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 3011 - Part 3 of the Water Quality Control Plan for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California - Bacteria Provisions and a Water Quality Standards Variance Policy (Part 3 of the Iswebe) Adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board on August 7, 2018
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
On August 7, 2018, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted Resolution 2018-0038, which adopted Part 3 of the ISWEBE Plan.
Part 3 of the ISWEBE Plan:
(1) Establishes a beneficial use definition for limited water contact recreation (LREC-1) that may be used by the State Water Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards in designating inland surface waters, enclosed bays, and estuaries.
(2) Provides a consistent regulatory approach to protect the primary contact recreation (REC-1) beneficial use by establishing two new numeric water quality objectives for bacteria.
(3) Includes the following implementation elements: reference system/antidegradation and natural sources exclusion approaches to account for natural sources of bacteria in the context of a total maximum daily load or a basin plan amendment; a high flow suspension and a seasonal suspension of the REC-1 beneficial use, a LREC-1 designation, and a water quality standards variance policy.
1. New section summarizing amendments to water quality control plan filed 2-4-2019; amendments approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2018-0038 on 8-7-2018; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section 11353 on 2-4-2019 (Register 2019, No. 6).
