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CALIF011N1A <br />�00 <br />Water Boards <br />Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board <br />24 May 2019 <br />*,N!, GAVIN NEWSOM <br />GOVERNOR <br />JARED BLUMENFELD <br />SECRETARY FOR <br />ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br />Giuseppe Sanfilippo CERTIFIED MAIL <br />San Joaquin County 7014 2120 0001 3977 9944 <br />Community Development Department <br />1810 East Hazelton Avenue <br />Stockton, CA 95205 <br />COMMENTS TO REQUEST FOR REVIEW FOR THE APPLICATION REFERRAL, <br />PA -1900069 (SA) PROJECT, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />Pursuant to the San Joaquin County Community Development Department's 3 May <br />2019 request, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Central Valley <br />Water Board) has reviewed the Request for Review for the Application Referral for the <br />PA -1900069 (SA) Project, located in San Joaquin 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 <br />those issues. <br />Regulatory Setting <br />Basin Plan <br />The Central Valley Water Board is required to formulate and adopt Basin Plans for <br />all areas within the Central Valley region under Section 13240 of the Porter - <br />Cologne Water Quality Control Act. Each Basin Plan must contain water quality <br />objectives to ensure the reasonable protection of beneficial uses, as well as a <br />program of implementation for achieving water quality objectives with the Basin <br />Plans. Federal regulations require each state to adopt water quality standards to <br />protect the public health or welfare, enhance the quality of water and serve the <br />purposes of the Clean Water Act. In California, the beneficial uses, water quality <br />objectives, and the Antidegradation Policy are the State's water quality standards. <br />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 <br />laws, policies, technologies, water quality conditions and priorities. The original <br />Basin Plans were adopted in 1975, and have been updated and revised periodically <br />as required, using Basin Plan amendments. Once the Central Valley Water Board <br />KARL E. LONGLEY SCD, P.E., CHAIR I PATRICK PULUPA, ESO., EXECUTIVE OFFICER <br />11020 Sun Center Drive 5200, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley <br />I, RECYCLED PAPER <br />