8/9/2011 CV-SALTS 1 Triennial Review Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins Betty Yee, Senior Engineer 9 August 2011

8/9/ CV-SALTS Central Valley Region Sacramento & San Joaquin Rivers Basins Tulare Lake Basin

8/9/ CV-SALTS Basin Plans California Water Code California Water Code Water Bodies Water Bodies Beneficial Uses Beneficial Uses Water Quality Objectives Water Quality Objectives Implementation Program Implementation Program Federal Clean Water Act Federal Clean Water Act Water Quality Standards Water Quality Standards

8/9/ CV-SALTS State Requirements State Requirements Federal Requirements Federal Requirements Triennial Review Regulations

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Process Information Request Information Request Public Workshop Public Workshop Comments from Public Comments from Public Response to Comments & Workplan Response to Comments & Workplan Review of Workplan Review of Workplan Public Hearing & Meeting (October 2011) Public Hearing & Meeting (October 2011) USEPA USEPA

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan Fourteen Issues 12 High Priority 1 Low Priority 1 No Priority

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan No Priority 14.Groundwater Survey and Control Policies Low Priority 13.Current USEPA Criteria

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan High Priority Issues 12.Participation in Statewide Issues Onsite Waste Water Treatment Regulations Onsite Waste Water Treatment Regulations Addressing methyl mercury impairments Addressing methyl mercury impairments

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan High Priority Issues: 1.Salt & Nitrate Management 2. Effluent Dominated Water Bodies 3. Agricultural Dominated Water Bodies 4.Beneficial Use Designations 5.Delta Issues 6.Dissolved Oxygen in the San Joaquin River 7.Pesticide Control Efforts 8.Mercury Control Programs 9.Maintaining Quality of Drinking Water 10. Protection of Central Valley Fisheries & Other Aquatic Uses 11. Secondary MCLs

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan Issues relevant to salt and nitrates: Issue No. 1 - Salt & Nitrate Management CV-SALTS efforts CV-SALTS efforts Salt and Boron Water Quality Objectives for the San Joaquin River upstream of Vernalis Salt and Boron Water Quality Objectives for the San Joaquin River upstream of Vernalis Variance Policy and Interim Salinity Program Variance Policy and Interim Salinity Program

8/9/ CV-SALTS Variance Policy and Interim Salt Program Necessity Necessity NPDES permits and WDRs require meeting effluent limits to achieve the current water quality objectives NPDES permits and WDRs require meeting effluent limits to achieve the current water quality objectives Effluent limits that protect water quality but dischargers do not require spending resources unnecessarily. Effluent limits that protect water quality but dischargers do not require spending resources unnecessarily.

8/9/ CV-SALTS Variance Policy and Interim Salt Program Problem Problem Only tool is compliance schedules. Only tool is compliance schedules. For NPDES dischargers, compliance schedules cannot be used. For NPDES dischargers, compliance schedules cannot be used.

8/9/ CV-SALTS Variance Policy and Interim Salt Program Possible Solution Possible Solution Variances Variances Two part process Two part process 1. Authority 2. Approval of individual variances 1. May be done programmatically Consistency Consistency Parallel process for WDRs. Parallel process for WDRs.

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8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan High Priority Issues: 1.Salt & Nitrate Management 2. Effluent Dominated Water Bodies 3. Agricultural Dominated Water Bodies 4.Beneficial Use Designations 5.Delta Issues 6.Dissolved Oxygen in the San Joaquin River 7.Pesticide Control Efforts 8.Mercury Control Programs 9.Maintaining Quality of Drinking Water 10. Protection of Central Valley Fisheries & Other Aquatic Uses 11. Secondary MCLs

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan Issues relevant to salt and nitrates: Issue No. 4 - Beneficial Use Designations Groundwater in vicinity of Hodson/Littlejohns Fault Zone Groundwater in vicinity of Hodson/Littlejohns Fault Zone Issue No. 9 - Maintaining Water Quality of Drinking Water Issue No Secondary MCLs

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan High Priority Issues: 1.Salt & Nitrate Management 2. Effluent Dominated Water Bodies 3. Agricultural Dominated Water Bodies 4.Beneficial Use Designations 5.Delta Issues 6.Dissolved Oxygen in the San Joaquin River 7.Pesticide Control Efforts 8.Mercury Control Programs 9.Maintaining Quality of Drinking Water 10. Protection of Central Valley Fisheries & Other Aquatic Uses 11. Secondary MCLs

8/9/ CV-SALTS Triennial Review Workplan High Priority Issues: 1.Salt & Nitrate Management 2. Effluent Dominated Water Bodies 3. Agricultural Dominated Water Bodies 4.Beneficial Use Designations 5.Delta Issues 6.Dissolved Oxygen in the San Joaquin River 7.Pesticide Control Efforts 8.Mercury Control Programs 9.Maintaining Quality of Drinking Water 10. Protection of Central Valley Fisheries & Other Aquatic Uses 11. Secondary MCLs

8/9/ CV-SALTS What Happens Next Circulation of Responses and Workplan (Written comments due 8/29/2011) Circulation of Responses and Workplan (Written comments due 8/29/2011) Public Hearing (October 2011) Public Hearing (October 2011) Submit to USEPA Submit to USEPA Implement workplan over next 3 years. Implement workplan over next 3 years.

8/9/ CV-SALTS Further Information Webpage: ssues/basin_plans/triennialreviews.shtml ssues/basin_plans/triennialreviews.shtml Contact Info: Betty Yee