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Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Notice of California Environmental
Quality Act Public Scoping Meetings
Evaluation of Ammonia Water Quality Objectives for the Protection of
Aquatic Life in the Central Valley
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that staff of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control
Board ("Central Valley Water Board" or"Board") have scheduled public meetings to discuss and
solicit comments and suggestions regarding a proposal to evaluate ammonia water quality
objectives for the protection of aquatic life in the Central Valley and to amend the Water Quality
Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin and Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River
and San Joaquin River Basins (the "Basin Plans") for the control of discharges of ammonia if
needed.
The public meetings will be held at the following dates and locations:
RANCHO CORDOVA
Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 1:00 p.m.
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Office 11020 Sun Center Drive, Ste. 200
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
FRESNO
Thursday, March 16, 2017, 1:00 p.m.
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
1685 "E" Street
Fresno, CA 93706-2007
REDDING
Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 1:00 p.m.
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
364 Knollcrest Drive, Suite 205
Redding, CA 96002
Written comments are due by March 15, 2017. Please send comments to Xuan (Sheen) Luo
at xuan.luo@waterboards.ca,gov or the above addresses.
Although a quorum of Central Valley Water Board members may be present, the Board will not take
any action at these meetings. Recipients of this notice are encouraged to inform others who are
interested in ammonia issues in the Central Valley.
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The purpose of this early consultation is to solicit input regarding the range of project actions,
alternatives, reasonably foreseeable methods of compliance, significant and cumulative impacts, and
potential mitigation measures that the Board will need to analyze in the course of developing the
potential amendment to the Basin Plans. Public comments will assist the Central Valley Water Board in
developing the amendment, which may include the establishment of water quality objectives for
ammonia and an implementation program to achieve those objectives.
Following the public meetings, staff will review all written and verbal comments to prepare a draft staff
report with recommendations for basin plan amendments, if appropriate.
AVAILABLE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Supporting documents will be available on the Central Valley Water Board website at
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water issues/basin tans/ammonia w os/index.shtmi.
You may also receive a paper copy of scoping materials by contacting Xuan Luo, Central Valley
Regional Water Quality Control Board, 11020 Sun Center Drive, Ste. 200, Rancho Cordova, CA
95670; (916) 464-4606; or at xuan.luo@waterboards.ca.gov. These materials are also available for
inspection at the address above during normal business hours.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions regarding this issue should be directed to Xuan Luo at (916) 464-4606 or
xuan.luo@waterboards.ca.gov or to Betty Yee at (916) 464-4643 or
betty.yee @wate rbo a rds.ca.g ov.
To continue receiving notifications regarding Ammonia Water Quality Objectives, you must sign up
for the electronic mailing list or complete the attached form to receive copies of notifications through
the mail.
Persons wishing to subscribe to the.electronic mailing list related to this amendment can do so
through our website by clicking on the "Subscribe" button on the right side of our webpage at:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email_subscriptions/reg5_subscribe.shtml
(NOTE: Check the box titled "Central Valley Ammonia WQOs")
ACCESSIBILITY
The facilities will be accessible to persons with disabilities. Individuals requiring special
accommodations are requested to contact Xuan Luo (916) 464-4606 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.
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Adam Laputz, Assistant Executive Officer
1 February 2017
CONTINUED NOTIFICATIONS
To continue receiving notifications regarding the issues in the attached notice, you must
sign up for the electronic mailing list or complete the form below and return it to:
Xuan Luo
California Regional Water Quality Control Board
Central Valley Region
11020 Sun Center Drive, #200
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Persons wishing to subscribe to the electronic mailing list can do so through our website
by clicking on the "Subscribe" button on the right side of our webpage at:
http://www.waterboards.ca..qov/resources/email subscriptions/reg5 subscribe shtm]_.
This Continued Notifications only applies to, the issues described in the enclosed
notices. if you are not interested in these issues, do nothing and you will remain on the
basin plan mailing list for future amendments.
Name
Affiliation
Address
Phone Numbers
E-mail
Yes, }Tease send notifications to my postal address.
Yes, please send notifications to my e-mail address.
I have received multiple paper notifications; please remove duplicates from your
database.
No, I am not interested in these issues but would like to remain on the mailing list.
You can send notifications to my e-mail address.
Continue sending notifications to my postal address.
No, I am not interested in Basin Plan Amendments; please remove me from this
mailing list.