Total Maximum Daily Load Program

Letter from Craig J. Wilson to Jerry Bowes requesting to initiate scientific peer review

Letter from Jerry Bowes to Craig J. Wilson recommending scientific peer reviewers.

Letter from Fred LaCaro (State Water Resources Control Board) to Professors Robert C. Spear, David Jenkins, Donald Weston, and John Rice at the University of California, Berkeley to request peer review of the State Water Board's Draft FED and Listing Policy.

Certification of Publication

Testimony Cards from the January 28, 2004 Public Hearing

Transcripts from the January 28, 2004 Public Hearing

Notice of comment period extension.

Testimony Cards from the February 8, 2004 Public Hearing

Transcripts from the January 28, 2004 Public Hearing (5.2 MB)

Mike Livak; Squaw Valley Ski Corporation; P.O. Box 2007; Olympic Valley, CA 96146

David Jenkins; David Jenkins and Associates; 11 Yale Circle; Kensington, CA 94708

John Rice; Department of Statistics; University of California, Berkeley; 367 Evans Hall; Berkeley, CA 94720

Nicolas Papadakis; Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments; 445 Reservation Road, Suite G; Marina, CA 93933

Art O’Brien; Environmental Utilities; Wastewater Utility; 2005 Hilltop Circle; Roseville, CA 95747

Mike Livak; Squaw Valley Ski Corporation; P.O. Box 2007; Olympic Valley, CA 96149

Greg Scoles; City of Santa Rosa; 100 Santa Rosa Avenue; Santa Rosa, CA 95402

Thomas Herman; Barman & Herman; P.O. Box 173; Eureka, CA 95502

Jack M. Stewart; California Manufacturers and Technology Association; 980 Ninth Street, Suite 2200; Sacramento, CA 95814

Alan Levine; Coast Action Group; P.O. Box 215; Point Arena, CA 95468

Rod Kubomoto; Department of Public Works, County of Los Angeles; P.O. Box 1460; Alhambra, CA 91802

Robert Howard; Operations and Maintenance Department; 115 Elm Street; Modesto, CA 95354

William E. Snyder; Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; P.O. 944246; Sacramento, CA 94244  (12.5 MB) 

Thomas Pinkos; Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; 11020 Sun Center #200; Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

Mark Smith; Charles Abbot Associates, Inc.; 371 Van Ness Way; Torrance, CA 90501

John Headlee; U.S. Army Corp of Engineers,; Sacramento District; 1325 J Street; Sacramento, CA 95814

Rita Robinson; City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation; 433 South Spring Street; Los Angeles, CA 90013

Thomas E. Mumley; TMDL Round Table, ; San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board; 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400; Oakland, CA 94612 (7.8 MB)

Rod Kubomoto; Department of Public Works, ; County of Los Angeles; 900 South Fremont Avenue; San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Roger Briggs; Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; 895 Aerovista Place, Suite 101; San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

G. Fred Lee; G. Fred Lee and Associates; 27298 East El Marcero Drive; El Marcero, CA 95618

Carl W. Mosher; City of San Jose; 801 North First Street, Rm 308; San Jose, CA 95110

Allen Short; San Joaquin Tributaries Association; P.O. Box 4060; Modesto, CA 95352

Charles Bell; National Resource Conservation Service; 430 G Street # 4164; Davis, CA 95616

Karen Henry; Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program; The City of San Diego; 19710 B Street, MS 27A; San Diego, CA 92102

Paul Helliker; Department of Pesticide Regulation; 1001 I Street; Sacramento, CA 95812

Peter McGaw; Turlock Irrigation District; 2033 North Main Street, Suite 800; Walnut Creek, CA 94596

David Fike; City of Monrovia; 415 South Ivy Avenue; Monrovia, CA 91016

Bruce Reznik; California CoastKeeper; 2515 Wilshire Boulevard; Santa Monica, CA 90403

Gerald J. Thibeault; Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board; 3737 Main Street, Suite 500; Riverside, CA 92501

Patti Krebs; Industrial Environmental Association; 701”B” Street, Suite 1445; San Diego, CA 92101

Kerry Schmitz; Sacramento County; Department of Water Resources; 827 7th Street, Room 301; Sacramento, CA 95814

Leslie A. Keane; City of Laguna Woods; 24264 El Toro Road; Laguna Woods, CA 92653

William Ault; City of Fountain Valley; 10200 Slater Avenue; Fountain Valley, CA 92708

A.J. Holmon III; City of Garden Grove; 13802 New Hope Street; Garden Grove, CA 92842

Phillip Gruenberg; Colorado River Regional Water Quality Control Board; 73-720 Fred Warning Drive, Suite 100; Palm Desert, CA 92260

Harold J. Singer; Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board; 2501 Lake Tahoe Boulevard; South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Steven Arita; Western States Petroleum Association; 1415 L Street, Suite 600; Sacramento, CA 95814

Wendell Kido; Sacramento Regional County ; Sanitation District; 10545 Armstrong Avenue; Mather, CA 95655

Alexis Strauss; USEPA Region 9; 75 Hawthorne Street; San Francisco, CA 94105

Donald Kendall; Calleguas Municipal Water District; 2100 Olsen Road; Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

John A. Robertus; San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board; 9174 Sky Park, Suite 100; San Diego, CA 92123

Larry Forester; Coalition for Practical Regulation; 2175 Cherry Avenue; Signal Hill, CA 90755

John A. Robertus; San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board; 9174 Sky Park, Suite 100; San Diego, CA 92123

Susan Damron; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; 111 North Hope Street; Los Angeles, CA 90051

Douglas S. Stack; City of Brea; 1 Civic Center Circle; Brea, CA 92821

Williams Huber; City of San Juan Capistrano; 32400 Paseo Adelanto; San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

Craig Johns; Partnership for Sound Science in Environmental Policy; 980 9th Street, Suite 2200; Sacramento, CA 95814

Larry McKenney; County of Orange; 300 North Flower Street; Santa Ana, CA 92702

Donald Freitas; Bay Area Stormwater Management; Agencies Association; 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400; Oakland, CA 94612

Sharon Duggan; Environmental Protection Information Center; 2070 Allston Way, Suite 300; Berkeley, CA 94704

Linda Sheehan; Environmental Caucus of the AB 982 Public Advisory Group; 116 New Montgomery Street, Suite 810; San Francisco, CA 94105 (16.6 MB)

Kennneth H. Rosenfield P.E.; City of Laguna Hills; 25201 Paseo de Alicia; Laguna Hills, CA92653

Val Connor, State Water Resources Control Board, SWAMP Roundtable; 1001 I Street; Sacramento, CA 95814

Mike Loving; One Civic Center plaza; Irvine, CA 92662

Terry Roberts; State Clearing House; 1400 Tenth Street; Sacramento, CA 95812

Victoria Conway; Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts; 1955 Workman Mill Road; Whittier, CA 90607

Desi Alvarez; Stormwater Program; 1111 Brookshire Avenue; Downey, CA 90241

Desi Alvarez; Stormwater Program; 1111 Brookshire Avenue; Downey, CA 90241

Robert Lucas; California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance; 100 Spear Street; San Francisco, CA 94105

Karen Ashby; California Stormwater Quality Association; P.O. Box 2313; Livermore, CA 94551

Bill Busath; City of Sacramento; Department of Utilities; 1395 35the Avenue; Livermore, CA 94551

Gary W. LaForge; City of Costa Mesa; 77 Fair Drive; Costa Mesa, CA 92628

Travis Lange; City of Santa Clarita; 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 300; Santa Clarita, CA

Sharon Green and Raymond Miller; Tri-TAC and SCAP; P.O. Box 4998; Whittier, CA 90607

Timothy Piasky; Construction Industry Coalition on Water Quality; 2149 East Garvey Avenue, Suite A-11; West Covina, CA 91791

Bruce Wolfe; San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board; 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400; Oakland , CA 94612

Rodney Anderson and Bonnie Teaford; City of Burbank; 275 East Olive Avenue; Burbank, CA 91510

Valerie Nera; California Chamber of Commerce; 1215 K. Street, Suite 1400; Sacramento, CA 95812

Rex Hime; California Business Properties Association; 1121 L Street; Sacramento, CA 95812

Jon Van Rhyn; Department of Public Works,; County of San Diego; 5555 Overland Avenue; San Diego, CA 92123

Clifford Moriyama; California Coalition for Clean Water; 1121 L Street, Suite 809; Sacramento, CA 95814

Gary Lorden; California Institute of Technology,; Department of Mathematics; 355 South Holliston Avenue; Pasadena, CA 91125

Roberta Larson; California Association of Sanitation Agencies; 925 L Street, Suite 1400; Sacramento, CA 95814

David Williams; East Bay Municipal Utility District; P.O. Box 24055; Oakland, CA 94623

Tracy Egoscue; Santa Monica BayKeeper; P.O. Box 10096; Marina del Rey, CA 90295

Lawrence Jackson Jr.; Ventura County Watershed Protection District; 800 South Victoria Avenue; Ventura, CA 93009

Donald Weston; University of California, Berkeley; 3060 Valley Life Science Building; Berkeley, CA 94720

Lawrence Pierce; Department of Public Works; 33282 Golden Lantern; Dana Point, CA 92629

Donald Jensen; City of Santa Fe Springs; 11710 Telegraphs Road; Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Dennis A. Dickerson; Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board; 230 West Fourth Street; Los Angeles, CA 90013

Byron Sher; California State Senate; State Capital 2082; Sacramento, CA 95814

Jane De Lay; Save Our Shores; 345 Lake Avenu1708e, Suite A; Santa Cruz, CA 94501

Emily Dean; Sonoma County Water Agency; 2150 West College Avenue; Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Final Functional Equivalent Document Water Quality Control Policy for Developing California’s Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List; Appendix A: Water Quality Control Policy, and Appendix B: Response to Comments. (22.5 MB)

Notice of Public Workshop through Lyris and mailing list

Public Workshop Agenda

Agenda Item, State Water Resources Control Board Workshop, Item 10

Workshop Testimony Cards

Workshop Transcript

Patti Krebs; Industrial Environmental Association; 701 B Street; San Diego, CA 92101

273 Individuals; Identical postcards sent from the Public. (10.6 MB)

Mark S. Norris; City of Qxnard; Public Works/Wastewater Division; 6001 South Perkins Rd.; Oxnard, CA 93033

Victor Weisser; California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance; 100 Spear Street, Suite 100; San Francisco, CA 94105

Craig Johns; Partnership for Sound Science in Environmental Policy; 980 9th Street, Suite 2200; Sacramento, CA 95814

Greg Scoles; City of Santa Rosa; 100 Santa Rosa Avenue; P.O. Box 1678; Santa Rosa, CA 95402

Alexis Strauss; USEPA, Region 9; 75 Hawthorne Street; San Francisco, CA 94105

Craig Johns; AB 982 PAG Regulated Caucus; 980 9th Street, Suite 2200; Sacramento, CA 95814

Steven Arita; Western States Petroleum Association; 1115 11th Street, Suite 150; Sacramento, CA 95814

Chris Crompton; County of Orange – Resources & Development Management Department; 300 N. Flower Street; Santa Ana, CA 92702

Armand Ruby; Consulting Environmental Scientist; 1032 Morris Circle; Woodland, CA 95776

Desi Alvarez, P.E.; City of Downey; Executive Advisory Committee ; Stormwater Program – County of Los Angeles; 1111 Brookshire Avenue; Downey, CA 90241

Gary Lorden, Ph.D.; Mathematics Department; Caltech ; Pasadena, CA 91125

Victoria O. Conway; County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County; 1955 Workman Mill Road; Whittier, CA 90601

Tom Mumley; San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board/ TMDL Round Table; 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400; Oakland, CA 94612

Rita L. Robertson; City of Los Angeles,; Department of Public Works; Bureau of Sanitation; 433 South Spring Street; Los Angeles, CA 90013

Roberta Larson; Tri-TAC and CASA; 6th Street, 3rd Floor; Sacramento, CA 95814

Linda Sheehan and Sarah Newkirk; The Ocean Conservancy; 116 New Montgomery Street, Suite 810; San Francisco, CA 94105 (10.9 MB)

David Moore; MEC-Weston Solutions; 2433 Impala Drive; Carlsbad, CA 92009

Paul H. Gosselin; Department of Pesticide Regulation; 1001 I Street; Sacramento, CA 95812

Raymond Miller; SCAP; 30200 Rancho Viejo Road, Suite B; San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

Karen Ashley; California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA); P.O. Box 2105; Menlo Park, CA 94026

Draft Final Functional Equivalent Document, Appendix A: Draft Final Policy, Appendix B: Responses to Comments (24.5 MB)

Public Notice of the State Water Resources Control Board Meetings, Agenda, and mailing lists

Agenda Item, Board Meeting, Item 9

State Water Resources Control Board, Resolution No. 2004-0063

Testimony Cards from the September 30, 2004 Board Meeting

Transcripts from the September 30, 2004 Board Meeting

Approved Final Functional Equivalent Document, Appendix A: Final Policy, Appendix B: Responses to Comments (24.8 MB)

Adopted Water Quality Control Policy for Developing California’s Section 303(d) List

Gary Lorden; Caltech; Pasadena, CA 91125

Craig S.J. John; AB 982 Public Advisory Group; California Resource Strategies; 980 9th Street, Suite 2200; Sacramento, CA 95814

Larry Forester; Coalition for Practical Regulation; 2175 Cherry Avenue; Signal Hill, CA 90755

Eugene Mitchell; San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce; Emerald Plaza; 402 West Broadway, Suite 1000; San Diego, CA 92101

Desi Alvarez; Executive Advisory Committee Program – County of Los Angeles

AB 982 PAG. 2002. Meeting Agenda Packages: February, March, July and October. Sacramento: AB 982 Public Advisory Group.  (5 MB)

AB 982 PAG. 2003. Meeting Agenda Packages: July. Sacramento: AB 982 Public Advisory Group.

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American Society for Testing Materials. 2002b. Standard guide for conducting Daphnia magna life-cycle toxicity test.In Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 11.05. E 1193-97. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International. pp. 430-447.

American Society for Testing Materials. 2002c. Standard guide for conducting early life-stage toxicity test with fishes.In Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 11.05. E 1241-98. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International. pp 507-535.

American Society for Testing and Materials. 2002d. Standard guide for conducting the frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX). In Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 11.05. E 1439-98. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International. pp. 790-805.

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American Society for Testing Materials. 2002g. Standard guide for conducting 10-day static sediment toxicity tests with marine and estuarine amphipods. In Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 11.05. E 1367-99. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International. pp. 693-719.

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Sediment Chemistry, Toxicity, and Benthic Community Conditions in Selected Bodies of the Los Angeles Region. 1998. Final Report. State Water Resources Control Board, California Department of Fish and Game, University of California Santa Cruz and San Jose State University.

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