General Order Waste Discharge Requirements for Small-Scale Dredging in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

General Order Waste Discharge Requirements for Small-Scale Dredging in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

The Regional Board proposes to adopt two separate Tentative General Order Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) to regulate small-scale dredging projects in the Delta. One of the Tentative WDRs covers hydraulic dredging projects that remove less than 100,000 cubic yards of material. The dredge material slurry from hydraulic dredging will be placed in a diked disposal facility on land. The material may be removed after drying for reuse at other sites. The other Tentative WDRs covers clamshell dredging projects removing less than 100,000 cubic yards of material with direct placement on land for beneficial reuse (such as for levee work). The EIR will provide a program-level discussion of dredging projects in the Delta and will provide an analysis from which the environmental review of future projects can be "tiered". The tiering process will enable the Regional Board to streamline the environmental analysis of subsequent projects, focusing on site or project-specific environmental concerns. The exact details of the types of projects to be covered might be modified slightly during CEQA process, but the intent to adopt General Order WDRs to regulate small-scale dredging projects in the Delta will remain the same.

Antioch, Brentwood, Isleton, Rio Vista, Sacramento, Sacramento, Stockton, Rio Vista, Tracy, Antioch, Brentwood, ..., Stockton, Tracy

Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Protection Commission, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT)

California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT)

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Transportation, Biological and Cultural Resources