Waste Discharge Requirements for Nonpoint Source Discharges Related to Certain Activities Conducted by the USFS and the BLM on Federal Lands

Waste Discharge Requirements for Nonpoint Source Discharges Related to Certain Activities Conducted by the USFS and the BLM on Federal Lands

The Central Valley Water Board intends to establish the proposed Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for NPS Discharges Related to Certain Activities Conducted by the USFS and BLM on Federal Lands (Proposed Project or Federal NPS Permit). This permit would regulate NPS discharges from federal lands related to the following activities K::onducted by the USFS and BLM: vegetation management, transportation management, recreation facilities management, post-emergency recovery, restoration activities, and emergency response activities2. As described further below, the proposed Federal NPS Permit would include requirements for best management practice (BMP) implementation and effectiveness monitoring; actively addressing Controllable Sediment Discharge Sources (CSDS), and conditions for post-fire management and reforestation planning.

Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba

Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (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 State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

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

Other (Nonpoint source activities)

Regional General permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Public Services, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire