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Public Notices and Documents for Review
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) requests public comments on many types of draft documents: Basin Plan amendments, adoption of TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads), NPDES permits, Waste Discharge Requirements, Site Cleanup Requirements, Enforcement Orders, California Environmental Quality Act documents and more. This page contains links to public notices for projects currently in a public comment period. In addition, you will find links to pages containing support materials (fact sheets, regulation text, etc.) below the public notices.You may also visit the Water Board Meeting Calendar for information about comment periods, public hearings and meetings.
Decisions
- Board Meetings
- Basin Planning and TMDLs
- Agriculture
- NPDES
- Enforcement Actions
- Proposed (Tentative) Orders for Consideration by the Board
- Site Cleanup
- Section 401 Water Quality Certification
- Storm Water
Laws and Regulations Relevant to Current Public Proceedings
- California Water Code
- California Code of Regulations
- Title 23. Waters
- Title 27. Environmental Protection
How to Participate
Board Meetings
Basin Planning and TMDLs
- There are currently no Basin Planning Public Notices
Agriculture
- There are currently no Agricultural Public Notices
NPDES
- For public notices and draft documents for review on NPDES related matter, please see Proposed (Tentative) Orders for Consideration by the Board.
Site Cleanup
Redding Petroleum, 1001 Railroad Avenue, Pittsburg, CA. Public comments must be submitted by March 15, 2013.
Section 401 Water Quality Certification
On February 19, 2013 the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board received an application from the California Department of Transportation requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the San Francisquito Creek Bridge Replacement Project. The project will demolish the existing San Francisquito Creek Bridge and replace it with a longer and wider bridge on US-101 in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Refer to the 401 Application link below for additional information on the project. Please contact Derek Beauduy at 510-622-2348, or via email at dbeauduy@waterboards.ca.gov, if you have questions or comments. Comments on the project and/or application must be submitted no later than May 24, 2013.
On January 31, 2013 the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board received an application from the California Department of Transportation requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the US-101/Broadway Interchange Reconstruction Project. The project will replace and re-align the Broadway overcrossing structure to extend straight across US-101 from the intersection of Broadway and Rollins Road to the Bayshore Highway. Refer to the 401 Application link below for additional information on the project. Please contact Derek Beauduy at 510-622-2348, or via email at dbeauduy@waterboards.ca.gov, if you have questions or comments. Comments on the project and/or application must be submitted no later than May 24, 2013.
On, March 19, 2013 the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board received an application the California Department of Transportation requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the Interstate 680 Mococo Overhead Seismic Restoration Project. Refer to the Public Notice link below for additional information on the project. Please contact Dale Bowyer at 510-622-2323, or via email at DBowyer@waterboards.ca.gov, if you have questions or comments. Comments on the project and/or application must be submitted no later than April 25, 2013.
On March 13, 2013 the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) received an application for Section 401 Water Quality Certification (401 Application) for Phase 2 of the Sir Francis Drake Boulevard Rehabilitation Project (Project). The Marin County Public Works Department proposes to undertake the Project to rehabilitate pavement and improve drainage on 3.95 miles of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. Comments on the 401 Application will be accepted by the Water Board for 21 days (from March 15 to April 5). Comments may be submitted via email to xafernandez@waterboards.ca.gov or by sending hardcopies to 1515 Clay St., Suite 1400, to the attention of Xavier Fernandez. Comments on the 401 Application must be submitted no later than April 5, 2013. Please contact Xavier Fernandez at 510-622-5685, or via email at xafernandez@waterboards.ca.gov, if you have questions.
On, March 1, 2013 the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board received an application from Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, Zone 7, requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the Arroyo Mocho Stanley Reach Riparian Restoration and Channel Enhancement Pilot Project. This pilot project is intended to demonstrate the feasibility of transforming a traditional earthen trapezoidal flood protection channel into a vegetated stream reach exhibiting natural fluvial and ecological function, while also maintaining its core functionality for flood protection, local sediment management, and groundwater recharge. The project will also remove barriers to fish passage from the channel. Refer to the Public Notice link below for additional information on the project. Please contact Brian Wines at 510-622-5680, or via email at BWines@waterboards.ca.gov, if you have questions or comments. Comments on the project and/or application must be submitted no later than March 29, 2013
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board staff is considering reissuing Waste Discharge Requirements and 401 Water Quality Certification to the US Army Corps of Engineers to continue periodic maintenance dredging of the federal navigational channels in San Francisco Bay. The Water Board is also acting as the CEQA lead agency for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for this activity. A Notice of Preparation was released for public review and comment on February 25, 2013, and a CEQA scoping meeting was held in Oakland on March 12, 2013. We expect the Draft EIR to be released for public review and comment by the fall of 2013. If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Christian, project manager, at (510) 622-2335.
On, November 7, 2011 the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board received an application from Integral Communities requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the Torian Residential Project. Refer to the Public Notice link below for additional information on the project. Please contact Brian Wines at 510-622-5680, or via email at BWines@waterboards.ca.gov, if you have questions or comments. Comments on the project and/or application must be submitted no later than March 27, 2013.
On, November 2, 2012 the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board received an application from the California Department of Transportation requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the Interstate 80/Interstate 680/State Route 12 Interchange Improvement Project. Refer to the Public Notice link below for additional information on the project, including instructions on how to view the application materials. A link to the proposed off-site mitigation and monitoring plan is also provided below. Please contact Brendan Thompson at 510-622-2506, or via email at BThompson@waterboards.ca.gov, if you have questions or comments. Comments on the project and/or application must be submitted no later than March 21, 2013.
On, November 2, 2012 the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) received an application from the City and County of San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, requesting Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401, Water Quality Certification for the Sharp Park Pumphouse Safety, Infrastructure Improvement and Habitat Enhancement Project. A Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plan was also submitted. If you have any questions, please contact Katie Hart at 510-622-2356, or via email at Khart@waterboards.ca.gov. Comments on the Application must be submitted by March 18, 2013.
Urban Stormwater
A Revision for the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit is Now Available Here.