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TO:
Department of Food and Agriculture
1220 N Street, Room 409
Sacramento, CA 95814
Diana Bontá, Director,
Department of Health Services
714 P Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814
José Medina, Director
Department of Transportation
1120 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
FROM: Winston H. Hickox Mary D. Nichols
Secretary for Environmental Protection Secretary for Resources
California Environmental Protection Agency Resources Agency
DATE:
SUBJECT: CALIFORNIA’S NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM
By this memorandum, we are requesting your assistance in addressing nonpoint source (NPS) pollution by implementing the attached Plan for California’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (Program Plan). NPS pollution, also known as polluted runoff, is the leading cause of water quality impairments in California and nationally. Nonpoint sources are the major contributor of pollution to impacted water bodies including surface, ground, and coastal waters in California. Your participation is needed if we are going to protect and restore the myriad of beneficial uses our water resources support and the economic benefit derived from these uses.
This memorandum underscores the commitment of both the California Environmental Protection Agency and Resources Agency to protect the beneficial uses and restore the quality of California’s waters. In order to achieve measurable improvements, we are requesting your agencies to use your respective authorities to implement the Program Plan to prevent and control NPS pollution affecting State surface, ground, and coastal waters.
We commend those agencies that have worked with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and California Coastal Commission (CCC) in the development of the Program Plan’s Fifteen-Year Program Strategy and Five-Year Implementation Plan (Volume I) and the California Management Measures for Polluted Runoff (Volume II). Effective implementation of the Program Plan requires continued collaboration among all responsible State agencies as well as coordination among federal and local agencies and public groups.
The SWRCB and CCC, in conjunction with the nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards, are the lead agencies in coordinating implementation of the Program Plan. To ensure success of the Program Plan, we are requesting your agencies to undertake several important program actions.
In addition, we encourage each agency to adopt policies that support the Program Plan.
Please reply to (to be determined) (California Environmental Protection Agency) or Maria Rea (California Resources Agency) by (to be determined) with the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of your designated lead staff person. If you have any questions, please call (to be determined) at (to be determined) or Ms. Rea at
(916) 653-5656.
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Chairperson
North Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board
5550 Skylane Boulevard, Suite A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Josephine DeLuca, Chairperson
San Francisco Bay Regional
Water Quality Control Board
1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400
Oakland, CA 94612
Russell M. Jeffries, Chairperson
Central Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board
81 Higuera Street, Suite 200
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5427
Jack Coe, Chairperson
Los Angeles Regional Water
Quality Control Board
320 West Fourth Street, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Steven Butler, Chairperson
Central Valley Regional Water
Quality Control Board
3443 Routier Road, Suite A
Sacramento, CA 95827-3098
Eric Sandel, Chairperson
Lahontan Regional Water
Quality Control Board
2501 Lake Tahoe Boulevard
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Mike Smith, Chairperson
Colorado River Basin Regional
Water Quality Control Board
73-720 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 100
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Karen Stein, Chairperson
Santa Ana Regional Water
Quality Control Board
California Tower
3737 Main Street, Suite 500
Riverside, CA 92501-3339
Wayne Baglin, Chairperson
San Diego Regional Water
Quality Control Board
9771 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard,
Suite A
San Diego, CA 92124
William J. Millhouser
Coastal Programs Manager
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management
Coastal Programs Division N/ORM 3
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Dov Weitman, Chief
Nonpoint Source Branch
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street SW
Washington, D.C. 20460
Alexis Strauss (WTR-1)
Director of Water Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Peter Douglas
Executive Director
California Coastal Commission
45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105
Walt Pettit
Executive Director
State Water Resources Control Board
901 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Lee Michlin
Executive Officer
North Coast Regional Water Quality
Control Board
5550 Skylane Boulevard, Suite A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Loretta Barsamian
Executive Officer
San Francisco Bay Regional
Water Quality Control Board
1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400
Oakland, CA 94612
Roger Briggs
Executive Officer
Central Coast Regional
Water Quality Control Board
81 Higuera Street, Suite 200
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5427
Dennis Dickerson
Executive Officer
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality
Control Board
320 West Fourth Street, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Gary Carlton
Executive Officer
Central Valley Regional Water Quality
Control Board
3443 Routier Road, Suite A
Sacramento, CA 95827-3098
Harold Singer
Executive Officer
Lahontan Regional Water Quality
Control Board
2501 Lake Tahoe Boulevard
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Phil Gruenberg
Executive Officer
Colorado River Basin Regional
Water Quality Control Board
73-720 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 100
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Gerard Thibeault
Executive Officer
Santa Ana Regional Water Quality
Control Board
3737 Main Street, Suite 500
Riverside, CA 92501-3339
John Robertus
Executive Officer
San Diego Regional Water Quality
Control Board
9771 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Suite A
San Diego, CA 92124-1331
Christopher Rowney
Executive Officer
Board of Forestry
P.O. Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
Steve Ritchie
Acting Executive Director
CALFED Bay-Delta Program
1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1155
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ralph E. Chandler
Executive Director
California Integrated Waste
Management Board
8800 Cal Center Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826
Margit Aramburu
Executive Director
Delta Protection Commission
14215 River Road
Walnut Grove, CA 95690
Carlton Moore
Interim Director
Department of Boating and Waterways
2000 Evergreen Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95814-7291
Daryl Young, Director
Department of Conservation
801 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Robert Hight, Director
Department of Fish and Game
1416 Ninth Street, 12th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Andrea Tuttle, Director
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Rusty Areias, Director
Department of Parks and Recreation
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Paul Helliker, Director
Department of Pesticide Regulation
830 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-3510
Edwin Lowry, Director
Department of Toxic Substances
Control
400 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Thomas Hannigan, Director
Department of Water Resources
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Will Travis
Executive Director
San Francisco Bay Conservation
and Development Commission
30 Van Ness Avenue, Room 2011
San Francisco, CA 94102-6013
Joseph T. Edmiston
Executive Director
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
5750 Ramirez Canyon Road
Malibu, CA 90265
William Ahern
Executive Officer
State Coastal Conservancy
1330 Broadway, Suite 1100
Oakland, CA 94612-2530
Paul Thayer
Executive Officer
State Lands Commission
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95825
W. John Schmidt
Executive Director
Wildlife Conservation Board
1807 13th Street, #103
Sacramento, CA 95814-7117
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