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ORDER NO. R5-2006-0054 -4- <br />INDIVIDUAL <br />4 - <br />INDIVIDUAL DISCHARGER CONDITIONAL WAIVER OF <br />WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br />FOR DISCHARGES FROM IRRIGATED LANDS <br />existing and potential beneficial uses of waters in the Central Valley Region include one or <br />more of the following: <br />a. Municipal and Domestic Supply <br />b. Agricultural Supply <br />C. Industrial Service Supply <br />d. Hydropower Generation <br />e. Water Contact Recreation <br />f. Non -Contact Water Recreation <br />g. Warm Freshwater Habitat <br />h. Cold Freshwater Habitat <br />i. Migration of Aquatic Organisms <br />j. Spawning, Reproduction and Development <br />lc. Wildlife Habitat <br />1. Estuarine Habitat <br />m. Preservation of Biological Habitats of Special Significance <br />n. Shellfish Harvesting <br />o. Navigation <br />p. Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species <br />q. Freshwater Replenishment <br />r. Groundwater Recharge <br />S. Industrial Process Supply <br />t. Aquaculture <br />U. Commercial and Sportfishing <br />20. In May 2004, the State Water Board adopted the Policy for Implementation and <br />Enforcement of the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (NPS Policy). The <br />purpose of the NPS Policy is to improve the State's ability to effectively manage NPS <br />pollution and conform to the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act and the Federal <br />Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990. The NPS Policy provides a <br />bridge between the State Water Board's January 2000 NPS Program Plan and its 2002 <br />Water Quality Enforcement Policy. NPS Policy requires, among other key elements, that <br />an NPS control implementation program's ultimate purpose shall be explicitly stated, and <br />that the implementation program must, at a minimum, address NPS pollution in a manner <br />that achieves and maintains water quality objectives and beneficial uses, including any <br />applicable antidegradation requirements. The Conditional Waiver is consistent with the <br />NPS Policy. <br />21. State Water Board Resolution No. 68-16 Statement of Policy with Respect to Maintaining <br />High Quality of Waters in California (Resolution No. 68-16) requires Regional Water <br />Boards, in regulating the discharge of waste, to maintain high quality waters of the State <br />until it is demonstrated that any change in quality will be consistent with maximum benefit <br />to the people of the State, will not unreasonably affect beneficial uses, and will not result in <br />water quality less than that described in a Regional Water Board's policies (e.g., quality <br />that exceeds applicable water quality standards). Resolution No. 68-16 also states, in part: <br />