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REH-CEIVED <br /> CGAVIN NEWSOM <br /> r \ GOVERNOR <br /> I! <br /> c u iFoew a JARED BLUMENFELD <br /> San Joaquin Moon ` SECRETARY FOR <br /> Water Boards ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br /> Community Development <br /> Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> 4 March 2020 <br /> John Funderburg CERTIFIED MAIL <br /> San Joaquin County 7019 0700 0002 0111 6852 <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-1900302 (SA) PROJECT, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> Pursuant to the San Joaquin County Community Development Department's 14 <br /> February 2020 request, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> (Central Valley Water Board) has reviewed the Request for Review for the Application <br /> Referral for the PA-1900302 (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 /> 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 /> Administrative Law (OAL) and in some cases, the United States Environmental <br /> KARL E. LONGLEY SCD, P.E., CHAIR I PATRICK PULUPA, ESQ., EXECUTIVE OFFICER <br /> 11020 Sun Center Drive#200, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 1 www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley <br />