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Adopt a Resolution:
a. Establishing the Central Coast Regional Areas of Special Biological Significance Dischargers Monitoring Program; and
b. Authorizing the Resource Management Agency Director to execute the Memorandum of Agreement Central Coast Regional Areas of Special Biological Significance Dischargers Monitoring Program with the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
Report
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution:
a. Establishing the Central Coast Regional Areas of Special Biological Significance Dischargers Monitoring Program; and
b. Authorizing the Resource Management Agency Director to execute the Memorandum of Agreement Central Coast Regional Areas of Special Biological Significance Dischargers Monitoring Program with the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
SUMMARY:
As a Discharger of stormwater into the Carmel Bay Area of Special Biological Significance (ASBS), Monterey County is responsible for monitoring water quality in accordance with the requirements of the General Exception it was granted by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). As a participating member of the Central Coast Regional ASBS Dischargers Monitoring Program, Monterey County is responsible for executing the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and funding its share of Regional Monitoring Program costs in accordance with the MOA (Exhibit A).
DISCUSSION:
The County of Monterey discharges stormwater directly into the Carmel Bay ASBS. There are a total of thirty-four (34) ASBS along the California Coast. On March 20, 2012, the SWRCB adopted a General Exception to the California Ocean Plan for the Areas of Special Biological Significance Waste Discharge Prohibition for Storm Water and Nonpoint Source Discharges, with Special Protections (ASBS Special Protections). The ASBS Special Protections may be summarized generally to eliminate dry-weather discharges, to ensure that wet-weather ...
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