General Waste Discharge Requirements for Vineyards Discharges in the Napa River and Sonoma Creek Watershed

General Waste Discharge Requirements for Vineyards Discharges in the Napa River and Sonoma Creek Watershed

The proposed General Waste Discharge (WDRs) would regulate discharges from vineyards in the Napa River and Sonoma Creek watersheds. The General WDRs would apply to a group of new and existing vineyards (including replants), based on eligibility criteria described in the Notice of Preparation and attached Initial Study. The eligible vineyards would be required to 1) submit a Notice of Intent to comply, 2) prepare a Farm Water Quality Plan that identifies potential sediment sources and management practices to reduce those discharges, 3) implement the chosen management practices, and 4) submit an annual compliance report that would identify what actions were taken to control sediment discharges. The General WDRs would regulate discharges in order to achieve the performance standards for sediment and storm runoff set forth in the sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Napa River and Sonoma Creek with the overarching goals of reducing nonpoint source pollutant discharges from vineyards and protecting and enhancing beneficial uses, including the protection of anadromous fish habitat.

American Canyon, Calistoga, Napa, Napa, St. Helena, Yountville, Calistoga, American Canyon, ..., St. Helena, Vallejo, Yountville

Napa, Sonoma

Cal Fire, California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Delta Protection Commission, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

Other (Water Quality Regulation, General WDRs)

Permit

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