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Following is a timeline of events for the State Board’s development of the ASBS Special | Following is a timeline of events for the State Board’s development of the ASBS Special | ||
Protections and the City’s request for an exception: | Protections and the City’s request for an exception: | ||
| − | 2004 | + | *''2004'' State Board notifies ASBS dischargers of the requirement to prohibit waste discharges into the ASBS. |
| − | 2005 | + | *''2005'' Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board drafts Cease and Desist Orders (CDO) to require Pacific Grove, Monterey and others to either apply for and receive an exception to the Ocean Plan or cease the discharge of storm water runoff into the ASBS. The CDOs have been held in abeyance while State Board drafts Special Protections and conducts the CEQA review of a General Exception. |
| − | 2005 | + | *''2005'' State Board requires municipalities and other discharges to apply for exceptions to the Ocean Plan to allow the discharges to continue. |
| − | 2006 | + | *''2006'' State Board releases initial draft Special Protections to address storm water and |
nonpoint source discharges into ASBS. | nonpoint source discharges into ASBS. | ||
| − | 2006 | + | *''2006'' City of Pacific Grove submits one of twenty-seven ASBS Exception Requests |
| − | 2007 | + | *''2007'' State Board deems City of Pacific Grove exception request to be complete (see Attachment 3). |
| − | 2008 | + | *''2008'' State Board issues revised draft Special Protections |
| − | 2008-2009 | + | *''2008-2009'' Central Coast ASBS jurisdictions develop proposal for a Regional Monitoring Program |
| − | 2010 | + | *''2010'' State Board issues CEQA Initial Study and Notice of Preparation of an EIR for a General Exception to discharges into ASBS statewide |
| − | 2011 | + | *''2011'' State Board issues CEQA Draft Program Environmental Impact Report and sets hearings for adoption of the Special Protections (see Attachment 5) |
Revision as of 18:35, 1 April 2012
A watershed-related issue examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.
Contents
Summary
Location
The City of Pacific Grove, California
Stakeholders[1]
- City of Pacific Grove
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- Monterey Coastkeeper
- Tourism Industry
- MPAs
- Friends of the Otter
- Areas of Special Biological Significance on Monterey Peninsula (ASBS)
- California Stormwater Quality Association (CASWQA)
- Recreational Users
Regulatory Background: Laws and Policies
Federal
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
- Clean Water Act: Amendment Sect:402(p) established framework for stormwater discharge permits and regulations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit system.
- The NPDES permit system under the CWA maintains both Phase I and Phase II municipal Storm drain (MS4s) operators to comply and obtain NPDES permits.
- Clean Water Act: Amendment Sect:402(p) established framework for stormwater discharge permits and regulations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit system.
- Phase I-As of 1990 permits include municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) defined as medium or large, serving >100,000 people.
- Phase II-Beginning in 1999 permits include State’s General Storm Water Permit for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) comply with NPDES permit components (6). NPDES Phase II program
- Phase III-Dry weather diversion
- Porter-Cologne Act
- Marine Life Protection Act
State
- State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
- Urban stormwater runoff Cease to Desist order
Region
- Monterey Regional Storm Water Management Program (MRSWMP)
- Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board [http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/rwqcb3/ (CCRWQCB)
- Regional Wastewater Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA)
Local
- Cease and Desist from Discharging Waste to Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) in Violation of Prohibitions Prescribed by the State Water Resources Control Board (February 11, 2005)[2]
- RWQCB requirements directing all cities to develop and implement a set of Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Timeline[3]
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Regulatory and Program Timeline
Following is a timeline of events for the State Board’s development of the ASBS Special Protections and the City’s request for an exception:
- 2004 State Board notifies ASBS dischargers of the requirement to prohibit waste discharges into the ASBS.
- 2005 Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board drafts Cease and Desist Orders (CDO) to require Pacific Grove, Monterey and others to either apply for and receive an exception to the Ocean Plan or cease the discharge of storm water runoff into the ASBS. The CDOs have been held in abeyance while State Board drafts Special Protections and conducts the CEQA review of a General Exception.
- 2005 State Board requires municipalities and other discharges to apply for exceptions to the Ocean Plan to allow the discharges to continue.
- 2006 State Board releases initial draft Special Protections to address storm water and
nonpoint source discharges into ASBS.
- 2006 City of Pacific Grove submits one of twenty-seven ASBS Exception Requests
- 2007 State Board deems City of Pacific Grove exception request to be complete (see Attachment 3).
- 2008 State Board issues revised draft Special Protections
- 2008-2009 Central Coast ASBS jurisdictions develop proposal for a Regional Monitoring Program
- 2010 State Board issues CEQA Initial Study and Notice of Preparation of an EIR for a General Exception to discharges into ASBS statewide
- 2011 State Board issues CEQA Draft Program Environmental Impact Report and sets hearings for adoption of the Special Protections (see Attachment 5)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Regulatory and Program Timeline
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Water Quality Monitoring and Science
Data Collection Programs
- Urban Watch Report-The program was initiated in 1997 as a collaborative management and education tool supported by Coastal Watershed Council, the City of Monterey, and the Water Quality
- Protection Program of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- National Water Quality Inventory
- Monitoring of stormwater quality within the City of Pacific Grove is performed by multiple entities including:
- Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network organizes annual First Flush
- Urban Watch, and Snapshot monitoring activities for the Monterey region that document stormwater quality conditions for the first storm of the season
- Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network (Citizen)[6]
Management Strategies
- Final Report produced by MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.(July 2006) for Phase III dry weather and stormflow runoff into Pacific Grove area of ASBS.[8]
- Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network(MBSCWMN)[9]
- Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Bay, and South Monterey Bay Integrated Regional Water Management Regional Acceptance Process Materials[10]
- Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Monterey Regional Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program[11][12]
- Model Urban Runoff Program: A How-To guide for Developing Urban Runoff Programs for Small Municipalities. July 1998 (revised February 2002, by the California Coastal Commission)[13]
- Urban Forest Management Plan. By RBF consulting.[14]
- itree (2011)[15]
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS)[16]
- Proposition 84 ASBS Grant (The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coast Protection Bond Act of 2006)[17]
- First Flush Event Monitoring by the Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network (Began 2000)[18]
- Annual Reports: Monterey Regional Storm Water Management Program (MRSWMP)
- Request For Proposals: Design, Environmental Review and Permitting of a Stormwater Treatment System at Greenwood Park[19]
- Report and data on Pacific Grove Stormwater Outfalls[20]
- Best Management Practices (BMPs)
- Low Impact Development (LID) technologies implemented as Best Management Practices BMPs throughout the watershed.
Metadata
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Pugh K, Arenas R, Cubanski P, Lanctot M, Purdy A, Bassett R, Smith J, Hession S, Stoner K, Ashbach R, Alberola G, Jacuzzi N, Watson F. 2011. Stormwater outfall watershed delineation, land cover characteristics, and recommended priorities for monitoring and mitigation in the City of Pacific Grove, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2011-02, 74 pages. http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/reports/CSUMB_ENVS660_ClassReport_PGStormwater_120306.pdf
- ↑ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/board_info/agendas/2005/feb/item28/item28_2005_0008_cdo_pg_2_03_05_final.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/age/CCO/A-CCO20110302/15b.pdf
- ↑ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/board_info/agendas/2005/feb/item28/item28_2005_0008_cdo_pg_2_03_05_final.pdf
- ↑ http://www.monterey.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=vPF8dkMtHbY%3d&tabid=927&mid=5113&language=en-US
- ↑ http://montereybay.noaa.gov/monitoringnetwork/about_us.html
- ↑ http://monterey.org/en-us/departments/planspublicworks/engineering/stormwaterprogram/mrswmp.aspx
- ↑ MACTEC Report
- ↑ Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network http://montereybay.noaa.gov/monitoringnetwork/pdf/ff2011.pdf
- ↑ Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Bay, and South Monterey Bay Integrated Regional Water Management Regional Acceptance Process Materials http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/Mbay_IRWM/RAP.pdf
- ↑ Memorandum of Agreement for the Monterey Regional Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/pubworks/mrswmp/MRSWMP_a.pdf
- ↑ Monterey Regional Stormwater Management Program http://www.montereysea.org/index.php
- ↑ Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/msea/Literature/Documents/MURP.pdf
- ↑ Urban Forest Management Plan. By: RBF consulting add link http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/pubworks/4.Pacific%20Grove%20UFMP_Draft%20Outline.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/pubworks/iTree.pdf
- ↑ http://montereybay.noaa.gov/
- ↑ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/asbs/docs/news0611.pdf
- ↑ http://sanctuarysimon.org/monterey/sections/waterQuality/project_info.php?projectID=100141&sec=wq
- ↑ http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/RFP%20Wetland_GreenwoodPark.pdf
- ↑ http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/proj_pubs/2011/ENVS660_PGStormwater/index.htm
- ↑ Watson, F., Krone-Davis, P., and Smith, J. 2012 in prep. Streamflow gaging at Greenwood Park, Pacific Grove, California: January-April 2012. Report prepared for Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation and the City of Pacific Grove. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-3. Available from: http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/
Links
- Urban stormwater management in the Monterey Bay region
- Urban Discharges to Areas of Special Biological Significance on Monterey Peninsula
Disclaimer
This page may contain student work completed as part of assigned coursework. It may not be accurate. It does not necessary reflect the opinion or policy of CSUMB, its staff, or students.
