Final California 2010 Integrated Report (303(d) List/305(b) Report)

Supporting Information

Regional Board 3 - Central Coast Region

Water Body Name: Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
Water Body ID: CAC3102601420100404173928
Water Body Type: Coastal & Bay Shoreline
 
DECISION ID
15585
Region 3     
Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
 
Pollutant: Enterococcus
Final Listing Decision: Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)
Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: New Decision
Revision Status Revised
Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: Pollutant
 
Regional Board Conclusion: Regional Board Conclusion:
This pollutant is being considered for placement on the section 303(d) list under section 3.3 of the Listing Policy. Under section 3.3 a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status.

Two lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. When compared to the Ocean Plan Objectives for Water Contact Recreation, 9 of 108 samples exceeded the single sample maximum Objective, 4 of 24 geomean assessments exceeded the geomean Objective.

Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the section 303(d) list in the Water Quality Limited Segments category.

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. Nine of 108 samples exceeded the single sample maximum Objective, 4 of 24 geomean assessments exceeded the geomean Objective. Neither of these exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy.
4. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met.

State Board Review and Conclusion:

Based on comments received from U.S. EPA (comment letter # 60), on the April 19, 2010 State Water Board staff report for the 2010 Integrated Report, State Water Board staff added 2 LOEs (31446 and 31447) assessing the AB411 (dry weather) data for this water body. Staff reviewed the bacteria data for this water body in the Central Coast Region described in the comment letter. Staff recommendation has not changed for this water body - pollutant combination based on evaluation of the dry weather data that was not included in the original Central Coast Region assessment.

On August 4, 2010 the State Water Board approved the staff listing recommendation to not place this water body on the 303(d) list for enterococcus.

The final language for the recommendation is:

This pollutant is being considered for placement on the section 303(d) list under section 3.3 of the Listing Policy. Under section 3.3 a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status.

Two lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. When compared to the Ocean Plan Objectives for Water Contact Recreation, 9 of 108 samples exceeded the single sample maximum Objective, 4 of 24 geomean assessments exceeded the geomean Objective.

This water body segment is identified as an AB411 beach and data collected during the time frame of April 1st to October 31st (dry weather) is assessed using a four percent exceedance percentage (section 3.3 of Listing Policy).

There are two additional lines of evidence for dry weather single sample and geometric mean calculations. One of 62 samples exceeded the recreational use single sample criteria and one of 14 geometric mean calculations exceeded the geometric mean criteria.

Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the section 303(d) list in the Water Quality Limited Segments category.

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. Nine of 108 samples exceeded the single sample maximum Objective, 4 of 24 geomean assessments exceeded the geomean Objective. Neither of these exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy.
4. One of 62 dry weather samples exceeded the recreational use single sample criteria and one of 14 geometric mean calculations exceeded the geometric mean criteria. Neither of these exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy.
5. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met.
 
Regional Board Decision Recommendation: After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards are not being exceeded.
 
State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: State Board Review and Conclusion:

Based on comments received from U.S. EPA (comment letter # 60), on the April 19, 2010 State Water Board staff report for the 2010 Integrated Report, State Water Board staff added 2 LOEs (31446 and 31447) assessing the AB411 (dry weather) data for this water body. Staff reviewed the bacteria data for this water body in the Central Coast Region described in the comment letter. Staff recommendation has not changed for this water body - pollutant combination based on evaluation of the dry weather data that was not included in the original Central Coast Region assessment.

On August 4, 2010 the State Water Board approved the staff listing recommendation to not place this water body on the 303(d) list for enterococcus.

The final language for the recommendation is:

This pollutant is being considered for placement on the section 303(d) list under section 3.3 of the Listing Policy. Under section 3.3 a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status.

Two lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. When compared to the Ocean Plan Objectives for Water Contact Recreation, 9 of 108 samples exceeded the single sample maximum Objective, 4 of 24 geomean assessments exceeded the geomean Objective.

This water body segment is identified as an AB411 beach and data collected during the time frame of April 1st to October 31st (dry weather) is assessed using a four percent exceedance percentage (section 3.3 of Listing Policy).

There are two additional lines of evidence for dry weather single sample and geometric mean calculations. One of 62 samples exceeded the recreational use single sample criteria and one of 14 geometric mean calculations exceeded the geometric mean criteria.

Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the section 303(d) list in the Water Quality Limited Segments category.

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. Nine of 108 samples exceeded the single sample maximum Objective, 4 of 24 geomean assessments exceeded the geomean Objective. Neither of these exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy.
4. One of 62 dry weather samples exceeded the recreational use single sample criteria and one of 14 geometric mean calculations exceeded the geometric mean criteria. Neither of these exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy.
5. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met.
 
State Board Decision Recommendation: After review of this Regional Board decision, the State Water Board recommends that this water body - pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards are not being exceeded.
 
USEPA Action (if applicable):
 
 
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 15585, Enterococcus
Region 3     
Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
 
LOE ID: 20078
 
Pollutant: Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup: Pollutant-Water
Matrix: Water
Fraction: None
 
Beneficial Use: Water Contact Recreation
 
Number of Samples: 24
Number of Exceedances: 4
 
Data and Information Type: PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality: Central Coast Regional Board Staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 4 of 24 samples exceed the criterion for Enterococci.
Data Reference: AB 411 Data for 2004
  AB 411 Data for 2005
  AB 411 Data for 2006
 
SWAMP Data: Non-SWAMP
 
Water Quality Objective/Criterion: California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) states that the geometric mean for Enterococcus shall not exceed 35 MPN/100 mL.
Objective/Criterion Reference: Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency
 
Evaluation Guideline:
Guideline Reference:
 
Spatial Representation: Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach (San Luis Obispo County) was collected at one AB411 monitoring site (PB3)
Temporal Representation: Data was collected over the time period 1/4/2005 - 12/27/2006. This includes weekly AB411 monitoring between April 1 and October 31 of each year.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information: QA information not available
QAPP Information Reference(s):
 
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 15585, Enterococcus
Region 3     
Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
 
LOE ID: 20079
 
Pollutant: Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup: Pollutant-Water
Matrix: Water
Fraction: None
 
Beneficial Use: Water Contact Recreation
 
Number of Samples: 108
Number of Exceedances: 9
 
Data and Information Type: PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality: Central Coast Regional Board Staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 9 of 108 samples exceed the criterion for Enterococci.
Data Reference: AB 411 Data for 2004
  AB 411 Data for 2005
  AB 411 Data for 2006
 
SWAMP Data: Non-SWAMP
 
Water Quality Objective/Criterion: California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) states that the single sample maximum for Enterococcus shall not exceed 104 MPN/100 mL.
Objective/Criterion Reference: Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency
 
Evaluation Guideline:
Guideline Reference:
 
Spatial Representation: Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach (San Luis Obispo County) was collected at one AB411 monitoring site (PB3)
Temporal Representation: Data was collected over the time period 1/4/2005 - 12/27/2006. This includes weekly AB411 monitoring between April 1 and October 31 of each year.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information: QA information not available
QAPP Information Reference(s):
 
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 15585, Enterococcus
Region 3     
Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
 
LOE ID: 31447
 
Pollutant: Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup: Pollutant-Water
Matrix: Water
Fraction: None
 
Beneficial Use: Water Contact Recreation
 
Number of Samples: 62
Number of Exceedances: 1
 
Data and Information Type: PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality: Data was collected from April 2005 through October 2006. A total of 91 dry month (April through October) single samples were collected with 6 samples exceeding the water quality objective.
Data Reference: AB 411 Data for 2004
  AB 411 Data for 2005
  AB 411 Data for 2006
 
SWAMP Data: Non-SWAMP
 
Water Quality Objective/Criterion: AB 411-California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) states that the single sample maximum for Enterococcus shall not exceed 104 MPN/100 mL.
Objective/Criterion Reference: Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency
 
Evaluation Guideline:
Guideline Reference:
 
Spatial Representation: Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach (San Luis Obispo County) was collected at one AB411 monitoring site (PB3)
Temporal Representation: Data was collected over the time period 2005 - 2006. This includes weekly AB411 monitoring between April 1 and October 31 of each year.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information: QA information not available
QAPP Information Reference(s):
 
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 15585, Enterococcus
Region 3     
Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
 
LOE ID: 31446
 
Pollutant: Enterococcus
LOE Subgroup: Pollutant-Water
Matrix: Water
Fraction: None
 
Beneficial Use: Water Contact Recreation
 
Number of Samples: 14
Number of Exceedances: 1
 
Data and Information Type: PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality: Data was collected from April 2005 through October 2006. A
total of 62 dry month (April through October) single samples were collected with 14 dry month geomeans calculated. One of the 14 geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective.
Data Reference: AB 411 Data for 2004
  AB 411 Data for 2005
  AB 411 Data for 2006
 
SWAMP Data: Non-SWAMP
 
Water Quality Objective/Criterion: AB 411-California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) states that the geometric mean for Enterococcus shall not exceed 35 MPN/100 mL.
Objective/Criterion Reference: Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency
 
Evaluation Guideline:
Guideline Reference:
 
Spatial Representation: Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach (San Luis Obispo County) was collected at one AB411 monitoring site (PB3)
Temporal Representation: Data was collected over the time period 2005 - 2006. This includes weekly AB411 monitoring between April 1 and October 31 of each year.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information: QA information not available
QAPP Information Reference(s):
 
 
DECISION ID
15586
Region 3     
Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
 
Pollutant: Fecal Coliform
Final Listing Decision: Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)
Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: New Decision
Revision Status Revised
Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: Pollutant
 
Regional Board Conclusion: This pollutant is being considered for placement on the section 303(d) list under section 3.3 of the Listing Policy. Under section 3.3 a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status.

Two lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. When compared to the Ocean Plan Objectives for Water Contact Recreation, 3 of 108 samples exceeded the single sample maximum Objective, none of 24 geomean assessments exceeded the geomean Objective.

Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the section 303(d) list in the Water Quality Limited Segments category.

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. Three of 108 samples exceeded the single sample maximum Objective, none of 24 geomean assessments exceeded the geomean Objective. Neither of these exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy.
4. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met.
 
Regional Board Decision Recommendation: After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards are not being exceeded.
 
State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation:
 
State Board Decision Recommendation: After review of this Regional Board decision, SWRCB staff recommend the decision be approved by the State Board.
 
USEPA Action (if applicable):
 
 
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 15586, Fecal Coliform
Region 3     
Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
 
LOE ID: 20077
 
Pollutant: Fecal Coliform
LOE Subgroup: Pollutant-Water
Matrix: Water
Fraction: None
 
Beneficial Use: Water Contact Recreation
 
Number of Samples: 108
Number of Exceedances: 3
 
Data and Information Type: PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality: Central Coast Regional Board Staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 3 of 108 samples exceed the criterion for Coliform, Fecal.
Data Reference: AB 411 Data for 2004
  AB 411 Data for 2005
  AB 411 Data for 2006
 
SWAMP Data: Non-SWAMP
 
Water Quality Objective/Criterion: California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) states that the single sample maximum for fecal coliform shall not exceed 400 MPN/100 mL.
Objective/Criterion Reference: Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency
 
Evaluation Guideline:
Guideline Reference:
 
Spatial Representation: Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach (San Luis Obispo County) was collected at one AB411 monitoring site (PB3)
Temporal Representation: Data was collected over the time period 1/4/2005 - 12/27/2006. This includes weekly AB411 monitoring between April 1 and October 31 of each year.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information: QA information not available
QAPP Information Reference(s):
 
Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 15586, Fecal Coliform
Region 3     
Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave
 
LOE ID: 20076
 
Pollutant: Fecal Coliform
LOE Subgroup: Pollutant-Water
Matrix: Water
Fraction: None
 
Beneficial Use: Water Contact Recreation
 
Number of Samples: 24
Number of Exceedances: 0
 
Data and Information Type: PATHOGEN MONITORING
Data Used to Assess Water Quality: Central Coast Regional Board Staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean at Pismo State Beach (San Luis Obispo County), Park Ave to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 0 of 24 samples exceed the criterion for Coliform, Fecal.
Data Reference: AB 411 Data for 2004
  AB 411 Data for 2005
  AB 411 Data for 2006
 
SWAMP Data: Non-SWAMP
 
Water Quality Objective/Criterion: California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2005) states that the 30-day geometric mean for fecal coliform shall not exceed 200 MPN/100 mL.
Objective/Criterion Reference: Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency
 
Evaluation Guideline:
Guideline Reference:
 
Spatial Representation: Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach (San Luis Obispo County) was collected at one AB411 monitoring site (PB3)
Temporal Representation: Data was collected over the time period 1/4/2005 - 12/27/2006. This includes weekly AB411 monitoring between April 1 and October 31 of each year.
Environmental Conditions:
QAPP Information: QA information not available
QAPP Information Reference(s):