California Code of Regulations
Title 23 - Waters
Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards
Chapter 23 - Water Quality Control Plans
Section 3002 - Clear and Concise Summary of Revised Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary

Universal Citation: 23 CA Code of Regs 3002

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

On December 13, 2006 the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted Resolution No. 2006-0098, entitled Adoption of the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (2006 Bay-Delta Plan). The 2006 Bay-Delta Plan supersedes the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary adopted May 1995 (1995 Plan), the Water Quality Control Plan for Salinity for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta adopted May 1991 (1991 Plan) and the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh adopted August 1978 (1978 Plan).

(a) The introductory chapter was revised, summarized, and reorganized. A new section D was added describing emerging water quality issues. The State Water Board is committed to further examining the following issues:

(1) Pelagic Organism Decline.

(2) Climate Change.

(3) Delta and Central Valley Salinity.

(4) San Joaquin River Flows.

(b) Beneficial uses established in the 1995 Plan remain unchanged in the 2006 Bay-Delta Plan.

(c) Water Quality Objectives for Municipal and Industrial uses, Agricultural uses and Fish and Wildlife beneficial uses remain unchanged. No new water quality objectives were adopted in the 2006 Bay-Delta Plan. Water quality objective footnotes containing implementation dates have been moved to the program of Implementation or, if obsolete have been deleted. The fish and wildlife water quality objective footnotes in Table 3 have been edited for clarification and to use the same terminology as the corresponding footnotes in Water Right Decision 1641 (D-1641), which implements the flow-dependent fish and wildlife objectives.

(d) Implementation Measures.

(1) Measures within the State Water Board Authority: This section was expanded to include specific implementation measures, many of which are implemented through permit and license terms adopted in D-1641.

(2) Measures requiring a Combination of State Water Board Authorities and Actions by Other Agencies: This section was revised to update the State Water Board's recommendations to other agencies on their programs to achieve water quality objectives.

(3) Recommendations to Other Agencies: This section has been updated to address new developments since the release of the 1995 Plan.

(4) Monitoring and Special Studies Program: This section was updated to make changes to the Water Quality Compliance and Baseline Monitoring Program. The addition and deletion of stations as well as any other changes were made as proposed by the California Department of Water Resources.

1. Summary of regulatory provisions filed 7-17-95. Regulatory provisions approved by OAL, plan effective 7-17-95 pursuant to Government Code section 11353 (Register 95, No. 29).
2. Repealer and new section containing concise summary of amendments to the water quality control plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, Resolution No. 2006-0098, filed 6-27-2007; new section approved by the State Water Resources Control Board 12-13-2006; approved by OAL and operative 6-27-2007 pursuant to Government Code section 11353 (Register 2007, No. 26).
3. Amendment of subsection (d)(1) of section summarizing amendment to basin plan filed 2-25-2019; amendment approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2018-0059 on 12-11-2018; amendment approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section 11353 on 2-25-2019 (Register 2019, No. 9).

Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. California may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.