the time period 12/5/2005-8/30/2010.
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.
QAPP Information Reference(s):
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
299931
Pollutant:
Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
GeoMean
Beneficial Use:
Water Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
274
Number of Exceedances:
89
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 89 of the 274 samples exceeded the geomean water quality threshold for Enterococcus. This is a six week rolling geomean that is calculated weekly.
The bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial use where the salinity is 1 ppth or higher 95 percent or more of the time applies a six-week rolling geomean to enterococcus, not to exceed 30 cfu/100mL. (ISWEBE 2018)
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
299974
Pollutant:
Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
STV
Beneficial Use:
Water Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
100
Number of Exceedances:
32
Temporal Representation:
Data was collected over the time period 12/5/2005-8/30/2010.
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.
QAPP Information Reference(s):
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
299931
Pollutant:
Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
GeoMean
Beneficial Use:
Water Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
274
Number of Exceedances:
89
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 89 of the 274 samples exceeded the geomean water quality threshold for Enterococcus. This is a six week rolling geomean that is calculated weekly.
The bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial use where the salinity is 1 ppth or higher 95 percent or more of the time applies a six-week rolling geomean to enterococcus, not to exceed 30 cfu/100mL. (ISWEBE 2018)
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
299974
Pollutant:
Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
STV
Beneficial Use:
Water Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
100
Number of Exceedances:
32
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 32 of the 100 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.
The bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial use where the salinity is 1 ppth or higher 95 percent or more of the time applies a Statistical Threshold Value to enterococcus of 110 cfu/100 mL, not to be exceeded by more than 10 percent of samples collected within in a calendar month. (ISWEBE 2018)
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
299972
Pollutant:
Fecal Coliform
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
90th percentile
Beneficial Use:
Shellfish Harvesting
Number of Samples:
1
Number of Exceedances:
0
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 0 of the 1 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Fecal. The water quality threshold is based on a 30-day 90% percentile.
Water Quality Control Plan, San Francisco Bay Basin, Chapter III Water Quality Objectives, Section 3.3.1 Bacteria: Table 3-1 provides a summary of the bacterial water quality objectives and identifies the sources of those objectives. The fecal coliform objective for shellfish harvesting is a 30-day 90th percentile less than 43 MPN/100 ML.
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
300208
Pollutant:
Fecal Coliform
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
90th percentile
Beneficial Use:
Non-Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
1
Number of Exceedances:
0
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 0 of the 1 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Fecal. The water quality threshold is based on a 30-day 90% percentile.
Water Quality Control Plan, San Francisco Bay Basin, Chapter III Water Quality Objectives, Section 3.3.1 Bacteria: Table 3-1 provides a summary of the bacterial water quality objectives and identifies the sources of those objectives. The fecal coliform objective for non-contact recreation is a 30-day 90th percentile less than 4000 MPN/100 ML.
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
300018
Pollutant:
Total Coliform
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
Median
Beneficial Use:
Shellfish Harvesting
Number of Samples:
76
Number of Exceedances:
75
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 75 of the 76 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Total. The water quality threshold for shellfish is based on the median concentration at each station, and is calculated as a 30-day median.
Water Quality Control Plan, San Francisco Bay Basin, Chapter III Water Quality Objectives, Section 3.3.1 Bacteria: Table 3-1 provides a summary of the bacterial water quality objectives and identifies the sources of those objectives. The total coliform objective for shellfish harvesting is a 30-day median less than 70 MPN/100 ML.
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 32 of the 100 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.
The bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial use where the salinity is 1 ppth or higher 95 percent or more of the time applies a Statistical Threshold Value to enterococcus of 110 cfu/100 mL, not to be exceeded by more than 10 percent of samples collected within in a calendar month. (ISWEBE 2018)
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
299972
Pollutant:
Fecal Coliform
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
90th percentile
Beneficial Use:
Shellfish Harvesting
Number of Samples:
1
Number of Exceedances:
0
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 0 of the 1 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Fecal. The water quality threshold is based on a 30-day 90% percentile.
Water Quality Control Plan, San Francisco Bay Basin, Chapter III Water Quality Objectives, Section 3.3.1 Bacteria: Table 3-1 provides a summary of the bacterial water quality objectives and identifies the sources of those objectives. The fecal coliform objective for shellfish harvesting is a 30-day 90th percentile less than 43 MPN/100 ML.
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
300208
Pollutant:
Fecal Coliform
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
90th percentile
Beneficial Use:
Non-Contact Recreation
Number of Samples:
1
Number of Exceedances:
0
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 0 of the 1 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Fecal. The water quality threshold is based on a 30-day 90% percentile.
Water Quality Control Plan, San Francisco Bay Basin, Chapter III Water Quality Objectives, Section 3.3.1 Bacteria: Table 3-1 provides a summary of the bacterial water quality objectives and identifies the sources of those objectives. The fecal coliform objective for non-contact recreation is a 30-day 90th percentile less than 4000 MPN/100 ML.
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 150268, Indicator Bacteria
Region 2
Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower)
LOE ID:
300018
Pollutant:
Total Coliform
LOE Subgroup:
Pollutant-Water
Matrix:
Water
Fraction:
Median
Beneficial Use:
Shellfish Harvesting
Number of Samples:
76
Number of Exceedances:
75
Data and Information Type:
PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality:
Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch_San Mateo County data for Oyster Point Marina (San Francisco Bay, Lower) to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 75 of the 76 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Total. The water quality threshold for shellfish is based on the median concentration at each station, and is calculated as a 30-day median.
Water Quality Control Plan, San Francisco Bay Basin, Chapter III Water Quality Objectives, Section 3.3.1 Bacteria: Table 3-1 provides a summary of the bacterial water quality objectives and identifies the sources of those objectives. The total coliform objective for shellfish harvesting is a 30-day median less than 70 MPN/100 ML.