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op��O�tIIORNI• <br />Water Boards <br />Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board <br />26 October 2018 <br />Alisa Goulart <br />San Joaquin County <br />Community Development Department <br />1810 East Hazelton Avenue <br />Stockton, CA 95205 <br />y�EumuNu G. BRu— JR. <br />GOVERNOR <br />MATTHEW RODRIOUEZ <br />M <br />ENVIRONMEE FOR <br />ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />7018 1830 0001 0062 2650 <br />COMMENTS TO REQUEST FOR REVIEW FOR THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION, <br />PA -1800220 DEVIATION PROJECT, SCH# 2018102011, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />Pursuant to the State Clearinghouse's 4 October 2018 request, the Central Valley Regional <br />Water Quality Control Board (Central Valley Water Board) has reviewed the Request for Review <br />for the Negative Declaration for the PA -1800220 Deviation Project, located in San Joaquin <br />County. <br />Our agency is delegated with the responsibility of protecting the quality of surface and <br />groundwaters of the state; therefore our comments will address concerns surrounding those <br />issues. <br />I. Regulatory Setting <br />Basin Plan <br />The Central Valley Water Board is required to formulate and adopt Basin Plans for all areas <br />within the Central Valley region under Section 13240 of the Porter -Cologne Water Quality <br />Control Act. Each Basin Plan must contain water quality objectives to ensure the <br />reasonable protection of beneficial uses, as well as a program of implementation for <br />achieving water quality objectives with the Basin Plans. Federal regulations require each <br />state to adopt water quality standards to protect the public health or welfare, enhance the <br />quality of water and serve the purposes of the Clean Water Act. In California, the beneficial <br />uses, water quality objectives, and the Antidegradation Policy are the State's water quality <br />standards. Water quality standards are also contained in the National Toxics Rule, 40 CFR <br />Section 131.36, and the California Toxics Rule, 40 CFR Section 131.38. <br />The Basin Plan is subject to modification as necessary, considering applicable laws, <br />policies, technologies, water quality conditions and priorities. The original Basin Plans were <br />adopted in 1975, and have been updated and revised periodically as required, using Basin <br />Plan amendments. Once the Central Valley Water Board has adopted a Basin Plan <br />amendment in noticed public hearings, it must be approved by the State Water Resources <br />Control Board (State Water Board), Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and in some cases, <br />KARL E. LONGLEY SCD, P.E., CHAIR I PATRICK PULUPA, ESO., EXECUTIVE OFFICER <br />11020 Sun Center Drive #200, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 I www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley <br />.. <br />�i RECYCLED PAPER <br />