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Subject: FW: NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT - REGION-WIDE MUN EVALUATION-
REGION 5
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Importance: High
CVRWCB announcement for Public Comment on amendments to the Water Quality Control Plans for the Sacramento
River Basins, San,Joaquin and Tulare, Lake Basins.
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Subject: NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT- REGION-WIDE MUN EVALUATION-REGION 5
This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board
Attached is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality
Control Board's (Central Valley Water Board's) amendments to the Water Quality Control Plans for the Sacramento River
and San Joaquin River Basins and the Tulare Lake Basin to establish a region-wide Municipal and Domestic Supply(MUN)
beneficial use evaluation process in agriculturally dominated surface water bodies and to remove the MUN beneficial
use from 231 constructed or modified ag drains in the San Luis Canal Company District.
Comment Deadline is October 30, 2017 by 12 noon.
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NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT
PROPOSED APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLANS
FOR THE SACRAMENTO RIVER AND SAN JOAQUIN RIVER BASINS AND THE
TULARE LAKE BASIN TO ESTABLISH A REGION-WIDE MUNICIPAL AND
DOMESTIC SUPPLY (MUN) BENEFICIAL USE EVAUATION PROCESS IN
AGRICULTURALLY DOMIANTED SURFACE WATER BODIES AND TO REMOVE THE MUN
BENEFICIAL USE FROM 231 CONSTRUCTED OR MODIFIED AG DRAINS IN THE
SAN LUIS CANAL COMPANY DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water
Board) will accept comments on the proposed approval of the Central Valley Regional Water
Quality Control Board's (Central Valley Water Board's) amendments to the Water Quality
Control Plans for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins and the Tulare Lake
Basin to establish a region-wide Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) beneficial use
evaluation process in agriculturally dominated surface water bodies and to remove the MUN
beneficial use from 231 constructed or modified ag drains in the San Luis Canal Company
District. The Basin Plan amendments were adopted by the Central Valley Water Board on
August 11, 2017, and is available for review at:
http:l/www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water issues/salinity/mun beneficial use/index sht
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A copy of the Basin Plan amendments can also be received by mail by contacting
Anne Littlejohn at (916)464-4840 or anne.little'ohn@waterboards.ca.gov. The Basin Plan
amendments and supporting materials can also be reviewed by visiting the Central Valley Water
Board at 11020 Sun Center Drive, Suite 200, in Rancho Cordova, California during normal
business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Materials can also be reviewed by visiting the Redding office
at 364 Knollcrest Drive, Suite 205, Redding, CA 96002 or the Fresno office at 1685 E Street,
Fresno, CA 93706 during normal business hours.
REQUEST NOTICE OF STATE BOARD MEETINGS. The State Water Board will separately
publish an agenda for a meeting at which it will consider adopting a resolution approving the
Basin Plan amendments. Oral comments at the State Water Board meeting generally will be
limited to a summary of the written comments submitted during the written comment period.
Persons interested in receiving notice of the meeting at which the State Water Board will
consider approving the Basin Plan amendments (including those who have submitted or will
submit oral or written comments to the Central Valley Water Board or State Water Board)
must subscribe to:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email subscriptions/reg5subscribe.shtml
(please select"Agriculturally Dominated Water Bodies-- Beneficial Uses").
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The State Water Board encourages use of its electronic mailing list. Persons who require notice
by regular mail must submit such request to the Central Valley Water Board contact identified
below.
SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS. Persons interested in the Basin Plan amendments
are encouraged to submit comments electronically. Comment letters must be received by
12:00 noon on October 30, 2017. Comment letters received after that deadline will not be
accepted unless the State Water Board determines otherwise. Send comments to
Jeanine Townsend, Clerk to the State Water Board, by email at
commentlettersa,waterboards.ca.gov (must be no more than 15 megabytes); fax at
(916) 341-5620; or mail or hand delivery at:
Jeanine Townsend, Clerk to the Board
State Water Resources Control Board
P.O. Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-2000 (mail)
1001 1 Street, 24th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814 (hand delivery)
Please also indicate in the subject line, "Comment Letter—Region-wide MUN Evaluation
Process Basin Plan Amendment'.
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTING COMMENTS (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, § 3779, subd. (f).)
The State Water Board may refuse to accept any comments that do not satisfy all of the
following requirements:
1. Comments must specifically address the final version of the Basin Plan amendments
adopted by the Central Valley Water Board.
2. If the Central Valley Water Board previously responded to a similar or identical
comment, the commenter must explain why and in what manner the commenter believes
each of the responses provided by the Central Valley Water Board to each comment
was inadequate or incorrect.
3. The commenter also must include either a statement that each of the comments was
timely raised before the Central Valley Water Board, or an explanation of why the
commenter was unable to raise the specific comment before the Central Valley Water
Board.
Please direct any questions about this notice to Anne Littlejohn, Senior Environmental Scientist
at the Central Valley Water Board, at(916) 464-4840 or anne.littleiohnowaterboards.ca.gov; or
Patrick Pulupa, Attorney III, at(916) 341-5189 or patrick.pulupaa-waterboards.ca.gov.
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