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

Supporting Information

Regional Board 9 - San Diego Region

Water Body Name:	Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach
Water Body ID:	CAC9011200020090505110718
Water Body Type:	Coastal & Bay Shoreline


DECISION ID	16861	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

Pollutant:	Enterococcus
Final Listing Decision:	Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list)
Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision:	New Decision
Revision Status	Revised
Reason for Delisting:	Applicable WQS attained; reason for recovery unspecified
Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution:	Pollutant

Regional Board Conclusion:	In 2006, 'Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA' was listed for Indicator Bacteria. For 2008, the 2006 Laguna Beach HSA segment has been split into smaller segments and each represents an area near the sampling location of the data being assessed. 'Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Lagunita Place' is one of the sampling locations for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA and is considered to be part of the original listing. For this 2008 assessment, the Regional Board has chosen to replace the 'indicator bacteria' listing with separate assessments of the specific indicator bacteria, such as coliform, fecal coliform, and enterococcus, for removal or non-removal from the 303(d) list. This pollutant is being considered for removal from the section 303(d) list under section 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Under this section a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status. Four lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Forty-six of samples exceeded the water quality objective for enterococcus. In LOE 29288, the Regional Board calculated exceedances for samples taken only during storm events. This information was not used in determining listing decisions, but is of interest to the Regional Board and has been included as additional anecdotal information. The coastal beach at this water segment is identified as an AB411 beach. To comply with the requirements of AB411 the dry weather data collected during the time frame of April 1st to October 31st is assessed using a four percent exceedance percentage, as described in section 3.3 (and 4.3) of the Listing Policy. An assessment for dry weather geometric mean calculation was conducted and one additional lines of evidence is available in the administrative record. None of 56 geometric mean calculations exceeded the criteria for recreational use and this does not exceed the allowable limit based on the application of a four percent exceedance percentage (AB411) to section 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification for removing this water segment-pollutant combination from the section 303(d) list. 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. Forty-six of 911 single samples exceeded the enterococcus water quality objective and 2 of 108 calculated geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective. Neither of these exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 4.2 of the Listing Policy. 4. None of 56 dry weather geometric mean calculations exceeded the enterococcus criteria for recreational use and this does not exceed the allowable limit (at a four percent exceedance percentage - AB411) in section 4.3 of the Listing Policy. 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 Decision Recommendation:	After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should be removed from the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards for the pollutant 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 16861, Enterococcus	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

31102

Pollutant:

Enterococcus

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Orange County collected Beach monitoring data within the time period from January 1999 through December 2006.
A total of 56 monthly geomeans were calculated for data collected during the time frame of April 1st to October 31st (AB411 data) within the aforementioned time period. Of the 56 geomeans zero exceeded the geomean water quality objective.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Geomean: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 ml within any 30 day period (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected at least once a week within the time period from January 1999 through December 2006.
The data assessed is AB411 data which is data collected during the time frame of April 1st to October 31st (summer months) within the aforementioned time period.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16861, Enterococcus	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

30304

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:

PATHOGEN MONITORING

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

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

For the 2008 assessment , the 2006 listed coastline 'Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA' was split into smaller segments and each represents an area near the sampling location of the data being assessed. This segment 'Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Lagunita Place' is one of the sampling locations. This LOE is a copy of the 2006 listing placeholder LOE for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA and is considered by the Regional Board to be applicable to this more specific segment formed from the split.

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:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Temporal Representation:

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Unspecified

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16861, Enterococcus	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29284

Pollutant:

Enterococcus

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

108

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples with 108 monthly geomeans calculated. Of the 108 geomeans, only 2 exceeded the geomean water quality objective.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 104 per 100 ml;

Geomean: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16861, Enterococcus	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29288

Pollutant:

Enterococcus

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples with 51 samples correlated with storm events. Of the 51 samples, 11 exceeded the single sample water quality objective. This information will not be used in determining a listing decision, but is of interest to the Regional Board and has been included here as additional anecdotal information.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Diego, California, Chronological Regional Temperature and Precipitation Listings by Station

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 104 per 100 ml;

Geomean: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2006; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2006.

Environmental Conditions:

Comparisons were made for all data and data associated with storm events. A storm event was defined as 0.2 inches of rainfall within a 72 hour period.

Analyzing only storm water bacteria data is important because the majority of beach monitoring data covers the months of April through October. The data may not capture the full impacts of seasonal storm events and high bacteria levels due to storm water runoff because much of the wet season for Southern California occurs in November through March.

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16861, Enterococcus	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29324

Pollutant:

Indicator Bacteria

LOE Subgroup:

Health Advisories

Matrix:

-N/A

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

2555

Number of Exceedances:

204

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

For the period from January 2000 to December 2006, there were and 204 beach postings days for this section of shoreline. Bacteriological samples are collected on a weekly basis at approximately 150 ocean and bay location in Orange County. When a bacteriological sample exceeds water quality standards, signs are posted indicating that waters have exceeded public health standards.

Data and information on the number of beach posting were summarized by the County of Orange in their Annual Ocean and Bay Water Quality Report, March 2007. The reporting period was from January 2000 -December 2006. Data used was the number of days the beach was posting when the ocean or bay failed to meet the bacteriological standards.

Data Reference:

County of Orange. March 2007. Annual Ocean and Bay Water Quality Report, 2006

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

California Code of Regulations. Title 17, Section 7960.

(a) When a public beach or public water-contact sports area fails to meet any of the standards as set forth in Section 7957 or 7958 above, the local health officer or the Department, after taking into consideration the causes therefor, may at his or its discretion close, post with warning signs, or otherwise restrict use of said public beach or public water-contact sports area, until such time as corrective action has been taken and the standards as set forth in 7957 and 7958 above are met.

Objective/Criterion Reference:

California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Section 7960

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Bacteriological monitoring samples were collected at Aliso Beach and South Laguna Beach in Orange County, California. Beaches included Emerald Bay, Crescent Bay, Laguna Main Beach, Hotel Laguna, Bluebird Canyon, Victoria Beach and Blue Lagoon. The posting covers 4.4 miles of beach shoreline.

Temporal Representation:

The beach posting covers the time frame of January 2000 -December 2006.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Samples were collected in compliance with County of Orange's Quality Assessment/Quality Control document (County of Orange, 2004).

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16861, Enterococcus	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29282

Pollutant:

Enterococcus

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

911

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples with 46 samples exceeding the single sample maximum water quality objective.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 104 per 100 ml;

Geomean: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific


DECISION ID	16860	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

Pollutant:	Fecal Coliform
Final Listing Decision:	Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list)
Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision:	New Decision
Revision Status	Revised
Reason for Delisting:	Applicable WQS attained; reason for recovery unspecified
Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution:	Pollutant

Regional Board Conclusion:	In 2006, 'Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA' was listed for Indicator Bacteria. For 2008, the 2006 Laguna Beach HSA segment has been split into smaller segments and each represents an area near the sampling location of the data being assessed. 'Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Lagunita Place' is one of the sampling locations for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA and is considered to be part of the original listing. For this 2008 assessment, the Regional Board has chosen to replace the 'indicator bacteria' listing with separate assessments of the specific indicator bacteria, such as coliform, fecal coliform, and enterococcus, for removal or non-removal from the 303(d) list. This pollutant is being considered for removal from the section 303(d) list under section 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Under this section a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status. Four lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Four of samples exceeded the water quality objective for fecal coliform. In LOE 29308, the Regional Board calculated exceedances for samples taken only during storm events. This information was not used in determining listing decisions, but is of interest to the Regional Board and has been included as additional anecdotal information. The coastal beach at this water segment is identified as an AB411 beach. To comply with the requirements of AB411 the dry weather data collected during the time frame of April 1st to October 31st is assessed using a four percent exceedance percentage, as described in section 3.3 (and 4.3) of the Listing Policy. An assessment for dry weather geometric mean calculation was conducted and one additional line of evidence are available in the administrative record. None of 56 geometric mean calculations exceeded the criteria for recreational use and this does not exceed the allowable limit based on the application of a four percent exceedance percentage (AB411) to section 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification for removing this water segment-pollutant combination from the section 303(d) list. 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. Four of 911 single samples exceeded the fecal coliform water quality objective and none of 108 calculated geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective. Neither of these exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 4.2 of the Listing Policy. 4. None of 56 dry weather geometric mean calculations exceeded the fecal coliform criteria for recreational use and this does not exceed the allowable limit (at a four percent exceedance percentage - AB411) in section 4.3 of the Listing Policy. 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 Decision Recommendation:	After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should be removed from the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards for the pollutant 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 16860, Fecal Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

30304

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:

PATHOGEN MONITORING

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

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:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Temporal Representation:

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Unspecified

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16860, Fecal Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

31101

Pollutant:

Fecal Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Geomean: Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100ml within any 30 day period (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16860, Fecal Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29324

Pollutant:

Indicator Bacteria

LOE Subgroup:

Health Advisories

Matrix:

-N/A

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

2555

Number of Exceedances:

204

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Data Reference:

County of Orange. March 2007. Annual Ocean and Bay Water Quality Report, 2006

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Objective/Criterion Reference:

California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Section 7960

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Temporal Representation:

The beach posting covers the time frame of January 2000 -December 2006.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Samples were collected in compliance with County of Orange's Quality Assessment/Quality Control document (County of Orange, 2004).

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16860, Fecal Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29306

Pollutant:

Fecal Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

911

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples with four samples exceeding the fecal coliform single sample water quality objective.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 400 per 100 ml;

Geomean: Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16860, Fecal Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29307

Pollutant:

Fecal Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

108

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples with 108 monthly geomean calculated. None of the 108 goemeans exceeded the fecal coliform geomean water quality objective.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 400 per 100 ml;

Geomean: Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16860, Fecal Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29308

Pollutant:

Fecal Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples with 51 associated with storm events. Two of the 51 samples exceeded the fecal coliform water quality objective. This information will not be used in determining a listing decision, but is of interest to the Regional Board and has been included here as additional anecdotal information.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Diego, California, Chronological Regional Temperature and Precipitation Listings by Station

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 400 per 100 ml;

Geomean: Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific


DECISION ID	16859	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

Pollutant:	Total Coliform
Final Listing Decision:	Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list)
Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision:	New Decision
Revision Status	Revised
Reason for Delisting:	Applicable WQS attained; reason for recovery unspecified
Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution:	Pollutant

Regional Board Conclusion:	In 2006, 'Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA' was listed for Indicator Bacteria. For 2008, the 2006 Laguna Beach HSA segment has been split into smaller segments and each represents an area near the sampling location of the data being assessed. 'Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Lagunita Place' is one of the sampling locations for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA and is considered to be part of the original listing. For this 2008 assessment, the Regional Board has chosen to replace the 'indicator bacteria' listing with separate assessments of the specific indicator bacteria, such as coliform, fecal coliform, and enterococcus, for removal or non-removal from the 303(d) list. This pollutant is being considered for removal from the section 303(d) list under section 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Under this section a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status. Six lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Forty-four of samples exceeded the water quality objective for total coliform. In LOEs 29270 and 29305, the Regional Board calculated exceedances for samples taken only during storm events. This information was not used in determining listing decisions, but is of interest to the Regional Board and has been included as additional anecdotal information. The coastal beach at this water segment is identified as an AB411 beach. To comply with the requirements of AB411 the dry weather data collected during the time frame of April 1st to October 31st is assessed using a four percent exceedance percentage, as described in section 3.3 (and 4.3) of the Listing Policy. An assessment for dry weather single sample and the geometric mean calculation was conducted and one additional line of evidence are available in the administrative record. One of 56 geometric mean calculations exceeded the criteria for recreational use and this does not exceed the allowable limit based on the application of a four percent exceedance percentage (AB411) to section 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification for removing this water segment-pollutant combination from the section 303(d) list. 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. Forty-four of 911 samples exceeded the Shellfish Harvesting water quality objective and 2 of 911 single samples and 0 of 108 calculated geomeans exceed the water contact recreation water quality objective. None of these exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 4.2 of the Listing Policy. 4. One of 56 dry weather geometric mean calculations exceeded the total coliform criteria for recreational use and this does not exceed the allowable limit (at a four percent exceedance percentage - AB411) in section 3.3 of the Listing Policy. 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 Decision Recommendation:	After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should be removed from the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards for the pollutant 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 16859, Total Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29305

Pollutant:

Total Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples with 51 samples correlated with a storm event. Two of the 51 samples exceeded the total coliform single sample water quality objective. This information will not be used in determining a listing decision, but is of interest to the Regional Board and has been included here as additional anecdotal information.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Diego, California, Chronological Regional Temperature and Precipitation Listings by Station

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Total coliform density shall not exceed 10,000 per 100ml;

Geomean: Total coliform density shall not exceed 1,000 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16859, Total Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29303

Pollutant:

Total Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

911

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples with two exceeding the single sample maximum for total coliform.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Total coliform density shall not exceed 10,000 per 100ml;

Geomean: Total coliform density shall not exceed 1,000 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16859, Total Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29281

Pollutant:

Total Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Shellfish Harvesting

Number of Samples:

911

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples collected with 44 exceeding the shellfish single sample maximum water quality objective for total coliform.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

From the Ocean Plan, the median total coliform density shall not exceed 70 per 100 ml, and not more than 10 percent of the samples shall exceed 230 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16859, Total Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29324

Pollutant:

Indicator Bacteria

LOE Subgroup:

Health Advisories

Matrix:

-N/A

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

2555

Number of Exceedances:

204

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Data Reference:

County of Orange. March 2007. Annual Ocean and Bay Water Quality Report, 2006

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Objective/Criterion Reference:

California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Section 7960

Evaluation Guideline:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Temporal Representation:

The beach posting covers the time frame of January 2000 -December 2006.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Samples were collected in compliance with County of Orange's Quality Assessment/Quality Control document (County of Orange, 2004).

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16859, Total Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

31100

Pollutant:

Total Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Geomean: Total coliform density shall not exceed 1,000 per 100ml within any 30 day period (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Lagunita Place, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16859, Total Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29304

Pollutant:

Total Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Water Contact Recreation

Number of Samples:

108

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples and 108 monthly geomeans calculated. None of the geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

Single Sample Maximum: Total coliform density shall not exceed 10,000 per 100ml;

Geomean: Total coliform density shall not exceed 1,000 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Lagunita Place, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16859, Total Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

30304

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:

PATHOGEN MONITORING

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

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:

Guideline Reference:

Spatial Representation:

Temporal Representation:

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Unspecified

QAPP Information Reference(s):

Line of Evidence (LOE) for Decision ID 16859, Total Coliform	Region 9
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Laguna Beach HSA, at Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach

LOE ID:

29270

Pollutant:

Total Coliform

LOE Subgroup:

Pollutant-Water

Matrix:

Water

Fraction:

None

Beneficial Use:

Shellfish Harvesting

Number of Samples:

Number of Exceedances:

Data and Information Type:

PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water)

Data Used to Assess Water Quality:

Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of Orange from January 1999 through December 2007. There were 911 individual samples. Of the 911 samples, 51 were associated with a storm event. Fifteen of the 51 samples exceeded the shellfish single sample maximum water quality objective for total coliform. This information will not be used in determining a listing decision, but is of interest to the Regional Board and has been included here as additional anecdotal information.

Data Reference:

Ocean Bacteriological Data Evaluation for City of Laguna Beach, 1999 through 2006, Final Report

National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Diego, California, Chronological Regional Temperature and Precipitation Listings by Station

SWAMP Data:

Non-SWAMP

Water Quality Objective/Criterion:

From the Ocean Plan, the median total coliform density shall not exceed 70 per 100 ml, and not more than 10 percent of the samples shall exceed 230 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005).

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:

Samples were collected from Dumond Dr, station id S14, in the Laguna HSA. Lat/Long: 33.51919/-117.76302.

Temporal Representation:

Samples were collected weekly from January 1999 through December 2007; however, rainfall data is only available from March 2002 through December 2007.

Environmental Conditions:

QAPP Information:

Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion of this study was conducted in accordance with the County of Orange Quality Assessment/Quality Control document.

QAPP Information Reference(s):

County of Orange. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual, February 2004 Bacteria specific