SU0011836 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

• • Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.G-3 • Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project • quality consistent with identified beneficial uses (see below) at Forward Landfill. The Porter- Cologne Act requires Reports of Waste Discharges to be filed before the RWQCB issues authorizations for waste discharge.The RWQCB then prescribes waste discharge requirements, • which serve as NPDES permits under a provision of the Porter-Cologne Act. The Basin Plan, the • Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries Plan(Water Board Basin Plan,2016 Revision), and the general • NPDES permit (discussed above) regulate discharges. AB 162, signed into California law in October 2007, requires cities and counties to address flood-related matters in the land use, • conservation, safety, and housing elements of their general plans. • California Water Resources Control Board • • As previously stated, the WRCB administers water rights,water pollution control, and water • quality functions statewide. The WRCB also provides policy guidance and budgetary authority • to the nine RWQCBs that includes the Central Valley Region 5, which conduct planning, permitting, and enforcement activities. The WRCB and the RWQCB's share the responsibility • under the Porter-Cologne Act to formulate and adopt water policies and plans and to adopt and • implement measures to fulfill the Clean Water Act requirements. In the project site vicinity, the • Regional Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Valley Region 5E serves to protect water quality • consistent with identified beneficial uses. State policy for water quality control in California is directed toward achieving the highest water quality consistent with maximum benefit to the • people of the state. Therefore, all water resources must be protected from pollution and • nuisance that may occur from waste discharges. Beneficial uses of surface waters,groundwater, • marshes, and mud flats serve as a basis for establishing water quality standards and discharge prohibitions to attain this goal. • One point-source control strategy of the State is the requirement for new development to use site-specific best management practices (BMP) and to follow a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) for construction areas greater than one acre. The SWPPP program measures are • intended to prevent or minimize the potential release of toxic or hazardous pollutants in • significant amounts to discharge waters. A BMP program is required to include information of • potential releases and management of solid and hazardous waste. A SWPPP program is • designed to monitor primary collection areas of stormwater and depending on the site use and overall area, analytical testing of stormwater discharge may be required. • California Regional Water Ouality Control Board, Central Valley Region The Central Valley (Region 5) RWQCB, located in Sacramento, is responsible for the oversight • of the currently proposed landfill expansion and the agency reviewing the Forward Landfill • application that might affect water quality (such as the expansion of waste cells that might • generate leachate or re-routing of the South Branch of South Littlejohns Creek), or otherwise make changes to existing monitoring programs (such as abandoning and replacing monitoring • wells). The current RWQCB Order for Forward Landfill is the February 2014 Waste Discharge • Requirements (WDRs)R5-2014-0006, which included, among other modifications, the lowering • of base grades to the regulatory limit of 5-ft above the historical high groundwater level and the • land application of cannery waste in the northern portion of the site (north of the northern creek). Municipal Separate Storm Sewer (MS4)Permit and the regulations contained in the • • • • •