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II/ <br />4��tzo <br />04 LIFOIIMIA <br />Water Boards <br />GAVIN NEWSOM <br />GOVERNOR <br />JARED BLUMENFELD <br />SE <br />RY <br />a <br />ENVIRO ME FOR <br />ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br />Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board <br />28 January 2020 <br />Stephanie Stowers CERTIFIED MAIL <br />San Joaquin County 7019 0700 0002 0111 6616 <br />Community Development Department <br />1810 East Hazelton Avenue <br />Stockton, CA 95205 <br />COMMENTS TO REQUEST FOR REVIEW FOR THE NOTICE OF PREPARATION <br />FOR THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, PA -1900240 AND PA - <br />2000014 (ER) GILL WOMEN'S MEDICAL CENTER PROJECT, SCH#2020010176, <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />Pursuant to the State Clearinghouse's 14 January 2020 request, the Central Valley <br />Regional Water Quality Control Board (Central Valley Water Board) has reviewed the <br />Request for Review for the Notice of Preparation for the Draft Environmental Impact <br />Report for the PA -1900240 and PA -2000014 (ER) Gill Women's Medical Center Project, <br />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 />KARL E. LONGLEV 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 />Planning Commission Staff Report 43 <br />PA -1900240 (SA), PA -2000014 (ER), PA -2000019 (DA) <br />Response Letters <br />