The State Water Board is developing amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for
Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California: Sediment Quality Provisions. The amendments to the plan include application and implementation of the sediment quality objective (SQO) protecting benthic communities from direct exposure to pollutants in sediments, and application and implementation of the SQO protecting human consumers of resident sportfish from contaminants that bioaccumulate from sediment into fish tissue.
The Proposed Amendments and related documents and information are available on the State Water Board’s web site at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/bptcp/sediment.shtml
The State Water Resources Control Board will receive public comments on the Proposed Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California: Sediment Quality Provisions, and the Draft Staff Report including the Draft Substitute Environmental Documentation at a Public Hearing scheduled for December 5th at Cal-EPA headquarters in Sacramento. Public comments will also be accepted in writing and must be received no later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, December 14, 2017.
- For the notice of opportunity to comment, click here.
- For the program page at the State Water Board website, click here.
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