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AUG 23 2018
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Water Boards
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP
concerning
The 2018 Joint Triennial Review of the Water Quality Control Plans for the
Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins
and the
Tulare Lake Basin
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region (Central Valley
Water Board) will hold a public workshop to discuss the Joint Triennial Review of the Water
Quality Control Plans for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins and the Tulare
Lake Basin (Basin Plans). The Basin Plans cover all the watersheds of the Central Valley from
the Oregon state border to the northern tip of Los Angeles County. The Basin Plans identify
beneficial uses of surface water and groundwater, establish water quality objectives to protect
beneficial uses, and describe an implementation plan to achieve the water quality objectives.
The purpose of the triennial review is to identify high priority basin planning issues that the
Central Valley Water Board will direct resources to over the next three years. Amendments to
the basin plan may occur because of the triennial review priorities, but the amendments
themselves are not part of the triennial review process. The triennial review process also does
not include consideration of waste discharge requirements, waivers of waste discharge
requirements, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits, or other permitting
matters.
The public workshop will be conducted during the October 2018 Central Valley Water Board
meeting, which is tentatively scheduled as follows:
Date: 4-5 October 2018 (Please contact the Central Valley Water Board office two
weeks prior to the meeting for the exact date.)
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Place: Redding City Hall
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA 96001
The October workshop will focus on proposed factors the Central Valley Water Board staff will
use to help the board prioritize basin planning projects. No decisions on which projects should
be prioritized will be made at the workshop. The prioritization and selection of projects will take
place at a Board hearing tentatively scheduled for the 6-7 December 2018 Central Valley Water
Board meeting in Rancho Cordova.
30 days before the October workshop, the following materials will be released:
• Staff Report describing the proposed project prioritization method and available
resources for implementing basin planning projects
• Project Fact Sheets
• Response to Comments from the 2018 Triennial Review Solicitation
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP - 2 - 21 August 2018
2018 JOINT TRIENNIAL REVIEW
Documents will be sent out through the Basin Plan Triennial Review email subscription lists and
posted to the Central Valley Water Board's internet website at:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water issues/basin plans/triennialreviews.shtml
Copies of these documents can also be obtained by contacting or visiting the Central Valley
Water Board's office at 11020 Sun Center Drive, #200, Rancho Cordova, California 95670 or
1685 E Street, Fresno, California 93706 weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
The deadline for written comments on the workshop materials is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday,
4 October 2018 and may be submitted either by mail or electronically. Please submit comments
to:
Walter Plachta
Central Valley Water Board
1685 E Street
Fresno, CA 93706
walter,plachtawaterboards.ca.gov
Interested persons will be provided the opportunity to present oral comments to the Board at the
workshop. Oral testimony will be limited in time by the Board Chair.
Confirmation of the hearing date and any questions regarding the triennial review should be
directed to Walter Plachta at (559) 445-5576 or walter.plachtawaterboards.ca.qov.
The workshop facilities will be accessible to persons with disabilities. Individuals requiring
special accommodations are requested to contact Kiran Lanfranchi-Rizzardi at (916) 464-4839
at least 5 working days prior to the meeting. TTY users may contact the California Relay Service
at 1-800-735-2929 or voice line at 1-800-735-2922.
Based on comments received in writing and verbally at the workshop, staff will prepare a draft
work plan for each Basin Plan for consideration by the Central Valley Water Board during the
December 2018 hearing. The work plans will summarize the issues identified, prioritize the
proposed projects using the Board-directed prioritization method, and present staff
recommendations for addressing each issue.
To receive an email notice as new information becomes available, subscribe to the Basin Plan
Triennial Review for the Sacramento & San Joaquin River Basins and the Basin Plan Triennial
Review for the Tulare Lake Basin email distribution lists.
Please bring the above information to the attention of others who may be interested in these
matters.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
Patrick Pulupa, Executive Officer
21 August 2018