Draft California 2014 Integrated Report (303(d) List/305(b) Report)

Supporting Information

Regional Board 4 - Los Angeles Region

Water Body Name:	Channel Islands Harbor Beach
Water Body ID:	CAX4031100020021007131415
Water Body Type:	Coastal & Bay Shoreline


DECISION ID	44192	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

Pollutant:	Indicator Bacteria
Final Listing Decision:	Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (being addressed with USEPA approved TMDL)
Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision:	List on 303(d) list (being addressed by USEPA approved TMDL)(2012)
Revision Status	Revised
Sources:	Major Municipal Point Source-wet weather discharge \| Natural Sources \| Unknown Nonpoint Source
TMDL Name:	Harbor Beaches of Ventura County (nonCD)
TMDL Project Code:	377
Date TMDL Approved by USEPA:	12/08/2008
Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution:	Pollutant

Regional Board Staff Conclusion:	This pollutant is being considered for removal on the CWA section 303(d) List under sections 2.2 and 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Under SECTION 4.3 of the Policy, a minimum of one line of evidence is needed to assess listing status. 8 lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against removing this water segment-pollutant combination from the CWA section 303(d) List. There is sufficient justification to place it in the Being Addressed portion of the CWA 303(d) List because a TMDL has been completed and approved by RWQCB and USEPA, and is expected to result in attainment of the standard. This conclusion is based on the staff findings that: 1. The data used satisfies the data quality requirements of section 6.1.4 of the Policy. 2. The data used satisfies the data quantity requirements of section 6.1.5 of the Policy. 3. 31 of 139 and 149 of 594 samples exceeded the OBJECTIVE and these exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 4.2 of the Listing Policy. 4. The Harbor Beaches of Ventura County was approved by USEPA on 12/08/2008. 5. Pursuant to section 4.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met.

Regional Board Staff Decision Recommendation:	After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be removed from the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards for the pollutant are being exceeded.

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 44192, Indicator Bacteria	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

LOE ID:

4085

Pollutant:

Indicator Bacteria

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

Not Recorded

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

Not Specified

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Unspecified--This LOE is a placeholder to support a 303(d) listing decision made prior to 2006.

Data Reference:

Placeholder reference pre-2006 303(d)

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Unspecified

Objective/Criterion Reference:

Placeholder reference pre-2006 303(d)

Evaluation Guideline:

Unspecified

Guideline Reference:

Placeholder reference pre-2006 303(d)

Spatial Representation:

Unspecified

Temporal Representation:

Unspecified

Environmental Conditions:

Unspecified

QAPP Information:

Unspecified

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 44192, Indicator Bacteria	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

LOE ID:

83623

Pollutant:

Enterococcus

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

148

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PATHOGEN MONITORING

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch data for Channel Islands Harbor Beach to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 15 of 148 samples exceed the criterion for Enterococci.

Data Reference:

Data for Region 4 Beach Watch.

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2009) single sample maximum states that enterococcus density shall not exceed 104 per 100 mL.

Objective/Criterion Reference:

California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Data for this line of evidence for Channel Islands Harbor Beach was collected at 1 monitoring site [ Kiddie Beach]

Temporal Representation:

Data was collected over the time period 3/5/2007-8/24/2010.

Environmental Conditions:

Staff is not aware of any special conditions that might affect interpretation of the data.

QAPP Information:

The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 44192, Indicator Bacteria	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

LOE ID:

83624

Pollutant:

Enterococcus

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

139

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

Not Specified

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Thirty-one of the 139 geomeans exceeded the objective.

Data Reference:

Data for Region 4 Beach Watch.

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

The geometric mean standard for entercoccus states that the entercoccus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 mL. Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters 2009.

Objective/Criterion Reference:

California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Samples were collected from Kiddie Beach and C.I. Harbor. These sites are in the same location and results collected on the same day were averaged.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected approximately once a week from 2007 to August 2010.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 44192, Indicator Bacteria	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

LOE ID:

27979

Pollutant:

Indicator Bacteria

LOE Subgroup:

Narrative Description Data

Matrix:

Not Specified

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

Not Specified

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

A TMDL has been approved for this water segment-pollutant combination. The Harbor Beaches of Ventura County Bacteria TMDL was approved by RWQCB on November 01, 2007 and subsequently approved by USEPA. The TMDL was been integrated into the Basin Plan as Attachment A of Regional Board Resolution No. 2001-018.

Data Reference:

Water Quality Control Plan Los Angeles Region R4 Basin Plan

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Objective/Criterion Reference:

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Temporal Representation:

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

QA information unavailable.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 44192, Indicator Bacteria	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

LOE ID:

83632

Pollutant:

Total Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

148

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PATHOGEN MONITORING

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Water Board staff assessed BeachWatch data for Channel Islands Harbor Beach to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 2 of 148 samples exceed the criterion for Coliform, Total.

Data Reference:

Data for Region 4 Beach Watch.

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

California Ocean Plan (2009) single sample maximum states that total coliform density shall not exceed 10,000 per 100 mL

Objective/Criterion Reference:

California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Data for this line of evidence for Channel Islands Harbor Beach was collected at 1 monitoring site [ Kiddie Beach]

Temporal Representation:

Data was collected over the time period 3/5/2007-8/24/2010.

Environmental Conditions:

Staff is not aware of any special conditions that might affect interpretation of the data.

QAPP Information:

The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 44192, Indicator Bacteria	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

LOE ID:

83633

Pollutant:

Total Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

139

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

Not Specified

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Six of the 139 geomeans exceeded the objective.

Data Reference:

Data for Region 4 Beach Watch.

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

The geometric mean standard for total coliform states that the coliform density shall not exceed 1000 per 100 mL. Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters 2009.

Objective/Criterion Reference:

California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Samples were collected from C.I. Harbor and Kiddie Beach. These site are the same and samples collected on the same day were averaged.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected approximately once a week from 2007 to August 2010.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 44192, Indicator Bacteria	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

LOE ID:

27978

Pollutant:

Indicator Bacteria

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

594

Number of Exceedances:

149

Data and Information Type:

Other Agencies/Organizations provided monitoring data

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

149 of 594 samples exceeded the Basin Plan single sample water quality objectives for indicator bacteria in marine water and 41 of 86 samples exceeded the Basin Plan geometric mean water quality objectives. Water quality samples were taken and analyzed for indicator bacteria consistent with California Code of Regulations Title 17, sections 7958-7961 and related guidance issued by California Department of Public Health .

Data Reference:

County of Ventura coastal beach bacteria monitoring data for AB411.

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

The Basin Plan bacteria objectives state that to protect water contact recreation in marine waters individual samples shall not exceed the following limits: the total coliform density shall not exceed 10000/100 ml; the fecal coliform density shall not exceed 400/100 ml; the enterococcus density shall not exceed 104/100 ml; and the total coliform density shall not exceed 1,000/100 ml, if the ratio of fecal-to-total coliform exceeds 0.1 as single samples. The bacteria objectives also establish that the geometric means of individual samples shall not exceed the following limits: the total coliform density shall not exceed 1000/100 ml, the fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200/100 ml, and the enterococcus density shall not exceed 35/100 ml, as a geometric mean. The bacteria objectives are found in Attachment A of Regional Board Resolution No. 2001-018.

Objective/Criterion Reference:

Water Quality Control Plan Los Angeles Region R4 Basin Plan

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

The Ventura County Environmental Health Division conducted sampling at Channel Islands Harbor Beach at beach monitoring station VC37000, at the south end of Victoria Ave. (Lat: 34.16123, Long: -119.22247).

Temporal Representation:

Grab samples were taken and analyzed on a weekly basis from April 1999 to July 2006.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Data was collected in compliance with the sampling and testing procedures detailed in the California Department of Public Health related guidance.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Draft Guidance for Salt Water Beaches. Last Update: April 10, 2006. Initial Draft: November 1997. Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management, California Department of Health Services

California Code of Regulations Title 17, sections 7958-7960.

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 44192, Indicator Bacteria	Region 4
Channel Islands Harbor Beach

LOE ID:

83625

Pollutant:

Fecal Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

139

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

Not Specified

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Zero of the 139 geomeans exceeded the objective.

Data Reference:

Data for Region 4 Beach Watch.

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

The geometric mean standard for fecal coliform states that the fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100 mL. Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters 2009.

Objective/Criterion Reference:

California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Samples were collected from Kiddie Beach and C.I. Harbor. These sites are the same and samples collected on the same day were averaged.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected approximately once a week from 2007 to August 2010.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program.

QAPP Information Reference(s):