Available Documents
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General Information
- Porter Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Amended January 2008)
- California Water Code
- California Code of Regulations
- Clean Water Act, etc.
On April 5, 2004, the Executive Officer requested persons required to submit monitoring reports to use the new transmittal form. The transmittal forms list pertinent information to be submitted with monitoring data including contact information, description of violations and corrective actions taken.
- Self Monitoring Report Information Letter
- Self
Monitoring Report Transmittal Form - Victorville
Office submittal -
- Self
Monitoring Report Transmittal Form - South Lake
Tahoe Office submittal -
An inventory of Research and Monitoring Projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin organized around the Key Management Questions - This is a work-in-progress. If you know of changes to be made or projects to be added, please contact Robert Larsen, of the Lahontan Regional Board, South Lake Tahoe.
Stormwater Best Management Practices References
Sediment Source Control Handbook
- Developed by the California Alpine Resort Environmental Cooperative (CAREC). Members of CAREC include the Lahontan Regional Board, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Sierra Business Council, US Forest Service, Alpine Meadows Ski Area, Heavenly Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Mountain, and Northstar-at-Tahoe. The Handbook promotes a science-based approach to planning, implementing and assessing erosion control projects that improve water quality in ski areas.
Lahontan Basin Plan (includes a text-only version, full version, as well as relevant amendments
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401
- Under federal Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 every applicant for a federal permit or license for any activity which may result in a discharge to a water body must obtain State Water Quality Certification (Certification)
- Notification Guidance Documentation
Spill Reporting - Form for Written Report to the Water Board
- Spill/Release Notification Guidance Documentation. The document includes the Office of Emergency Services (OES) 24-hour emergency telephone number.
Report of Waste Discharge Form 200
- Application/Report of Waste Discharge - Waste Discharge Requirements or NPDES Permit. This new form has text fields. Just fill it out and print it.
- Notification Guidance Documentation
Discharges of Treated Ground Water
- Information to Support a Report of Waste Discharge for Discharges of Treated Ground Water to Land or Surface Waters
- Lahontan Monitoring Webpage: Includes links to reports, protocols, data and other information about the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP); Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program, Clean Water Team (citizen monitoring), etc.
Water Quality Monitoring Protocols and Sampling Guidelines for Lake Tahoe
- From the Lake Tahoe Interagency Monitoring Program
- This MOU identifies the types of projects and activities each entity has primary responsible for in the California portion. (8/03)
Administrative Civil Liability Issues
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- Instructions and form for reporting unauthorized releases from underground storage tanks
Case Closure Process for Underground Storage Tank Cases
- Staff Report dated October 25, 2001(Includes Attachments)
- Underground Storage Tank Closure Summary Information and Fact Sheet
- Form required as part of the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program Site Closure
- Fact Sheet - Petroleum Hydrocarbon Cleanup Approach For Soils
- Staff Report - Petroleum Hydrocarbon Cleanup Approach For Soils
Site Investigation and Remediation
- Fact Sheet - Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program, Site Investigation and Remediation
- MTBE Discharges in the Lahontan Region pursuant to AB 592 (in HTML)
Nonpoint Source Program
Nonpoint Source Control Program Website
- A SWRCB website dedicated to disseminating information about the Nonpoint Source Control Program.
California Rangeland Water Quality Management Act
- (7/95) –As integrated into the nonpoint source program, this document addressed water quality impacts on all non-federal rangelands, pasture and other grazed lands in California, including private lands and public lands not owned by the federal government.
Plan for California’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
- (12/99) - Brought the State into compliance with the requirements of section 319 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (CZARA).
Fact Sheet on the NPS Implementation and Enforcement Policy
Policy for the implementation and enforcement of the nonpoint pollution control program
- (5/20/04) - Explains how the NPS Program Plan will be implemented and enforced and, in so doing, fulfills the requirements of California Water Code (CWC) section 13369 (a)(2)(B).
General Permits for the Lahontan Region
- The Table of General Permits Applicable to the Lahontan Region (link) describes the general permits available for many types of projects and waste discharges. The Table provides links to the general permits, describes the general permits and the information necessary to obtain the permits, including the required fees.
- Construction of Small Commercial, Multi-Family Residential, Utility and Public Works Projects, Lake Tahoe Basin (erosion control)
- Establishes
Waste Discharge Requirements for small construction
projects, including utility and public works projects,
that are conducted in certain sensitive watersheds
of the Lahontan Region other than the Lake Tahoe
Hydrologic Unit. The General Order also includes
Waste Discharge Requirements for minor streambed/lakebed
alteration projects throughout the Lahontan Regional
that are not regulated by the Army Corps of Engineers
under Clean Water Act Section 404. Proponents
of small construction projects that involve at
least 10,000 square feet of land disturbance,
but less than one acre, are required to obtain
coverage under the General Order if they are located
in the following water sheds:
- Little Truckee River Hydrologic Unit (HU No. 636.00)
- Truckee River Hydrologic Area (HU No. 635.20)
- West Fork Carson River Hydrologic Unit (HU No. 633.00)
- East Fork Carson River Hydrologic Unit (HU No. 632.00)
- Mono Hydrologic Unit (HU No. 601.00)
- Long Hydrologic Area (HU No. 603.10)
- NPDES Permit for Limited Threat Discharges to Surface Waters (i.e., stream diversions, pump/well testing, dewatering, hydrostatic testing, water treatment plant maintenance, and fire hydrant testing and flushing).
- Land Disposal of Treated Ground Water (i.e. discharges from site cleanups)
- NPDES Permit for Surface Water Disposal of Treated Ground Water
- Updated NPDES Permit for Discharges of Storm Water Runoff Associated with Construction Activity Involving Land Disturbance in the Lake Tahoe Hydrologic Unit - El Dorado and Placer Counties
- Notice of Intent to comply with the Updated NPDES Permit for Construction Activity in the Lake Tahoe Hydrologic Unit
R6T-2005-0015 - Updated Industrial Stormwater NPDES and General WDRs for Discharges of Storm Water Runoff associated with Marinas and Maintenance Dredging in the Lake Tahoe Hydrologic Unit - El Dorado and Placer Counties
- NPDES Permit for the City of South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, and Placer County Storm Water/Urban Runoff Discharge
Not Finding a General Permit that applies to your project/discharge? Here are a couple of places to look for statewide permits.
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