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 3012 - Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California - Bacteria Provisions and a Water Quality Standards Variance Policy (Ocean Plan Amendment) 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 adopted Resolution 2018-0038, which adopted the Ocean Plan Amendment.
The Ocean Plan Amendment:
(1) Provides a consistent regulatory approach to protect the primary contact recreation beneficial use by (1) removing the previously established total coliform objectives, (2) revising the enterococci objectives, and (3) retaining the previously established fecal coliform objective.
(2) 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 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).
