Coastal Power Plants
July 9, 2004, the United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), under a consent decree, published the revised, Phase II Rule, aimed to minimize the environmental impacts from impingement and entrainment from existing coastal power plants cooling water intake structure (CWIS). Further, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) recently reclassified five (5) of the Los Angeles region nine (9) coastal power plants from ocean discharge to discharge into enclosed bays and estuaries (under the CTR and the SIP).As a decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Riverkeeper v. EPA, precludes USEPA from applying the Phase II rule unless and until USEPA takes further action. On July 9, 2007, in the Federal Register, the USEPA took a final action to suspend federal Phase II 316(b) requirements.
This website contains current and historic data, information, and other relevant regulatory documents, including but not limited to, NPDES permit renewal/modification applications, 316(b) compliance work plans, technical studies and reports
- Reference:
- July
9, 2007, USEPA Federal Register, Suspensions
of Regulations Establishing Requirements
for Cooling Water Intake Structure
at Phase II Existing Facilities
- Impingement
and Entrainment Results, May 7, 2007
- March
20, 2007, USEPA memo for Implementation
of the Decision in Riverkeeper, Inc.
v. EPA, Remanding the Cooling Water
Intake Structure Phase II Regulation
- Cabrillo
Power I LLC - Encina Power Station:
Phase II 316(b) Entrainment and Impingement Sampling Plan
- Cabrillo
Power I LLC Response to Comments from
Tetra Tech to San Diego Water Quality
Control Board on the Encina 316(b)
Cooling Water Intake Effects Entrainment
and Impingement Sampling Plan
- July
9, 2007, USEPA Federal Register, Suspensions
of Regulations Establishing Requirements
for Cooling Water Intake Structure
at Phase II Existing Facilities
- AES Alamitos GS, CA0001139, CI-6113
- NPDES Permit renewal application
- Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II Rule documents
- Regional Board documents; decisions
- December 21, 2005, Response to Comments on Studies of Cooling Water Intake System Entrainment Effects
- December 2007, Impingement Mortality and Entrainment Characterization Study Reports:
- AES Redondo Beach GS, CA0001201, CI-0536
- NPDES Permit renewal application
- Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II Rule documents
- Regional Board documents; decisions
- December 21, 2005, Response to Comments on Studies of Cooling Water Intake System Entrainment Effects
- December 2007, Impingement Mortality and Entrainment Characterization Study Reports:
- El Segundo Power GS, CA0001147, CI-4667
- NPDES Permit renewal application
- Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II Rule documents
- Regional Board documents; decisions
- Flow data from 2000 to 2004
- Flow data from 1996 to 1999
- October 27, 2005, California Coastal Commision Comments on Petition to Amend Condition of Certification for 00-AFC-014
- November 1, 2005, Santa Monica Baykeeper and Heal the Bay comment letter for Petition to Amend Condition of Certification BIO-1 for El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project (00-AFC-014C)
- November 1, 2005, El Segundo Power II LLC's Reply to Comments on its Petition to Amend El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project (00-AFC-014)
- December 26, 2007, Impingement Mortality and Entrainment Characterization Study Reports:
- LADWP Harbor GS, CA 0000361, CI-2020
- NPDES Permit renewal application
- Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II Rule documents
- February 23, 2006, Heal the Bay and Santa Monica Baykeeper Comments for Proposal of Information Collection
- Regional Board documents; decisions:
- December 26, 2007, Impingement Mortality and Entrainment Characterization Study Reports:
- LADWP Haynes GS, CA0000353 CI-2769
- NPDES Permit renewal application
- Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II Rule documents
- February 23, 2006, Heal the Bay and Santa Monica Baykeeper Comments for Proposal of Information Collection
- Regional Board documents; decisions:
- November 30 , 2007, Impingement Mortality and Entrainment Characterization Study Reports:
- LADWP Scattergood GS, CA0000370, CI-1886
- NPDES Permit renewal application
- Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II Rule documents
- February 23, 2006, Heal the Bay and Santa Monica Baykeeper Comments for Proposal of Information Collection
- Regional Board documents; decisions:
- November 30, 2007, Impingement Mortality and Entrainment Characterization Study Reports:
- June 28, 2007, Velocity Cap Effectiveness Study
- Long
Beach GS, CA0001171, CI-5764
- NPDES Permit renewal application
- Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II Rule documents
- Regional Board documents; decisions
- Reliant Energy Mandalay GS, CA0001180, CI-2093
- Reliant
Energy Ormond Beach GS, CA0001198, CI
5619
- NPDES Permit renewal application
- Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II Rule documents
- Regional Boar documents; decisions
- Staff
Contact:
- David Hung, (213) 576-6616