TO: Distribution List

FROM: Winston H. Hickox Mary D. Nichols

Secretary for Environmental Protection Secretary for Resources

California Environmental Protection Agency Resources Agency

By this memorandum, we are requesting your assistance in addressing nonpoint source (NPS) pollution by implementing the Plan for California’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (Program Plan) (Attachment). 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 directing all Departments, Boards, and Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs) within our Agencies to use their respective authorities to implement the Program Plan to prevent and control NPS pollution affecting State surface, ground, and coastal waters.

We commend those Departments and Boards 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 RWQCBs, are the lead agencies in coordinating implementation of the Program Plan. To ensure success of the Program Plan, we are directing our Departments, Boards, and RWQCBs Boards to undertake several important program actions.

• Each Department or Board shall designate a lead staff person to be responsible for coordinating with the SWRCB and CCC on NPS issues.
• Each Department or Board shall identify through a five-year plan appropriate actions to implement management measures for which they have authorities and are targeted in the first Five-Year Implementation Plan.

• Each Department or Board shall ensure that actions to implement its respective portions of the Program Plan are tracked, monitored, assessed, and reported to the SWRCB and CCC consistent with State law (Water Code sections 13165 and 13369 [AB 227]) and the requirements of the Program Plan.
• Each Department or Board in consultation with the SWRCB and CCC shall consider the need to establish or revise existing formal agreements with the SWRCB and CCC to ensure successful implementation of the Program Plan.

In addition, we encourage each Department or Board to adopt policies that support the Program Plan.

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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

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

Darryl W. Young, Director

Department of Conservation

801 K Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

Robert Hight, Director

Department of Fish and Game

1416 Ninth Street, 12^th 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 13^th Street, #103

Sacramento, CA 95814-7117

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