Public Notices and Documents for Review

The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) requests public comments on many types of draft documents: Basin Plan amendments, adoption of TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads), NPDES permits, Waste Discharge Requirements, Site Cleanup Requirements, Enforcement Orders, California Environmental Quality Act documents and more. This page contains links to public notices for projects currently in a public comment period. In addition, you will find links to pages containing support materials (fact sheets, regulation text, etc.) below the public notices.

You may also visit the Water Board Meeting Calendar for information about comment periods, public hearings and meetings.

Decisions



Laws and Regulations Relevant to Current Public Proceedings


How to Participate


Board Meetings

Basin Planning and TMDLs

NEW - DECEMBER 11 HEARING POSTPONED FOR THE 2024 TRIENNIAL REVIEW
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board has received and accepted two late letters raising substantive concerns about the Triennial Review.  Staff needs additional time to consider these concerns. Therefore, the public hearing and action on the 2024 Triennial Review, scheduled for December 11, 2024, have been postponed.

Updates on the rescheduled hearing will be noticed by an email distribution list. Any person desiring to receive future notices must sign up for and remain on the email distribution list, and select the box for the “ALL Basin Planning/TMDL Notices and Information” option in the section on Basin Planning and TMDLs.

Questions and comments may be directed to Gerardo Martinez at (510) 622-1015 or Gerardo.Martinez@waterboards.ca.gov.

Agriculture

NPDES

  • For public notices and draft documents for review on NPDES related matter, please see Proposed (Tentative) Orders for Consideration by the Board.

Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems

Site Cleanup

Site Cleanup Requirement Rescission for The Former East Palo Alto Area, for 29 properties located within the boundaries of what was formerly known as the East Palo Alto Industrial Area (EPAIA) and/or the Ravenswood Industrial Area (RIA) in East Palo Alto, San Mateo County.

Section 401 Water Quality Certification

Comment Period Project Name City/County
1/29/2025 - 2/18/2025 Sunnyvale East and West Channels Flood Protection Project Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County
1/29/2025 - 2/18/2025 Tall Grass Drive Bridge Winterization Napa, Napa County
1/30/2025 - 2/19/2025 Zinfandel Bridge Emergency Repair Project Unincorporated, Napa County
1/30/2025 - 2/19/2025 Glen Cove Marina Maintenance Dredging Vallejo, Solano County
2/1/2025 - 2/21/2025 Hampton Road Large Trash Capture Project at Western Blvd Hayward, Alameda County
2/1/2025 - 2/21/2025 Larkspur Marina Bulkhead Replacement Project Larkspur, Marin County
2/1/2025 - 2/21/2025 Creek Bank Scour Protection Martinez Early Childhood Center Project Martinez, Contra Costa County
2/4/2025 - 2/24/2025 Alameda Creek West End North Levee Turnaround Hayward, Fremont, Union City, Alameda County
2/5/2025 - 2/25/2025 Alamo Creek Bank Stabilization And Flood Management Pilot Project Dublin, Alameda County
2/7/2025 - 2/27/2025 Lake Temescal Oxygen Saturation Technology System Oakland, Alameda County
2/7/2025 - 2/27/2025 Brookpark Storm Drain Outfall Replacement Project City of Oakland Project No. 1006502 Oakland, Alameda County
2/7/2025 - 2/27/2025 TransMontainge Martinez Terminal Maintenance Dredging Martinez, Contra Costa County
2/13/2025 - 3/5/2025 Peyton Slough Remediation Project_Operations and Maintenance (Maintenance Project) Martinez, Contra Costa County
2/13/2025 - 3/5/2025 Wildcare Bridge Replacement Project San Rafael, Marin County
2/13/2025 - 3/5/2025 Lake A Arroyo Del Valle Bank Restoration Project Unincorporated, Alameda County
2/13/2025 - 3/5/2025 83 West Shore Road - new boat lift Belvedere, Marin County
2/14/2025 - 3/6/2025 Sunnyvale WPCP Secondary Effluent Pipeline Replacement Project_2 Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County
2/14/2025 - 3/6/2025 San Leandro Channel Pipeline Crossing Project Alameda, Alameda County

Storm Water

 

Waste Discharge Requirements