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Receive a status update regarding the development of a Local Agency Management Plan to implement regulations concerning Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems pursuant to California Assembly Bill 885 and the State Water Resources Control Board's Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Policy.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Receive a status update regarding the development of a Local Agency Management Plan to implement regulations concerning Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems pursuant to California Assembly Bill 885 and the State Water Resources Control Board's Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Policy.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On September 27, 2000, Assembly Bill 885 ("AB 885") was enacted which added Water Code Sections 13290 through 13291.7 that concern onsite wastewater treatment systems, more commonly known as septic systems.
On June 19, 2012, the State Water Resources Control Board ("State Water Board") adopted Resolution No. 2012-0032, which adopted the Water Quality Control Policy for Siting, Design, Operation and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems ("OWTS Policy"). On June 3, 2014, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board's ("Central Coast Water Board") Central Coast Basin Plan that incorporated the standards established in the OWTS Policy was approved. In accordance with the OWTS Policy and Central Coast Basin Plan, the Environmental Health Bureau ("EHB"), as the local agency, must adopt a Local Agency Management Program ("LAMP") in conformance with Tier 2 standards of the OWTS Policy, which will allow for consideration of local geology and environmental conditions, or it will be required to implement Tier 1 standards of the OWTS Policy which sets forth prescriptive standards that do not take into consideration local geology and environmental conditions.
The EHB submitted a draft LAMP to the Central Coast Water Board on May 13, 2016, with the stated intention of further revising the d...
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