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• New! Santa Ana Water Board Racial Equity Program Webpage: The Santa Ana Water Board staff is pleased to announce a new Racial Equity Program webpage specifically designed to provide the region’s Racial Equity Resolution and Action Plan. The webpage will also provide periodic updates and news related to the program, useful links, and information on how to stay informed and contact us. The link for the webpage is here (link). The Racial Equity Webpage can also be accessed by clicking on Programs at the top of this page, then Racial Equity.
  
  Please reach out to Jayne Joy if you have any questions, she can be reached at: (951) 782-3284, or by email at: Jayne.Joy@waterboards.ca.gov
  
  
• Amendment to the Time Schedule Order for Fecal Coliform in Newport Bay (Draft Order R8-2025-0003)
  
  
• The Santa Ana Water Board held a board workshop on September 13, 2024, to discuss and solicit feedback on the Tentative Permit. Santa Ana Water Board staff provided a presentation on MS4 permit requirements and frequent comment topics. Presentation materials from the attending Permittees and interested parties are available below:
  
  * Regionwide NPDES Permit for Counties of Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino
  * Cost Impact Analysis for San Bernardino County of Draft Permit for MS4
  
  To obtain the comment letters, please visit the resource FTP Download webpage and request a temporary account. Once a temporary account is provided, follow the instructions to log in and visit the following folders after logging in:
  
  * At the main listing of folders, click on the “Regional Phase I MS4 Permit” folder.
  * Click on the “Comments Received” folder.
  * Click on the “MS4TentativeOrder-CommentsReceived_202408.zip” to download the file.
  * Use an archiving software such as WinZip, 7-Zip, WinRAR to extract the folders and files.
  
  
• New! Santa Ana Water Board Racial Equity Action Plan: In accordance with the Santa Ana Water Board’s Racial Equity Resolution (R8-2024-0029), the Santa Ana Water Board staff has prepared the Racial Equity Action Plan. This action plan is intended to provide that Santa Ana Water Board staff with detailed action or tasks to address the racial inequities and environmental injustices internally with in the region’s workforce practices, and externally through the water quality programs administered by the region.
  • A copy of the action plan is available here: 2024-2029 Racial Equity Action Plan
  • A copy of the Racial Equity Resolution (R8-2024-0029) is available here: R8-2024-0029_Resolution_Racial Equity

  Please reach out to Jayne Joy if you have any questions, she can be reached at: (951) 782-3284, or by email at: Jayne.Joy@waterboards.ca.gov.

• New! Public Hearing for the Draft Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit: The Santa Ana Water Board will not hold a public hearing for the draft MS4 permit at the December 13, 2024 Board Meeting. No new target date for Board adoption hearing has been set. This decision is based on the staff workload associated with responding to the comments and the expected efforts to revise the draft MS4 Permit in response to comments.
  
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