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4 Environmental Analysis <br /> 4.17 Utilities and Service Systems <br /> factors, including taste, odor, and appearance. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination <br /> System (NPDES) regulates the discharge of drainage to surface waters. Federal NPDES <br /> regulations are administered by the State Water Quality Control Board (SWRCB) and through <br /> Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs). Although most of Alameda County lays within <br /> the jurisdiction of Region 2 (the San Francisco Bay RWQCB), the easternmost portion of the <br /> County, including the Project area, is within Region 5 (Central Valley RWQCB). Municipal storm <br /> drainage is required to meet board standards under waste discharge regulations and NPDES <br /> permits. <br /> 4.17.2.2 State <br /> Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Section 13000 et seq.) <br /> Porter-Cologne directs the SWRCB and RWQCBs to prepare water quality control plans (basin <br /> plans) that establish water quality objectives and beneficial uses for each body of water, <br /> including groundwater basins, within the regional boundaries. Porter Cologne empowers the <br /> SWRCB and RWQCBs to protect the beneficial use of California waters, thereby providing <br /> broader authority than offered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) alone. The SWRCB and <br /> RWQCBs adopt regulations to protect surface water quality. <br /> Water Well Standards <br /> In June 1991, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) published Bulletin 74-90 as <br /> a supplement to Bulletin 74-81, Water Well Standards: State of California, December 1981. <br /> Together, the two bulletins form the complete minimum well standards for the construction, <br /> maintenance, abandonment, and destruction of water wells, monitoring wells, and cathodic <br /> protection wells. The DWR requires that wells be in good working order with adequate <br /> protection measures in place to protect persons/animals if the intent is to use the well in the <br /> future. If the well is not to be used, the DWR requires the well be abandoned within 1 year after <br /> it was last used. <br /> California Water Code Section 10912 <br /> Section 10912 of the Water Code requires a city or county that determines that a project, as <br /> defined, is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to identify any public <br /> water system that may supply water for the project and to request those public water systems to <br /> prepare a specified water supply assessment (WSA). The proposed Project is an industrial <br /> project occupying 42 acres of land and, therefore, qualifies as a project requiring preparation of <br /> a WSA. <br /> Sustainable Groundwater Management Act <br /> In 2014, a three-bill legislative package was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The three- <br /> bill package comprised Assembly Bill (AB) 1739, Senate Bill (SB) 1168, and SB 1319, known as <br /> the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. The Act requires governments and water <br /> agencies of high-and medium-priority basins to manage over drafting to bring groundwater basins <br /> to balanced levels of pumping and recharge. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act <br /> empowers local agencies to form groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to manage basins <br /> and adopt groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs)for crucial groundwater basins in California. <br /> Griffith Energy Storage Project 4.17-3 Tetra Tech/SCH 2022120675 <br /> Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2023 <br />