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Cost of Compliancewith
NPDES Permits
Division of Water Quality
State Water Resources Control Board
September 9, 2014
Board Meeting, Item #
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• Based on principles of 2011 Resource Realignment Resolution and corresponding 2012 Report.
• Commits continued stakeholder engagement.
• Directs staff and stakeholder collaboration to reduce cost of compliance while maintaining water quality protection.
State Water Board Resolution 2013-0029
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Directs Water Board staff to work with NPDES Wastewater Roundtable and
Stakeholders• Document existing practices.• Identify steps to ensure a transparent, consistent,
and efficient process to issue NPDES permits.• Report to State Water Board by Sept. 10, 2014.
State Water Board Resolution 2013-0029
Action Item 4
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Report shall include practices that:• Identify duplicative/unnecessary monitoring and
reporting requirements in existing permits;• Encourage use of surrogate/representative
sampling where appropriate; and• Document need, purpose, value, and use of any
special studies in the permit Fact Sheet.
State Water Board Resolution 2013-0029
Action Item 4
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• Formed subcommittee from NPDES Wastewater Roundtable.• Members consist of staff from Central Coast, Los
Angeles, Central Valley, Colorado River, and San Diego Water Boards, and State Water Board.
• Staff and stakeholders jointly drafted report recommendations.
State Water BoardStaff Actions
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1. Develop guidelines and procedures to allow the following:a. Use of collaborative monitoring requirements and
studies;
b. Reduced compliance monitoring frequency and constituent monitoring based upon the discharger’s compliance record; and
c. Use of surrogate monitoring where a constituent that can be easily and inexpensively analyzed is substituted for a constituent that is more costly and more difficult to analyze.
Recommendations
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2. Recommend necessary policy development efforts to further address cost of compliance with NPDES permits.
3. Work with the TMDL Roundtable and stakeholders to implement a phased approach to TMDLs.
4. Continue developing general permits for similar types of dischargers.
Recommendations
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