| Water Body Name: | Morning Canyon Creek |
| Water Body ID: | CAR8011100020011119091625 |
| Water Body Type: | River & Stream |
DECISION ID |
149159 |
Region 8 |
Morning Canyon Creek |
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| Pollutant: | Indicator Bacteria |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2018) |
| Revision Status | Revised |
| Sources: | A Source Unknown |
| Expected TMDL Completion Date: | 2037 |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | This pollutant is being considered for removal from the CWA section 303(d) List under sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Listing Policy. Under these sections a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status. The State Water Board’s Water Quality Control Plan for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California (the “ISWEBE Plan”) contains two bacteria water quality objectives applicable to the REC-1 beneficial use, which were adopted on August 7, 2018. If the salinity level of a waterbody is equal to or less than 1 part per thousand 95 percent or more of the time, the E. coli bacteria objective applies; otherwise, the enterococci objective applies. There are three monitoring stations included in the assessment for this waterbody. One station is located upstream from Hwy 1 (referred to as Morning Canyon Creek 1 (mc1)-upper part of Morning Canyon Creek at Surrey Street) and is likely freshwater, while the other two stations are located at the outlet to the Newport Coast (P3-OC6, and Morning Canyon Creek 2 (mc2) (lower part of Morning Canyon Creek at Morning Canyon Beach) with measured conductivity results exceeding the equivalent of one part per thousand salinity. Therefore, this waterbody is being considered for removal from the CWA section 303(d) List under section 4.3 of the Listing Policy using the both the E. coli and Enterococci objectives until such time as the waterbody is resegmented into two distinct reaches and stations are assigned the appropriate freshwater or marine designation for assessment. Although new E.coli geomean and STV data exist for this waterbody, the data were collected at station P3-OC6 (Morning Canyon at Morning Canyon Beach) where the conductivity data indicate that it should be assessed against the enterococci objectives because the salinity >1 ppt, > 5% of the time. These data were not assessed because of the incorrect indicator. No new enterococci data exist in CEDEN for this creek. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met (LOE # 306270 and LOE # 306271). Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification for keeping this water segment-pollutant combination on the CWA 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 following information indicates that the water quality standard is not being attained: Reassessment of data for Morning Canyon Creek shows the following: the average enterococci geomean for Morning Canyon was 366 mpn/100 ml for dry weather and 6,351 mpn/100 ml for wet weather; the average enterococci geomean for station mc2 was 576 mpn/100 mL. The data were collected by Weston Solutions from September 2005-February 2006 for the City of Newport Beach and from Coastkeeper from November 21, 2005- April 10, 2006 and are presented in Tables 10 and 11, respectively, of the 2020 Newport Coast Bacteria Impairment Assessment Report. 3. Two of 2 geomeans (Table 12) exceed the 30 cfu/100ml enterococci geomean objective and this sample size is insufficient to determine, with the power and confidence of the Listing Policy, the applicable beneficial use support rating. The data were collected from January 2, 2019 through June 4, 2019 and are presented in Table 12 of the 2020 Newport Coast Bacteria Impairment Assessment Report. 4. Five of six samples exceed the enterococci statistical threshold value (STV) objective and this does exceed the frequency listed in Table 3.2. The data were collected from January 2, 2019 through June 4, 2019 and are presented in Table 12 of the 2020 Newport Coast Bacteria Impairment Assessment Report. 5. This process is scientifically defensible and reproducible. No new data were assessed this cycle. The decision has not changed. From 2010 Listing Cycle: USEPA Final Approval Decision Details: The November 12, 2010 USEPA partial approval letter and the October 11, 2011 final approval letter both from Alexis Strauss, USEPA Region 9, to Tom Howard, SWRCB, concluded the following: USEPA added Morning Canyon Creek to the list of water quality limited segments requiring a TMDL for indicator bacteria. This water body is designated as a Water Contact Recreation (REC1) water body either explicitly or implicitly as tributaries to other designated segments (RWQCB Santa Ana Region, 2008, Table 3-1, pp.3-23 - 3-35). The Santa Ana Basin Plan has the following water quality objective for fecal coliform to protect REC1 beneficial use: Fecal coliform: log mean less than 200 organisms/100 mL based on five or more samples/30 day period, and not more than 10% of the samples exceed 400 organisms/100 mL for any 30-day period. (RWQCB Santa Ana Region, 2008, pp.4-9) Recent monitoring data collected in this water body measures Escherichia coli (E. coli) indicator bacteria. E. coli is one species within the broader category of fecal coliform bacteria and monitoring data for E. coli can be used to evaluate whether the fecal coliform objective is being met in the subject water body. In addition, USEPA has recommended that California use USEPA's Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria (1986) when there is no adopted E. coli standard. Specifically, USEPA recommends that for REC1 beneficial use the following criteria be used: Steady state geometric mean indicator density - 126 indicator densities/100ml Designated beach area (upper 75% confidence limit) - 235 indicator densities/100ml (EPA, 1986, Table 4, pp.15) USEPA compared the E. coli data for this water body to the Basin Plan's fecal coliform objective, as well as to USEPA's recommended E. coli criteria and the results were: 1. Seventeen of the 61 samples taken exceeded the USEPA E. coli criteria (235 organisms/100ml). 2. Nine of the 61 samples taken exceeded the Basin Plan objective for fecal coliform (400 organisms/100ml). Most of the exceedances occurred in the 34 samples from site Morning Creek 2 (mc2) For this water body sufficient exceedances of the fecal coliform objective and the USEPA recommended criteria exist to merit listings per the 10% exceedance threshold for conventional pollutants expressed in Table 3.2 of the State Listing Policy. For historical clarification, the Regional and State Water Board detailed decision recommendations made prior to USEPA's final decision are presented in their respective recommendation fields in this decision. Note: All lines of evidence (LOEs) previously made by the Regional Boards have been revised where necessary in accordance with USEPA's final decision. |
| Regional Board 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. |
| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: | No new data were assessed this cycle. The decision has not changed. From 2010 Listing Cycle: USEPA Final Approval Decision Details: The November 12, 2010 USEPA partial approval letter and the October 11, 2011 final approval letter both from Alexis Strauss, USEPA Region 9, to Tom Howard, SWRCB, concluded the following: USEPA added Morning Canyon Creek to the list of water quality limited segments requiring a TMDL for indicator bacteria. This water body is designated as a Water Contact Recreation (REC1) water body either explicitly or implicitly as tributaries to other designated segments (RWQCB Santa Ana Region, 2008, Table 3-1, pp.3-23 - 3-35). The Santa Ana Basin Plan has the following water quality objective for fecal coliform to protect REC1 beneficial use: Fecal coliform: log mean less than 200 organisms/100 mL based on five or more samples/30 day period, and not more than 10% of the samples exceed 400 organisms/100 mL for any 30-day period. (RWQCB Santa Ana Region, 2008, pp.4-9) Recent monitoring data collected in this water body measures Escherichia coli (E. coli) indicator bacteria. E. coli is one species within the broader category of fecal coliform bacteria and monitoring data for E. coli can be used to evaluate whether the fecal coliform objective is being met in the subject water body. In addition, USEPA has recommended that California use USEPA's Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria (1986) when there is no adopted E. coli standard. Specifically, USEPA recommends that for REC1 beneficial use the following criteria be used: Steady state geometric mean indicator density - 126 indicator densities/100ml Designated beach area (upper 75% confidence limit) - 235 indicator densities/100ml (EPA, 1986, Table 4, pp.15) USEPA compared the E. coli data for this water body to the Basin Plan's fecal coliform objective, as well as to USEPA's recommended E. coli criteria and the results were: 1. Seventeen of the 61 samples taken exceeded the USEPA E. coli criteria (235 organisms/100ml). 2. Nine of the 61 samples taken exceeded the Basin Plan objective for fecal coliform (400 organisms/100ml). Most of the exceedances occurred in the 34 samples from site Morning Creek 2 (mc2) For this water body sufficient exceedances of the fecal coliform objective and the USEPA recommended criteria exist to merit listings per the 10% exceedance threshold for conventional pollutants expressed in Table 3.2 of the State Listing Policy. For historical clarification, the Regional and State Water Board detailed decision recommendations made prior to USEPA's final decision are presented in their respective recommendation fields in this decision. Note: All lines of evidence (LOEs) previously made by the Regional Boards have been revised where necessary in accordance with USEPA's final decision. |
| State Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of this Regional Board decision, SWRCB staff recommend the decision be approved by the State Board. |
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| LOE ID: | 21466 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Escherichia coli (E. coli) | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 27 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 4 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Of the 27 samples taken by Orange County Coast Keeper Coastal Watersheds Project, 4 exceeded USEPA's recommended single sample standard and 1 exceeded the Basin Plan fecal coliform objective.
These samples were from sampling station Morning Creek 1 (mc1) |
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| Data Reference: | Orange County Coast Keeper Coastal Watersheds Project | ||||
| USEPA Partial Approval Disapproval Letter and enclosures for California's 2008-2010 303(d) List | |||||
| USEPA Final Decision Letter with enclosures and responsiveness summary regarding waters added to California's 2008-2010 303(d) List | |||||
| USEPA Region 9 data summary for addition of indicator bacteria to California 2010 303(d) list for some Santa Ana River - Region 8 water bodies | |||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | USEPA Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria -1986: E. coli: log mean less than 126 organisms/100 mL based on five or more samples per 30-day period, and not more than 10% of the samples exceed 235 organisms/100mL for any 30 day period.
Santa Ana Region Basin Plan objective for Fecal coliform: log mean less than 200 organisms/100 mL based on five or more samples/30 day period, and not more than 10% of the samples exceed 400 organisms/100 mL for any 30-day period. (RWQCB Santa Ana Region, 2008, pp.4-9) |
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| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria - 1986. EPA440/5-84-002 | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were taken at one location, Morning Creek 1 (mc1).
mc1 is Located in Newport Beach in the upper part of Morning Canyon Creek at Surrey Street. |
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| Temporal Representation: | The samples were taken monthly starting on March 8, 2004 through April 10, 2006. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Staff is not aware of any special conditions that might effect interpretation of the data. | ||||
| QAPP Information: | The data's quality is deemed appropriate because it was obtained under the auspices of a QAPP approved by the Regional Board. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 306271 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Narrative Description Data | ||||
| Matrix: | -N/A | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 0 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | ASSESSMENTS BASED ON DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed historical bacterial indicator data and recent data not available in CEDEN for Morning Canyon Creek to determine beneficial use support and summarized the results in a report. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Newport Coast Streams Bacteria Impairment Assessment. Santa Ana Regional Quality Control Board. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial use where the salinity is 1 ppth or higher 95 percent or more of the time applies a Statistical Threshold Value to enterococcus of 110 cfu/100 mL, not to be exceeded by more than 10 percent of samples collected within in a calendar month. (ISWEBE 2018) | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries Plan. Part 1: Trash Provisions; Part 2: Tribal Subsistence Beneficial Uses and Mercury Provisions; Part 3: Bacteria Provisions and Variance Policy | ||||
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| QAPP Information: | The data and summary of enterococci data for Morning Canyon creek are in the final report prepared by Region 8 staff, dated August 27, 2020. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | Newport Coast Streams Bacteria Impairment Assessment. Santa Ana Regional Quality Control Board. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 306270 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Narrative Description Data | ||||
| Matrix: | -N/A | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 0 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | ASSESSMENTS BASED ON DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed historical bacterial indicator data and recent data not available in CEDEN for Morning Canyon Creek to determine beneficial use support and summarized the results in a report. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Newport Coast Streams Bacteria Impairment Assessment. Santa Ana Regional Quality Control Board. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial use where the salinity is 1 ppth or higher 95 percent or more of the time applies a six-week rolling geomean to enterococcus, not to exceed 30 cfu/100mL. (ISWEBE 2018) | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries Plan. Part 1: Trash Provisions; Part 2: Tribal Subsistence Beneficial Uses and Mercury Provisions; Part 3: Bacteria Provisions and Variance Policy | ||||
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| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | The data and summary of enterococci data for Morning Canyon creek are in the final report prepared by Region 8 staff, dated August 27, 2020. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | Newport Coast Streams Bacteria Impairment Assessment. Santa Ana Regional Quality Control Board. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 21467 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Escherichia coli (E. coli) | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 34 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 13 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Of the 34 samples taken by Orange County Coast Keeper Coastal Watersheds Project, 13 exceeded USEPA's recommended single sample standard and 8 exceeded the Basin Plan fecal coliform objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Orange County Coast Keeper Coastal Watersheds Project | ||||
| USEPA Partial Approval Disapproval Letter and enclosures for California's 2008-2010 303(d) List | |||||
| USEPA Final Decision Letter with enclosures and responsiveness summary regarding waters added to California's 2008-2010 303(d) List | |||||
| USEPA Region 9 data summary for addition of indicator bacteria to California 2010 303(d) list for some Santa Ana River - Region 8 water bodies | |||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | USEPA Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria -1986: E. coli: log mean less than 126 organisms/100 mL based on five or more samples per 30-day period, and not more than 10% of the samples exceed 235 organisms/100mL for any 30 day period.
Region 8 Basin Plan objective for Fecal coliform: log mean less than 200 organisms/100 mL based on five or more samples/30 day period, and not more than 10% of the samples exceed 400 organisms/100 mL for any 30-day period. (RWQCB Santa Ana Region, 2008, pp.4-9) |
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| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria - 1986. EPA440/5-84-002 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were taken at one location: Morning Creek 2 (mc2).
mc2 is located in Newport Beach in the lower part of Morning Canyon Creek at Morning Canyon beach. |
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| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected monthly starting on March 8, 2004 through April 10, 2006. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Staff is not aware of any special conditions that might effect interpretation of the data. | ||||
| QAPP Information: | The data's quality is deemed appropriate because it was obtained under the auspices of a QAPP approved by the Regional Board. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | |||||
DECISION ID |
132684 |
Region 8 |
Morning Canyon Creek |
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| Pollutant: | Oxygen, Dissolved |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2018) |
| Revision Status | Revised |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | Insufficient information is available to determine beneficial use support for this waterbody-pollutant combination with the statistical power and confidence required by the Listing Policy. Beneficial use support will be reassessed in a future cycle, if more data are available |
| 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. The readily available data and information is insufficient to determine, with the power and confidence of the Listing Policy, the applicable beneficial use support rating. |
| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: | |
| State Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of the available data and information, SWRCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be placed on the section 303(d) list because it cannot be determined if applicable water quality standards are not being exceeded. |
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| LOE ID: | 237009 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Oxygen, Dissolved | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | Not Recorded | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 11 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed Santa Ana River Regional Monitoring Program data for Morning Canyon Creek to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 0 of 11 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Oxygen, Dissolved. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Field, WQ data from the California Environmental Data Exchange Network assembled for the 2024 Integrated Report in Region 8. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The dissolved oxygen content of surface waters shall not be depressed below 5 mg/L for waters designated WARM as a result of controllable water quality factors (Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana Basin, Chapter 4 Water Quality Objectives, Inland Surface Waters). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site: P3-OC6 (Morning Canyon Creek at Morning Canyon Beach3). | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the dates of 2018-12-12 and 2019-06-04 | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | CDM Smith. 2019. Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 236854 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Oxygen, Dissolved | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | Total | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 10 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed Santa Ana River Regional Monitoring Program data for Morning Canyon Creek to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 0 of 10 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Oxygen, Dissolved. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Field, WQ data from the California Environmental Data Exchange Network assembled for the 2024 Integrated Report in Region 8. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The dissolved oxygen content of surface waters shall not be depressed below 5 mg/L for waters designated WARM as a result of controllable water quality factors (Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana Basin, Chapter 4 Water Quality Objectives, Inland Surface Waters). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site: P3-OC6 (Morning Canyon Creek at Morning Canyon Beach3). | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the dates of 2016-11-04 and 2017-07-13 | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | CDM Smith. 2019. Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 81797 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Oxygen, Dissolved | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | Dissolved | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 1 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Numeric data generated from 1 sample of Dissolved Oxygen concentrations had no exceedences. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for bacteria in various waterbodies, Feb. 2005-May 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The dissolved oxygen content of all surface waters designated as "Warm Freshwater Habitat" must be greater than 5.0 mg/L. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected from the Morning Canyon - fresh water station. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | One sample was collected in May 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | NPDES quality assurance. | ||||
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DECISION ID |
132686 |
Region 8 |
Morning Canyon Creek |
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| Pollutant: | Temperature, water |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2018) |
| Revision Status | Revised |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | This pollutant is being considered for placement on the CWA section 303(d) List under section 3.2 of the Listing Policy. Zero samples exceeded the objectives, guidelines, or criteria for beneficial uses applicable to this water segment-pollutant combination, which is less than the minimum number of exceedances needed to place the water segment on the section CWA section 303(d) List for conventional or other pollutants (Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy). The data used satisfies the data quality requirements (section 6.1.4) and data quantity requirements (section 6.1.5) of the Listing Policy. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met. 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 CWA section 303(d) List. |
| 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: | |
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| LOE ID: | 28937 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Temperature, water | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 70 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Of the 70 samples collected, 0 exceeded the Basin Plan Objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Orange County Coast Keeper Coastal Watersheds Project | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Temperature objectives for natural receiving water are specified in the ¿Water Quality Control Plan.¿ The natural receiving water temperature of inland surface waters shall not be altered unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Regional Board that such alteration in temperature does not adversely affect beneficial uses. The temperature of waters designated WARM shall not be raised above 90°F June through October or above 78°F during the rest of the year as a result of controllable water quality factors. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at two stations: Morning Canyon Creek 1 and Morning Canyon Creek 2 | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected monthly starting on 3/8/2004 through 3/27/2006. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | The data's quality is deemed acceptable because it was collected under the auspices of a Regional Board staff's approved quality assurance plan. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 237720 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Temperature, water | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | Not Recorded | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 12 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed Santa Ana River Regional Monitoring Program data for Morning Canyon Creek to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 0 of 12 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Temperature. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Field, WQ data from the California Environmental Data Exchange Network assembled for the 2024 Integrated Report in Region 8. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The temperature of waters designated WARM shall not be raised above 90 degrees F June through October or above 78 degrees F during the rest of the year as a result of controllable water quality factors (Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana Basin, Chapter 4 Water Quality Objectives, Inland Surface Waters). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site: P3-OC6 (Morning Canyon Creek at Morning Canyon Beach3). | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the dates of 2016-11-07 and 2019-06-04 | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | CDM Smith. 2019. Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program | ||||
DECISION ID |
132685 |
Region 8 |
Morning Canyon Creek |
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| Pollutant: | pH |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2018) |
| Revision Status | Revised |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | This pollutant is being considered for placement on the CWA section 303(d) List under section 3.2 of the Listing Policy. Under section 3.2 a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status. Three lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Zero of the 84 samples exceed the WARM pH 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 CWA 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. Zero of the 84 samples exceed the WARM pH objective and this does not exceed 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. |
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| LOE ID: | 237401 | ||||
| Pollutant: | pH | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 12 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed Santa Ana River Regional Monitoring Program data for Morning Canyon Creek to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 0 of 12 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for pH. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Field, WQ data from the California Environmental Data Exchange Network assembled for the 2024 Integrated Report in Region 8. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The pH of inland surface waters shall not be raised above 8.5 or depressed below 6.5 as a result of controllable water quality factors (The Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana Basin, Chapter 4 Water Quality Objectives, Inland Surface Waters). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site: P3-OC6 (Morning Canyon Creek at Morning Canyon Beach3). | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the dates of 2016-11-07 and 2019-06-04 | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | CDM Smith. 2019. Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | Santa Ana River Watershed Bacteria Monitoring Program | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 21444 | ||||
| Pollutant: | pH | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 71 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | of the 71 samples collected, none exceeded the Basin Plan's objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Orange County Coast Keeper Coastal Watersheds Project | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Basin Plan Objective: The ph of inland surface waters shall not be raised above 8.5 pH units or depressed below 6.5 pH units as a result of controllable water quality factors. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at two stations: Morning Canyon 1 and Morning Canyon 2. Morning Canyon 1 is located in Newport Beach in Upper Morning Canyon Creek at Surrey street.
Morning Canyon 2 is Located in Newport Beach in lower Morning Canyon Creek at Morning Canyon Beach. |
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| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected monthly starting with March 8, 2004 through April 10, 2006. | ||||
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| QAPP Information: | The data's quality is deemed acceptable because it was collected under the auspices of a Regional Board staff's approved quality assurance plan. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 81798 | ||||
| Pollutant: | pH | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | Dissolved | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 1 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Numeric data generated from 1 sample of pH data had no exceedences. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for bacteria in various waterbodies, Feb. 2005-May 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The pH of all inland surface waters shall not be depressed below 6.5 or raised above 8.5 as a result of waste discharges. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan, Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected from the Morning Canyon station. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | One sample was collected on 5/5/2007. | ||||
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| QAPP Information: | NPDES quality assurance. | ||||
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DECISION ID |
72961 |
Region 8 |
Morning Canyon Creek |
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| Pollutant: | Ammonia (Unionized) |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not List on 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2016) |
| Revision Status | Original |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | There was no new data considered in the 2014 Listing Cycle, this previously made decision will carryover. The following description applies to an earlier Listing Cycle.
This pollutant is being considered for placement on the section 303(d) list under section 3.1 of the Listing Policy. Under section 3.1 a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status. One (1) lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Two (2) of the samples exceed the water quality 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. Two (2) of sixty-six (66) samples exceeded the Basin Plan and this does not exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.1 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: | This is a decision previously approved by the State Water Resources Control Board and the USEPA. No new data were assessed by the Regional Board for the current. The decision has not changed. |
| 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. |
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| LOE ID: | 8509 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Ammonia (Unionized) | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Warm Freshwater Habitat | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 66 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 2 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Of the 66 samples collected, two exceeded the Basin Plan's objective. One of these exceedances occurred in the Morning Canyon 1 sampling station and the other exceedence occurred in the Morning Canyon 2 sampling station. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Orange County Coast Keeper Coastal Watersheds Project | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Basin Plan Objective: The objective varies according to the temperature of the water being sampled and ranged during the sampling period as follows: 0.19 mg/l - 0.50 mg/l | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at two stations in the Morning Canyon: Morning Canyon 1 (mc1) and Morning Canyon 2 (mc2) | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were taken monthly starting with 3/8/2004 through 3/27/2006 | ||||
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| QAPP Information: | The data's quality is deemed acceptable because it was collected under the auspices of a Regional Board staff's approved quality assurance plan. | ||||
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