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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.G-2 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project National Polluant Discharge Elimination System.Part of the Clean Water Act provides for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), in which discharges into navigable waters are prohibited except in compliance with specified requirements and authorizations. Under this system,municipal and industrial facilities are required to obtain a NPDES permit ' that specifies allowable limits,based on available wastewater treatment technologies, for pollutant levels in their effluent. In California, the EPA has delegated the implementation of this program to the WRCB and geographically designated RWQCB.The Forward Landfill currently has waste discharge requirements (WDRs),which serve as a NPDES permit. This permit allows for the discharge of the treated groundwater from their groundwater extraction and treatment system that is overseen by the Central Valley RWQCB.Additional information about the treated ' groundwater and its reuse at Forward Landfill is discussed in subsections below. Stormwater discharges are regulated somewhat differently. Stormwater runoff from ' construction areas of one acre or greater requires either an individual permit or coverage under the statewide Industrial General Permit(IGP). Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) FEMA is an agency of the United States government that provides a single point of ' accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities. On March 1,2003, FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.The primary mission of FEMA is to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the nation from ' all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters,by leading and supporting a risk-based comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection,response,recovery, and mitigation. ' FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP) is intended to encourage State and local governments to adopt responsible floodplain management programs and flood measures. As part of the program,the NFIP defines floodplain and floodway boundaries that are shown on Flood Insurance Rate Maps(FIRMs). State and Regional Agencies and Regulations ' 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 5A (Central Valley RWQCB,2016)serves to protect water 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.