Draft General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Irrigated Lands (Agricultural Order)

Draft General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Irrigated Lands (Agricultural Order)

The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region (CCWB) is responsible for the protection of water quality in the central coast region. This region includes approximately 538,940 acres of irrigated farmland in nine counties, representing one of the most productive agricultural regions in the state and the country. CCWB currently regulates discharges from irrigated agriculture under its Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, using a permit called a Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) that applies to owners and operators of irrigated land throughout the region used for commercial crop production. The Proposed Project would include the issuance of a permit regulating discharges from irrigated lands and the activities that would result from compliance with such a permit. The Proposed Project would replace the existing permit regulating agricultural discharges that are established under Agricultural Order 3.0. The Proposed Project would establish Agricultural Order 4.0. [See also "Project Description" in DEIR for more information.]

Multiple

Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), 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, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW)

Other (n/a - Regulation of waste discharge from agriculture)

WDR

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire