1978 Water Quality Orders

All orders adopted by the Board are precedential with the exception of those that specifically state the contrary. Orders signed by an individual, for example by the Executive Director, are not precedential and are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Precedential orders provide guidance for later decisions and orders. The Board and the nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional Boards) ordinarily will follow State Board precedents, or provide a reasoned analysis for not doing so. Administrative precedents do not have the same binding effect as statutes or administrative regulations, however. The Board may refine, reformulate or even reverse its precedents on a case-by-case basis in light of new insights or changed circumstances. A Regional Board cannot reverse a State Board precedent, but a Regional Board may distinguish a State Board precedent. A Regional Board may conclude that based on differences between the facts before the Regional Board and the facts that were the basis for the State Board precedent, a State Board precedent either does not apply or should be modified as applied in the proceeding before the Regional Board.

WQ ORDER NO.	DATE OF MEETING	SUBJECT
WQ78-1	1/19/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of Tahoe Tyrol Project for Review of Denial of Request for Exclusion from Order No. 6-77-51, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region. Our File No. A-182.
WQ78-2	1/19/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of the Monterey Regional County Sanitation District for Review of Order No. 77-03, (NPDES Permit No. CA0048186) of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region. Our File No. A-178.
WQ78-3	2/2/1978	In the Matter of the Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency Request for Stay of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, Order No. 6-77-27; Alpine Springs County Water District Request for Stay of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Order No. 6-76-7; and Squaw Valley County Water District Request for Stay of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, Order No. 6-76-9.
WQ78-4	3/2/1978	In the Matter of the Petitions of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District for Review of Actions by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, On February 28 and April 25, 1977, and Related Petitions to Intervene. Our File No. A-164.
WQ78-5	3/16/1978	In the Matter of the Review of Actions of the California Regional Water Quality Control Boards for the North Coast, San Francisco Bay, Central Coast, Los Angeles, Central Valley, Santa Ana, and San Diego Regions Regarding Compliance by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
WQ78-6	3/16/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of the Goleta Sanitary District for Review of Resolution No. 77-05 of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region, and Request for Stay of Resolution No. 77-05. Our File No. A-184.
WQ78-7	3/16/1978	In the Matter of the Petitions of the Department of Fish and Game for Review of Orders No. 75-49 (NPDES Permit No. CA0055531), No. 75-45 (NPDES Permit No. CA0056294) and No. 75-46 (NPDES Permit No. CA0056359) of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region. Our Files No. A-109, A-108, and A-106.
WQ78-8	3/16/1978	In the Matter of the Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency Petition for Review of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, Order No. 6-77-27; Alpine Springs County Water District Petitions for Review of California Regional Water Quality Board, Lahontan Region, Orders Nos. 6-77-27 and 6-76-7; and Alpine Meadows of Tahoe, Inc. Petition to Intervene in the Alpine Springs County Water District Petitions; and Squaw Valley County Water District Request for Increased Capacity in the Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency Regional Treatment Plant. Our File Nos. A-172, A-171, A-132 and A-191 respectively.
WQ78-9	4/21/1978	In the Matter of the Petition and Request for a Stay by the Citizens Committee to Save Our Public Lands of Resolution No. 78-4 of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region, and the Petition to Intervene of Clean Water Action, Friends of the River and California Trout. Our Files Nos. A-199 and A-199(b).
WQ78-10	5/18/1978	In the Matter of the Petitions for Review of Resolution No. 78-4, of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region, by the Citizens Committee to Save Our Public Lands, et al. Files Nos. A-199, A-199(A) and A-199(B).
WQ78-11	5/18/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of H. D. Gross Dba Valley Rock and Sand Company for Review of Action by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region, On March 10, 1978. Our File No. A-198.
WQ78-12	6/15/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of Crestline Sanitation District for Review of Order No. 6-78-23 of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region. File No. A-200.
WQ78-13	7/20/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas and Electric Company for Review of Order No. 76-11, NPDES Permit No. CA0001228, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region. Our File No. A-143(A).
WQ78-14	8/21/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of Pacific Water Conditioning Association, Inc., for Review of Order No. 77-17, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region. Our File No. A-163.
WQ78-15	8/21/1978	In the Matter of Review of Action of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, Regarding Discharge of Raw Sewage to the Sacramento River by the City of Red Bluff. File No. A-134.
WQ78-16	9/25/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of Simpson Lee Paper Company for Review of Order No. 76-229, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region. File No. A-160.
WQ78-17	9/25/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Arcata for Review of Order No. 78-25, of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region. Our File No. A-196.
WQ78-18	9/25/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of Standard Oil Company of California and the Department of Fish and Game for Review of Order No. 75-50 (NPDES Permit No. CA0000337) of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region. Our Files Nos. A-105(a) and A-105(b).
WQ78-19	9/25/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of C. J. Callahan for Review of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region, Order No. 77-33; Lea Anderson and Judith Greenleaf for Review of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region.
WQ78-20	12/21/1978	In the Matter of the Petition of the Clean Water Action Project for Review of the Action of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region, Regarding Construction of a Dam On Grapewine Creek, Mendocino County, by Kenneth D. and Ladella Baer and Fredrick and Royce Robertson. Our File No. A-169.