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GAVIN NEWSOM <br /> GC4ERC <br /> c .......• \�0 JARED BLU'.IENFELD <br /> Water Boards `./ SEGRRT0.RY FGR <br /> ENV 90rIYEVTAL PGOTECTIG;'. <br /> Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> 13 December 2021 <br /> Giuseppe Sanfilippo <br /> San Joaquin County Community Development <br /> Department <br /> 1810 East Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton, CA 95205 <br /> gsanfilippo@sjgov.org <br /> COMMENTS TO REQUEST FOR REVIEW FOR THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE <br /> DECLARATION, SITE APPROVAL NO. PA-1700279 PROJECT, SCH#2018032050, <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> Pursuant to the State Clearinghouse's 12 November 2021 request, the Central Valley <br /> Regional Water Quality Control Board (Central Valley Water Board) has reviewed the <br /> Request for Review for the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Site Approval No. PA- <br /> 1700279 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 /> I. 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-Cologne <br /> Water Quality Control Act. Each Basin Plan must contain water quality objectives to <br /> ensure the reasonable protection of beneficial uses, as well as a program of <br /> implementation for achieving water quality objectives with the Basin Plans. Federal <br /> regulations require each state to adopt water quality standards to protect the public <br /> health or welfare, enhance the quality of water and serve the purposes of the Clean <br /> Water Act. In California, the beneficial uses, water quality objectives, and the <br /> Antidegradation Policy are the State's water quality standards. Water quality <br /> standards are also contained in the National Toxics Rule, 40 CFR Section 131.36, <br /> 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 <br /> Plans were adopted in 1975, and have been updated and revised periodically as <br /> required, using Basin Plan amendments. Once the Central Valley Water Board has <br /> adopted a Basin Plan amendment in noticed public hearings, it must be approved by <br /> the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board), Office of <br /> KARL E. LONGLEY SCD, P.E., CHAIR I PATRICK PULUPA, ESO., EXECUTIVE OFFICER <br /> 11020 Sun Center Drive#200,Rancho Cordova,CA 95670 1 www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley <br />