HomeMy WebLinkAbout035-370-002 Salt Control Program Letter 2024
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
19 December 2024 WDID: 5A04NC00078
CV-SALTS ID: 3683
Donovan Dwyer
Trinity River Lumber Company
1375 Main Street
Weaverville, CA 96093
SALT CONTROL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, TRINITY RIVER LUMBER
COMPANY LOG YARD, 3000 SOUTH 7TH AVENUE, OROVILLE, BUTTE COUNTY
In May 2018, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Central Valley
Water Board) adopted Resolution R5-2018-0034,approving new Salt and Nitrate Control
Programs. The Salt Control Program was developed to address salt accumulation
issues in surface water and groundwater throughout the Central Valley Region.
A new permittee, or existing permittee seeking permit modification due to a substantial
and/or material change which increases salt concentration or load from a facility, shall
indicate how the permittee intends to comply with the Salt Control Program at the time
of permit application and the required information to support the decision.
The Trinity River Lumber Company Log Yard (Facility) has been assigned Central
Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) ID 3683. The
CV-SALTS ID should be included in your Salt Control Program Notice of Intent (NOI).
a. The Salt Control Program Notice of Intent (NOI) form can be found here:
Central Valley Water Board Salt Control Program Notice of Intent Form
(https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/salinity/forms_temps
_guide/salt_noi_form.pdf).
b. The NOI Guidance can be found here:
Notice of Intent Guidance to Comply With the Salt Control Program
(https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/salinity/forms_temps
_guide/salt_guidance.pdf)
In the NOI, you are required to choose permit coverage under the “conservative”
permitting approach, which is reserved for dischargers that fall under the salinity
thresholds set by the Salt Control Program, or whether you will instead need permit
coverage under the “alternative” salinity permitting approach. These two permitting
options are described in more detail below:
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1. Conservative Salinity Permitting Approach
The Conservative Salinity Permitting Approach (Conservative Approach) utilizes the
existing regulatory structure and focuses on source control, use of conservative
permit limits, and limited use of assimilative capacity and / or compliance time
schedules.
2. Alternative Salinity Permitting Approach
The Alternative Salinity Permitting Approach (Alternative Approach) provides a
compliance option to permittees who participate in and provides a minimum level of
financial support to for the Prioritization and Optimization Study (P&O Study), led by
the Central Valley Salinity Coalition (CVSC)1, during the Phase 1 of the Salt Control
Program. Permittees in the Alternative Approach are not required to meet the more
stringent limitations of the Conservative Approach, however, they must continue to
implement efforts to control salt discharges through salinity management practices
and/or performance-based measures as determined by the Central Valley Water
Board.
To be compliant with the Salt Control Program, permittees need to submit their
completed NOI to the Central Valley Water Boad at cvsalts@waterboards.ca.gov.
For the Conservative Approach, the permittee must also submit the required Salinity
Characterization Report along with their NOI (requirements are described in the
Guidance to Comply document linked above in 2b).
For the Alternative Approach, the generated CV-SALTS ID and permittee
information will be forwarded to the CVSC for entry into the CVSC database to
generate the annual fee for the P&O Study. CVSC may need discharge volume/flow
to calculate the permittee’s P&O Study fee. When the CV-SALTS ID and fee has
been updated in the CVSC database, the permittee should be able to pay their fee
at: (https://www.cvsalinity.org/po-fee-form/).
If the site is not available for fee payment, the permittee should coordinate directly
with Daniel Cozad, Executive Director of CVSC, at dcozad@salinity.org. Any
additional questions regarding the P&O study fees should also be directed to
dcozad@salinity.org.
1 Home - CV SALTS (https://www.cvsalinity.org/).
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If you have any questions, please contact me at (530) 224-4854,
Melissa.Buciak@waterboards.ca.gov, or by mail at the footer address below.
Melissa Buciak, P.G.
Engineering Geologist
Waste Discharge Requirements Unit
MAB: cc
cc electronically: Nikolay Ostroviskiy, Butte County Environmental Health Division, Oroville
John Andrews, VESTRA Resources, Inc., Redding
Daniel Cozad, CVSC, Sacramento