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CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD

PLANNING PROGRAMS

FISCAL YEAR 16/17

Program Manager: Jeanne Chilcott

Executive Sponsor: Adam Laputz

Yolo Bypass, Photo Credit: D. Feliz

TMDLs TMDLs Basin Planning

Delta

Planning Summary FY16/17 (4/21/16) Page 1

Planning Program FY16/17 Work Plan Executive Summary

The goal of the Planning Program is to establish regulatory policies, frameworks and programs that will preserve and enhance water quality and protect beneficial uses of water for the maximum benefit of the people of California. Ultimately, many Planning Program projects result in amendments to the Water Quality Control Plans (Basin Plans) that provide the foundation for all Regional Water Board regulatory actions. Activities for the Planning Program tier off of three main documents: 1) the Triennial Review which is a 3-year workplan approved by the Central Valley Water Board at a public hearing and identifies completion of CV-SALTS and the 2014 Delta Strategic Plan as priorities; 2) the 2014 Delta Strategic Plan which was approved during a public hearing and includes identification of priority TMDLs; and 3) the TMDL Program Work Plan which is approved annually by the State Water Board Planning Program and USEPA. Resources are also allocated for program/project management, training and internal/external coordination. Funding has been leveraged between programs, including additional administrative support, with a general distribution as follows:

Sub-Program

PCA Allocations (PYs)

WDPF USEPA Total

Admin

401* 405 252 591

Basin Planning 3.1 2.9 -- -- 2.9 0.25

CV-Salts 5.2 -- -- 5.2

Delta -- 3.1 -- 3.1

TMDL 8.7 7.5 -- 3.5 11.0 0.25

Total: 15.6 3.1 3.5 22.2 0.5 *Reflects 1.4 PY reduction from FY15/16

Staff receiving Planning Resources are depicted by office in Figure 1. A summary of the distribution of resources by sub-program PCA is provided in Table 1. Individual PY distribution by sub-program and project is summarized in Appendix 1a (Basin Planning); 1b (Delta); and 1c (TMDL). Several of the FY15/16 targets were achieved including:

Completed Edits/Updates to both Basin Plans

Completed the Groundwater Strategy Update to the Board

Both Variance/Exception and MUN POTW Basin Plan Amendments approved (pending USEPA approval anticipated end of April)

ECM process to develop Administrative Records completed with training material and references

Basin Planning training and references in development; portions tested

Draft report summarizing discharger developed Salt Minimization Plans complete; issue paper provided to management

Delta RMP progress

Delta Mercury Implementation Projects moving forward; info item to Board in February

Aeration Agreement for Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel in progress

New: Developed tasks for USEPA Six Year Vision

New: Participated in State Board effort to scope new TMDL information database


Completed several components of the Delta Nutrient Research Plan o Macrophyte White Paper and Knowledge Gap Document o CyanoHAB Knowledge Gap Document o Modeling White Paper and Knowledge Gap Document o Draft Nutrient Mass Balance Report

However, the majority of Planning projects identified for FY 16/17 are continuations of high priority projects from FY15/16. Many of the priority projects (Delta Nutrient Study Plan; Statewide Mercury Reservoir TMDL; Pyrethroid Control Program; Diuron Control Program; Old and Middle River Dissolved Oxygen White Paper) were delayed due to significant staff shortfalls (unexpected program cut of 1.4 PY; loss of four staff to transfers, disability, and retirement; and part time loss of one staff due to maternity leave). Additional delays to the completion of the Integrated Report, Statewide Mercury Reservoir TMDL and Pyrethroid TMDL resulted from scope adjustments from State Water Board and Central Valley Water Board management including direction for additional stakeholder outreach and workshops . This draft workplan is based on: revised project scopes pending State Board management confirmation; the assumption that four new staff will be hired during the last quarter of FY15/16; and an increase in resources available for internal/external coordination based on high priority requests received during FY15/16. The following sections identify planning activities for FY16/17 by: top priorities; continuing priorities; funded projects; management/outreach/coordination activities; unfunded projects; and long-term (5-year) program goals. Top Planning Priorities for FY 16/17 (11.57 PY)

CV-SALTS (5.2 PY)—assumes additional 0.3 PY from new Fresno staff o Complete stakeholder developed Central Valley-wide Salt and Nitrate Management Plan

and foundational Basin Plan Amendments—(0.65 PY) Salt/Boron Objectives for the Lower San Joaquin River (LSJR)—0.95 PY MUN Evaluation Process for Ag Dominated Water Bodies (1.2 PY) Dedesignation of MUN/AGR in a Portion of the Tulare Lake GW Basin (0.35 PY)

o Initiate SNMP Basin Plan Amendment (0.85 PY) o Internal/external coordination; Project committees; SGMA tracking (0.6 PY) o Initiate Phase 2 Beneficial Uses Ag Water Bodies (0.5 PY)

Complete 2014 Integrated Report (2.0 PY plus administrative support)

Complete and initiate Delta Nutrient Research Plan (1.25-PY)

Adopt pyrethroid Control Program (1.12 PY)

Release proposed statewide Mercury Reservoir TMDL for public comment (2.0 PY) o Note: if effort stalls due to actions out of our control (e.g. State Board delays), potential

to redirect some resources to backfill dedesignation work or initiate other currently unfunded activities.

Continuing Priorities (2.81 PY)

Support and expand the Delta RMP (0.75 PY)

Implement the Delta Methyl Mercury Control Program--MERP (0.21 PY)

Implement the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel DO TMDL (0.28 PY)

Implement the USBR MAA and Real Time Salinity Management Program for the LSJR (CV-SALTS)

Complete white paper and provide Board update on potential management options to address low dissolved oxygen in Old and Middle Rivers (0.67 PY)


Complete Diuron Report and delisting (0.3 PY)

Cache Creek/Clear Lake Mercury TMDL Implementation (0.1 PY)

Initiate Phase 2 Beneficial Use Assessment for Ag Dominated Water Bodies (under CVSalts)

Succession Planning (0.5 PY) o Basin Planning training and reference material (office wide)—0.1 PY o Identify and train new lead planning staff in Fresno Office (0.4 PY) o Pair new staff with mentor staff on key projects

Funded Projects (5.7 PY)

IRWMP Coordination (0.65 PY)

Groundwater Protection Strategy Tracking (0.25 PY)

Contract Management (0.28 PY) o UCD Criteria Development for Four Herbicides and Fipronil (0.03 PY) o USGS Replacement Pesticide Monitoring in Ag/Urban Settings (0.1 PY) o Temperature Methodology for COLD and WARM (0.15 PY pending 3 separate contracts)

Re-evaluate historic impairments for potential delisting based on data post 2010 and revised regulatory programs (Pesticides; Metals/non-Metals; Toxicity)—2.71 PY

o Potential Alternatives if Reduce PY’s Direct 0.05 PY to expand CyanoHAB activities Direct up to 0.25 PY to initiate development of Climate Change Wkpln

Initiate Basin Plan Framework Revision (0.2 PY)

Develop Ammonia Criteria (coordination with 0.4 PY NPDES Program)—0.1 PY

Expedited BPA for Exception Guidance for Nitrate Discharges to GW (0.2 PY)

Pesticide TMDL Implementation/Replacement Products (Interagency Coor/Monitoring) 0.4 PY

Mercury Offsets (Initiate Basin Plan Implementation Requirement) (0.4 PY)

Initiate Outreach for Next Triennial Review (Sac and Fresno)—0.2 PY

CyanoHAB initial tracking and notification—0.05 PY o Covers 1-day/wk for six months; training resources allocated separately

Wolf Creek Watershed Management Plan Initiation (response to OWTS Policy and case study) 0.26 PY

Project Management, Outreach, Coordination and Document Reviews (estimates based on FY15/16 requests and management re-direction)—2.02 PY or approximately 10% of resources with majority allocated to Seniors

Round Tables (TMDL; BP; CyanoHAB)

Training (increased for new staff)

Work Plan Development (TMDL; USEPA Vision; NPS; TMDL Strategic Plan)

Temporary Urgency Change Petitions

Cal Water Fix Documents

South Delta Salinity/Flow Proposals

General Orders

EIRs and Negative Decs

Statewide Permits and Policies (e.g. Wetlands; Bacteria; NNE; etc.)

Potential Contract Management o Criteria for Delta herbicides

Portfolio Management/Development

Presentations, Briefings, Workshops

Currently Unfunded Projects

Basin Plan Amendment to Dedesignate COMM to Selected Surface Water Bodies (0.1 PY)

Basin Plan Amendment to Dedesignate MUN from Wetlands (0.2 PY FY16/17; 0.5 PY FY17/18)


Continue development of Central Valley River Mercury TMDL (on hold until statewide water quality objectives adopted—April 2017)—(0.5 PY)

Basin Plan Amendment for Climate Change (0.5 PY) o Note: Climate change considered in CEQA for all projects and the Temperature Criteria

results will provide a significant foundation for a future Policy, but no funding currently allocated to develop Central Valley Climate Change Policy

Foothill Reservoir Eutrophication Study (0.5 PY)

Expanded CyanoHAB Involvement (up to 1.5 PY) o Range of activities from developing long-term plan and sampling to posting

Long-Term Planning Goals (5-years) The long-term Planning Program activities are based on continuation of Phased Control Programs already adopted into the Basin Plans, continuation of high priority/multi-year projects; incorporation of currently unfunded projects as prioritized by the EMG, and recognition of the need to train new staff and complete significant Basin Planning foundational amendments before experienced staff retire or transfer.

Reorganize Basin Plans (complete 2018) o Reorganize implementation section for clarity and to highlight major programs and

components Salt and Nitrate Management (BPA scheduled for 2018) Ag Dominated Water Body Bene Uses (BPA 2019) Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program TMDLs Delta

o And to set foundation for major future policies/revisions Climate Change Groundwater Policy Oil Fields Temperature Prioritization of Beneficial Uses/Water Bodies

Implement Delta Nutrient Research Study o Develop Nutrient Control Program as Warranted

Review Delta Mercury Control Program (per Basin Plan by )

Satisfy USEPA Vision Requirements o Adopt Pyrethroid Control Program/delist 15 water bodies o Adopt Salt/Boron Objectives LSJR and delist that section of river

Improve Integrated Report o Proactively evaluate historic listings to identify what can be delisted based on new data

and improved regulatory efforts Delist out of cycle to better focus future TMDL efforts

o More thorough 305(b) overall assessment of Central Valley surface water quality through better coordination with SWAMP and external programs

Wolf Creek Pathogen TMDL or Watershed Plan by 2022 (OWTS Requirement)

Finish missing portions of 2014 Integrated Report

Succession Planning (initiated in FY15/16)


o Develop in-house training and reference material/updated Program Manuals Basin Planning TMDL

o Identify overlap period for new staff to work with retiring staff FY16/17: Fresno Office FY17/18: Sacramento Office

o Fresno—Support of Management Zone Development

Incorporation of Unfunded Projects per Management Discussion Details for each sub-program (Basin Planning/CV-SALTS, Delta and TMDL) are contained in separate chapters. Milestones for major projects are summarized by sub-program in Appendices 2a (Basin Planning/CV-SALTS), 2b (Delta) and 2c (TMDL). The three major documents that activities are based on are included as Attachment 1 (Triennial Review); Attachment 2 (2014 Delta Strategic Plan); and Attachment 3 (FY16/17 TMDL Work Plan). KEY ISSUES Overarching

Resource Commitment for “Phased” Control Programs. Several of our adopted control programs are “phased” with specific activities such as reviews, re-evaluations and development of additional implementation criteria scheduled “no later than” certain dates. While the phased approach makes sense to begin improvements on complex issues, these commitments need to also earmark needed resources to implement.

Recommendation: Include Phased Control Program commitments as part of 5-year planning horizon. Include discussion of these commitments as part of Triennial Review workplan.

Basin Planning

Reliance on one staff for Basin Planning Process Support. One Sacramento staff person has been providing one-on-one advise, training and support to those moving through the amendment process. That staff person is considering retirement within the next 2-3 years. Although Basin Planning training material has been prepared, there has been no focused effort to insure that institutional knowledge is being shared and passed onto new staff.

Specifically in Fresno, staff knowledgeable with Basin Planning activities will retire before the end of FY16/17. Fresno staff resources dedicated to Basin Planning activities (Triennial Review, edits and updates, support for variance/exception requests, IRWMP coordination) continue to be reduced. Approximately 0.7 PY of Basin Plan funding is available during FY16/17, but there is no identified “body” to attach it to. Recommendations:

Identify Fresno staff that will take on Basin Planning activities and allocate resources accordingly (1.5 PY currently allocated for FY1617; with 0.7 PY potentially available).

Allow new Planning staff time for overlap and training with existing staff


CV-SALTS High intensity effort to review and edit CV-SALTS SNMP for submittal in December. Although

originally slated for submittal to Central Valley Water Board in May 2016, the nine month delay in obtaining critical ground water data from the Division of Drinking Water has resulted in overlap of several activities (completion of policy recommendations, technical studies, and CEQA/Economics).

Recommendation: Work with EMG to identify alternate leads on projects through December.

TMDL Development of Integrated Report. Access to the State Board water quality assessment

database (CalWQA) to begin decision process for Integrated Report was delayed by over 12-months. A significant amount of information from our ILRP and other efforts was not evaluated and loaded (current estimate: 6,000 pollutant/water body combinations). Staff has worked diligently to limit the delay to the original workplan to three months (Regional Board consideration in December instead of October) by adding additional admin and temporary resources and prioritizing evaluations. State Board has tentatively mandated a State Board Hearing in December).

Recommendations:

Continue allocation of Scientific Aid and Admin resources to efforts. Schedule a Central Valley Water Board workshop in October to allow input during State

Water Board Comment Period. Delta

Chris Foe accepted a position with the Division of Water Rights to work on the Delta Salinity Plan in October 2015. Chris had been our point person for Delta, Cyanobacteria and Nutrient issues for several decades. Janis Cooke was promoted as his replacement and is coming up to speed with implementing the 2014 Delta Strategic Plan including the development of a Delta Nutrient Research Plan. Specific activities are being conducted through the Stakeholder Technical Advisory Group (STAG) and four science workgroups. Christine Joab has been helping facilitate the effort by coordinating meetings, providing initial review of documents, providing notes, maintaining the overall website and tracking other studies/efforts related to Delta Issues. Significant delays surround the last major effort attempting to resolve controversy surrounding the impacts of nutrient forms and ratios on algal species and abundance through a workshop with an independent science panel. Only two small windows of opportunity exist where potential panel members and presenters can attend—early June and end of July, with the next window after Thanksgiving.

Recommendation: Cut off attempt to develop workshop if still unsuccessful by mid-May and investigate

alternative to utilize independent panel to support white paper with interviews of key researchers.

Initiate development of Delta Nutrient Research Plan using components currently available and a place holder for the final information on forms and ratios.


Statewide Mercury Reservoir TMDL As of 2 May 2016, both positions identified to complete this project will be vacant. Due to

positions being swept, staff being promoted and one staff transfer, only Patrick Morris, Michelle Wood and Janis Cooke remain in-house with history on the effort. The past year has been spent coordinating/collaborating with the statewide surface water effort. With a potentially reduced scope, it is anticipated that two new staff will be able to bring the project to the State Board at or near the end of this Fiscal Year, but concern has been expressed on continuing to devote 2 PY to the effort (note that less than 1 PY was available to work on the project in FY15/16 due to vacancies).

Recommendation: Complete project this year: reservoir owner outreach; peer review; CEQA/ECON; State

Board Hearing. Documents are ready once we receive confirmation on the scope of the partner State Board effort. Project is one of California’s USEPA Vision projects slated for completion by 2021, but a delay now will make a restart impossible without re-evaluation of available data sets. Good project for new staff to complete while mentoring staff available in-house.

Should the project stall due to State Board activities, redirect staff to support other currently unfunded efforts.

Climate Change

Insufficient resources to initiate development of a Region-wide climate change policy during FY16/17. Several activities (reformat Basin Plan; develop COLD temperature criteria methodology; consideration of climate change for all projects and amendments) address climate change and provide foundation, but resources are not currently allocated to a basin-wide policy.

Recommendation: Both Michelle Wood and Rajmir Rai have background and interest in pursuing a Climate Change Policy. Re-evaluate work priorities after Integrated Report complete.


Figure 1

Program Planning Program Staff (Basin Planning; CVSalts; Delta; TMDL)

Exec Sponsor(s)

Program Manager

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Total Pys = 21.5 1.0 0.5 3.7 4.8 4.9 2.6 4.0

Available 401 Resources = 0.7 PY

Tessa Fojut, ES 0.9 PY

Zhimin Lu, WRCE 1.0 PY

Bethany Soto, ES 0.3 PY

Pam Buford Staff ES Specialist

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Sarah Rutherford, ES 0.2 PY

Danny McClure Senior WRCE

1.0 PY

Jeanne Chilcott

Lonnie Wass

Pamela Creedon, EO CV-SALTS

Adam Laputz, AEO BP; Delta; TMDL

Doug Patteson

David Sholes Senior EG

Anne Littlejohn Senior ES

0.7 PY

Jim Brownell, EG 1.0 PY

Cindy Au Yeung 1.0 PY

True Khang 1.0 PY

Patrick Morris Senior WRCE

1.0 PY

Michelle Wood Senior ES 0.75 PY

Dan Little, WRCE 1.0 PY

Selina Cole, ES 0.8 PY

VACANT, ES 1.0 PY

VACANT, ES 1.0 PY

VACANT, ES 1.0 PY

VACANT, ES 1.0 PY

Betty Yee Staff WRCE (Spec)

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Janis Cooke Staff ES Specialist

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Glenn Meeks Staff EG Specialist

0.7 PY

Sue McConnell Supervising WRCE

Brett Braidman Staff ServicesManager

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Holly Grover, ES 0.3 PY

Jay Simi, WRCE 0.9 PY

Gene Davis, EG 0.7 PY

Christine Joab, ES 0.95 PY

Rajmir Rai, ES 0.4 PY

Hien Tran AGPA

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Sammy Mello Temporary Help

Jerry Bruns Volunteer

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L. Bracamonte, AEO Admin Support

Chilcott Program/Staff Resource Distribution: FY16/17

Updated: 18 April 2016

401* 591 401 591 405 591 252 401 591 128 591 281 591 156 591 156 591

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Brownell, J. 1 1.0 1

Buford, P. 1 0.5 0.5 1

Chilcott, J. 1 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.3 1

Cole, S. 1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 1

Cooke, J 1 0.9 0 0.1 1

Davis, G. 0.8 0.55 0.15 0.1 0.8

Fojut, T. 0.9 0.05 0.15 0.7 0.9

Grover, H. 1 0.25 0.05 0.7 1

Joab, C. 1 0.05 0.6 0.3 0.05 1

Khang, True 1 1.0 1

Little, D. 1 1.0 1

Littlejohn, A. 1 0.7 0.3 1

Lu, Z. 1 0.5 0.5 1

McClure, D. 1 0.2 0.8 1

Mclellan, L. (VACANCY ES/Morris) 1 0.6 0.4 1

Meeks, G. 1 0.7 0.3 1

Morris, P. 1 0.3 0.15 0.55 1

Rai, R. 1 0.22 0.18 0.45 0.15 1

Rutherford, S. 1 0.2 0.8 1

Simi, J. 1 0.68 0.22 0.1 1

Soto, B. 1 0.3 0.35 0.2 0.15 1

Tran, H. 0.65 0.25 0.25 0.15 0.65

Wood, M. 1 0.05 0.3 0.4 0.25 1

Yee, B. 1 1.0 1

VACANCY ES (Chilcott/Morris) 1 0.65 0.35 1

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VACANCY ES (Chilcott/McClure) 1 0.2 0.2 0.6 1

Planning Staff--0.7 PY Fresno??

Totals: 27.35 2.5 0.35 4.9 0.5 3.1 0.1 3.5 7.5 0.55 1.45 0 1.75 0.15 0.85 0 0.15 0 27.35

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Total PYs/Project 7.50 0.65 0.25 0.25 1.20 0.95 0.35 0.85 0.20 0.50 0.10 0.20 0.20 0.75 0.25 0.20 0.05 0.45 0.10 0.15 0.10 0.30 0.05 0.00 0.00

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Project Description Lead(s) Support FY 16/17 Targets Original Revised Notes

BP Staff Support and Training (0.1 PY): Provide in-house

training on Basin Planning Process and use of ECM for

development of Administrative Record.

Yee TBD--Fresno In-House Training on-going

Project charter May-16

Public Review Notice and Staff Report Feb-17

Regional Board Hearing/Adoption Jun-17

State Board Approval Oct-17

OAL Approval Dec-17

Project charter May-16

AB52 Tribal Consultation Dec-16

Scoping Meeting Notice Feb-17

Scoping Meeting Apr-17

Draft staff rpt for Management and Legal

Review Oct-17



State Board Approval Oct-18

OAL Approval Dec-18

USEPA Approval Feb-19

IRWMPs (See Workplan R:\RB5\Region Share\IRWM

Coordination\IRWM Workplan)--0.75 PY: As a stakeholder, provide

assistance and info on our mission and programs and

encourage outreach to disadvantaged communities.

Buford; Rutherford;

Soto TBD--Fresno

Attend local mtgs; support grant requests;

participate in TACs ongoing

This effort will likely merge with SGMA

coordination efforts (under CV-SALTS)

Transition Planning-Coordination with

Region-wide Strategic Planning Aug-16

Coor. w/St. Bd. GW Workplan on-hold

Regulary Reporting in EO Rpt ongoing

Dates

Overarching Basin Planning (2.9 PYs)

Variance (0.05 PY): Basin Plan Amendment to adopt authority

for Board to consider granting a variance (surface water) or

exception (groundwater) to meeting water quality objectives

if approved conditions are met. Interim variance/exception

for salinity included. Yee

Amendment delayed at USEPA. Currently,

EPA action expected by end of April 2016.

Finalization may be completed FY15/16.

Approval by USEPA Oct-15 Apr-16

Regulatory Updating the Basin Plans (0.2 PY): Amendments to

both Basin Plans to make relatively minor changes that have

regulatory effect.

Yee; TBD-Fresno Hien

Program Managers

Per EO anticipate initiating R5 Strategic

Planning Effort in August. GW Strategy

should be rolled into the effort. May be way

to transition this to new staff.

Groundwater Protection Strategy (0.25 PY): Roadmap for CV

Water Board activities to protect and enhance GW resources

Newly required Tribal Consultation must be

conducted prior to sending scoping notice.

Anticipate 3-month consulting period.

Resources for this effort may be better

merged with CVSalts SNMP amendment

process. Critical time period is development

of draft staff report.

Non-Regulatory Updating the Basin Plans (0.2 PY):

Amendments to both Basin Plans to revise the formats and

make minor editorial changes authorized by management.

Yee; TBD-Fresno Hien

Buford; TBD--Fresno

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Dates

Overarching Basin Planning (2.9 PYs) Draft Solicitation Notice Oct-16

Management/OCC review Dec-16

Release Solicitation Notice Feb-17

Joab

Wood, Grover,

Wenzel Respond to reports of cyanoHAB events ongoing

Level of response is situation dependent

Joab Grover Attend CCHAB meetings Jun-17

Group will meet quarterly starting in late fall

after they reorganize this summer

Joab Grover, Wenzel Attend EPA webinars Jun-17

Joab Grover, Wenzel Attend SWAMP CyanoHAB training course Dec-16

Basin Planning RT quarterly

EMG updates quarterly

FY17/18 Workplan Mar-17

Coordination on 2018CA Water Plan/Flood Protection (0.1

PY): Coordination Yee

Meetings/conference calls/document

reviews ongoing

Contract with UC Davis (205j) Jul-16

Discretionary Contract Oct-16

Report on applicability to Central Valley of

EPA Region 10 Temperature Criteria

Guidance Jun-17Contract Management: include

coordination between USEPA contracting

efforts ongoing

Ammonia Critieria (0.1 PY + 0.4 PY NPDES): Work with POTW

dischargers to develop a methodology for identifying

appropriate criteria for permitting. Yee; Luo

White Paper with basin planning and

permitting options on how to implement

ammonia criteria Dec-16

Project charter Jun-16

AB52 Tribal Consultation Dec-16

Scoping Meeting Notice Feb-17

Scoping Meeting Apr-17

Draft staff report for Management/OCC

review Oct-17



State Board Approval Oct-18OAL Approval Dec-18

Buford; TBD--Fresno Board Workshop May-17

BP Program Management/Training (0.45): Portfolio/workplan

development; budgetting; coordination with State Board RT;

Yee; Chilcott Buford; TBD--Fresno

Triennial Review (0.20 PY): Initiate outreach both internally

and externally to identify issues for 2018 triennial review

Yee; Soto

Covered by training resources and some

SWAMP

Cyanobacteria Bloom Response and Other Activities (0.05

PY): Respond to reports of cyanoHAB events and attend

CCHAB meetings, EPA webinars, and SWAMP CyanoHAB

training course. Scope of activities may change based on EMG

direction, pending discussion of April 2016 CHAB Resource

Needs Memo.

Exception Program for Nitrate (0.3 PY): Develop a basin plan

amendment to establish an exception program guidelines for

nitrate discharges.

Yee; Chilcott TBD--Fresno

Critical time sinks are the newly required

tribal consultation and development of draft

staff report. Potential to reduce time if can

tier off ILRP Programmatic EIR.

Temperature Criteria (0.15 PY): Develop and manage

contracts to assess EPA Region 10 temperature guidance for

the Central Valley and develop procedures to identify

temperature criteria applicable to the Central Valley

Yee; New Staff Bruns

In order to have the notice ready by

February 2017, drafting should begin by

October 2016.

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Updated 4/22/2016


Dates

Overarching Basin Planning (2.9 PYs)

CEQA/Econ Review Aug-16Annual report to State Board Dec-15

Draft SNMP for initial review Oct-16

Small Policy Group mtg drafts ongoing

SNMP Submittal to Board Dec-16

Internal meetings monthly

Meeks

Chilcott; Buford; TBD--

Fresno; Mello Site Specific EC reviews permits ongoing

Rpt Ambient GW monitoring procedures Jul-16

Case study Management Alternatives--Alta

ID Aug-16

Final SSALTS Jul-16

Final NIMS Jul-16

Final Sampling Plan Aug-16

Meeks Technical review of final SNMP Oct-16

Workshop Announcement/ Public Draft

Meeting Materials Jul-16

Board Workshop Aug-16

Peer Review (if needed)/CEQA/Econ

Review/ Aug-16

Response to Peer Review Sep-16

Hearing notice Oct-16

Draft Staff rpt for public review Oct-16

Response to Comments Nov-16

Agenda Package Nov-16

Board Consideration Dec-16

State Board Approval Mar-17

Admin Record May-17

OAL Approval Jun-17

USEPA Approval Sep-17

CV-SALTS Initiative (5.2 PY)

workplan/portfolio Mar-17

CV-SALTS Technical Project Committee(s) Support (0.25 PY) -

Work with the CV-SALTS TAC and other project committees to

finalize supporting documentation for SNMP


Fresno

CVSalts Project Management (0.65 PY): Stakeholder lead

effort to develop Central Valley Wide environmentally and

economically sustainable salt and nitrate management plan.

Water Board staff participate on project committes/ review

and comment on drafts; manage contracts; track workplans

and set up annual progress reports and workshops.

MUN in Ag Dominated Water Bodies (1.2 PY): Two phase

project to evaluate appropriate MUN use and level of

protection in: 1) receiving waters of four POTWs in Sac Valley;

and 2) all ag dominated waters in the Central Valley.

Internal Cross Program Coordination (0.25 PY): Insure that

salt and nitrate Water Board regulatory activities and CVSalts

policy discussions are vetted internally as well as externally.

Potential to request CVSalts TAC to work on

the determining natural background white

paper. Not currently funded.

Resolution 68-16 (Anti deg): Support review appropriate

policy clarifications as related to prevention of groundwater

degradation. Statewide policy review team.

(Clay) ongoing

Groundwater Monitoring Advisory Workgroup: Technical

Assistance to stakeholder workgroup as needed

(Clay; Rob) Meeks ??

Page 3 of 4

Updated 4/22/2016


Dates

Overarching Basin Planning (2.9 PYs) Workshop Announcement/ Public Draft

Meeting Materials LSJR EC Jul-16

Board info item on status MAA/RTMP Aug-16Board Workshop LSJR EC Aug-16

Peer Review LSJR EC Aug-16

Response to Peer Review LSJR EC Sep-16

Hearing notice LSJR EC Oct-16

LSJR EC Draft Staff Report for public review Oct-16

Response to Comments LSJR EC Nov-16

Agenda Package LSJR EC Nov-16

Board Consideration LSJR EC Dec-16

State Board Approval Mar-17

Admin Record May-17

OAL Approval Jun-17

USEPA Approval Sep-17

USBR Annual Workplan Oct-16

RTMP Annual Report Mar-17

RTMP Stakeholder mtgs quarterlyRTMP Technical Meetings quarterly

Workshop Announcement/ Public Draft Jul-16Board info item on status MAA/RTMP Aug-16

Staff rpt and SED Aug-16

Peer Review Oct-16

Release for Public Comment Dec-16

Response to Comments Feb-17

Board Consideration Apr-2017*

State Board Approval Jun-17

Admin Record Jul-17

OAL Approval Sep-17

USEPA Approval Dec-17

Initiate SNMP Basin Plan Amendment (0.85 PY beginning

January 2017); Begin converting submitted SNMP into Basin

Plan Amendment Language

Littlejohn; Brownell;

Khang TBD--Fresno Draft BPA for Management Review Jun-17

Dependent on SNMP CEQA/Econ

completeness

Project Summary Sheet Feb-17

Tribal Consult Apr-17

Scoping Documentation May-17

Scoping Notice Jun-17

Brownell Chilcott; Littlejohn

LSJR Salt/Boron Control Program--BPA; RTMP; MAA with

USBR (0.95): Control Salt and Boron discharges into the lower

San Joaquin River to insure that salinity objectives are met at

Vernalis (entrance to the Delta). Three major components: 1)

Implement Management Agency Agreement with USBR; 2)

Develop Real-Time salinity Management Program; 3) Develop

salinity WQOs for the LSJR between Merced River and Vernalis

and an implementation program.

* This may be dependant on Peer Review if

it isn't needed could make February 2017

Board Meeting.

Initiate Phase 2 Ag Water Bodies Beneficial Use Evaluation

(0.5 PY): After approval of MUN Evaluation, utilize

catogorization and stakeholder process to evaluate

appropriate beneficial uses and level of protection for ag

dominated water bodies.

Littlejohn; AuYeung


Fresno

MUN/AGR Evaluation of Tulare Lake Bed: Evaluate use of

Sources of Drinking Water Policy (88-63) to dedesignate MUN

in a portion of the Tulare Lake Bed Groundwater

Buford Meeks; TBD--Fresno

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Updated 4/22/2016

Appendix 1b. Summary of Delta Staff PY Distribution by Project--FY16/17

(Available resources leveraged with TMDL, NPS, Basin Planning and SWAMP resources)

PCA 405 = 3.1 PYs

FY2016-17


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Jeanne Chilcott Danny McClure Tessa Fojut (0.15) 0.05 0.1

New Staff (0.2) 0.2

Zhmin Lu (0.5) 0.47 0.03

Patrick Morris (0.3) 0.3

Selina Cole (0.4) 0.4

Janis Cooke (0.9) 0.65 0.05 0.1 0.1

Total PYs/Project 1.25 0.75 0.05 0.67 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Appendix 2b. Delta FY16/17 Projects and Milestones (Updated Apr2016)


Delta Activities (3.1 PY)

Coordination of stakeholder and technical

meetings ongoing

Finalize Mass Balance Report Jul-16

Coordinate Nutrient Forms and Ratios

workshop Aug-16

Draft Forms and Ratios white paper 10/1/206

Coordinate review & revision of Forms &

ratios white paperDec-16

Draft partial NRP for STAG review Oct-16

Revise draft NRP/respond STAG comments Dec-16

State Board External Science Review Mar-17

Regional Board Info Item Jun-17

Delta Stewardship Council Info Item Jun-17Finalize NRP Jul-17

Cole Morris

TAC and Steering Committee coordination,

meeting agendas, website ongoing

Cole MorrisCoordination of RMP with NPDES, ILRP, and

MS4 programsongoing

Cole Morris

Increase discharger and stakeholder RMP

participation Jun-17

bring Caltrans, DWR, 401 projects, and

phase 2 MS4s into program

Fojut Cooke

TAC participation, develop annual

workplan

Apr-17

ongoing

Technical reviews of documents,

particiaption in nutrients, mercury and

pesticides toxicy workgroups to design

monitoring proposals. Brief management

on TAC meetings, monitoring results.

Delta Hg TMDL Implementation Support (0.05 PY): Transition

NPS Grant on Delta Hg studies to new staff Cooke Transition Grant Management to new staff Aug-16

Complete Staff Report Jul-16

Complete White Paper Aug-16

Board Info Item Jan-17

Manage Fungicide/Herbicide Criteria Contract (0.1 PY):

Criteria development based on Delta specific species;

dependent on discretionary contract funding Fojut Develop Contract Aug-16

Delta RMP (0.75 PY): Support implementation of a self

sustaining RMP for the freshwater Bay-Delta

Lu; New Staff McClure

Initial review of data indicating that flow is

driving factor in DO conditions. Will need

management direction once staff report and

white paper released.

DO in Old/Middle River (0.67 PY): Provide technical

evaluation of DO impairments in Old and Middle Rivers,

including preliminary evaluation of DO objectives and

controllable factors to address impairment.

Dates

Delta Nutrient Research Plan (1.25 PY): Develop and

implement a study plan to determine whether nutrient

objectives are needed to protect beneficial uses in the

freshwater Delta.

Cooke, Joab

Conducting workshop on impacts of forms

and ratios proving to be a major

resource/time sink. Current schedule

proposes to draft NRP with a place holder

for the final white paper recommendations

on forms and ratios.

Page 1 of 2

Updated 4/22/2016

Appendix 2b. Delta FY16/17 Projects and Milestones (Updated Apr2016)


Dates

Review Documents/Comment/Mtg.

Participation ongoingSchedule info item for Board Mar-17

Nutrient, Hg, wetland wkgrps; Bay-Delta

Team;Transition Hg Projects to New Staff

Wood (0.05 PY) Oversite Deep Water Ship Channel Project ongoing

Lu (0.03 PY)

Delta training and workshops to support

Old and Middle River DO Project

Delta Internal/External Coor. (0.1 PY) Cooke

Project Management/Training (0.08 PY)

CalWater Fix and EcoRestore Coor. (0.1 PY) Cooke

Page 2 of 2

Appendix 1c. TMDL Program FY 16/17 PY Distribution by Project (11 PY total)

PCA 252 = 3.5 Pys (Federal)

PCA 401 = 7.5 Pys (State WDPF)


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Michelle Wood (0.7) 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.05 0.05

Gene Davis (0.70) 0.55 0.02 0.08 0.05

Holly Grover (0.3) 0.25 0.05

Christine Joab (0.3) 0.02 0.28

Rajmir Rai (0.40) 0.22 0.02 0.16

Joseph Simi (0.90) 0.68 0.02 0.02 0.05 0.13

Jeanne Chilcott

Danny McClure (0.8) 0.3 0.2 0.05 0.15 0.1

New Staff#1 (0.6) 0.17 0.03 0.1 0.3

New Staff#2 (1.0) 0.03 0.25 0.05 0.67

Tessa Fojut (0.7) 0.65 0.02 0.03

Zhmin Lu (0.50) 0.1 0.4

Patrick Morris (0.7) 0.3 0.1 0.25 0.01 0.04

Daniel Little (1) 0.02 0.98

Laura McLellan (1) 0.95 0.02 0 0.03

Selina Cole (0.4) 0.1 0.02 0.02 0.2 0.06

New Staff (1.0) 0.65 0.03 0.03 0.29

Total PYs/Project 2.00 2.00 1.12 0.75 0.39 0.13 0.21 0.28 0.30 0.10 0.40 0.26 0.98 1.47 0.35 0.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.00

sum

* Delta Priorities. (See Delta Activities work plan) Unfunded

** Salt and Boron TMDL is funded and tracked through the Basin Planning Program Central Vally Rivers Mercury TMDL (0.5 PY)

--on hold until statewide WQOs adopted by April 2017

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Appendix 2c. . TMDL Projects and Milestones for 11.0 PY Resources: FY16/17 (Updated 12 April 2016)


Mapping and Segmentation Jun-17

Decision fact sheets in

CALWQA Jul-16

IR released to public & transmitted

to St Bd Aug-16

CVWB Public Workshop Oct-16

Transmit CVWB Member & public

comments & IR Addendum to St

Bd Nov-16

State Board Workshop Dec-16USEPA Approval Jun-17

Draft Staff Rpt to Peer Review Sep-16

CEQA and Econ Analysis Dec-16

Public Release of Staff Report Mar-17

State Board Workshop Jun-17

Board Workshop Aug-16

Public Review Draft Oct-16

Board Comment Hearing Oct-16

Board Hearing Dec-16

Package to State Board Mar-17SWRCB Hearing Jun-17

Ongoing TMDL Activities (2.56 PY)

TMDL RT and program

coordination ongoing

Workplans/portfolio mgmt ongoing

Quarterly Management Updates ongoing

Program, permit coordination ongoing

CEQA/NEPA/Project documents

review ongoing

Training ongoing

TMDL Program Management (0.75 PY): Monthly TMDL

RT; quarterly management updates; workplan/portfolio

development and oversite; new USEPA Vision wrkpln;

CTMDLI workgroup; staff training

Chilcott

Morris; McClure;

Wood; staff

Wood

Intra/Inter Agency Coordination (0.39 PY): Includes but

not limited to review and comments on: environmental

documents (CEQA; EIR); Statewide and Regional Board

permits (NPDES, Caltrans, Industiral, MS4); State Board

objectives and implementation plans and other projects;

Chilcott

Morris; McClure;

Wood; staff

McClure

Dates

Davis; Grover; Rai;

Simi; (Hien & Sammy)

As of 4/14: Timeline subject to change based on direction from

Tom Howard. Expect to receive TH direction ~4/18. Timeline

shown here supports submitting Integrated Report (IR) to State

Board by Sept 1, which supports Dec St Bd Hearing, and holding

Central Valley Water Board Workshop during the Oct 13-14 CV

Bd meeting. Planner Tracker deadline for completing decision

fact sheets differs from this timeline because we plan to stop

making new decisions July 29th to support submitting report by

Aug 31st, but we may need to make adjustments to decision

fact sheets throughout the public review process through Dec.

Statewide Reservoirs Hg TMDL (1.5 Federal + 0.5 WDPF

= 2.0 PYs): Coordinated with Region 2 but independent

of State Board efforts to develop new subsistence

beneficial uses.

Morris 2 New Staff

Delayed due to State Board direction for additional reservoir

operator outreach and need to coordinate/adjust to statewide

water body effort. Dates are contingent on hiring staff and

having those new staff quickly learn about mercury, TMDLs, and

the Boards' processes for adopting TMDLs

Priority TMDLs ( 3.5 Federal + 1.62 WDPF = 5.12 PYs Total)

Integrated Report/303d List ( 2.0 PY--Federal ):

Originally slated for FY14/15, project start hinged on

USEPA approving 2012 list by Dec. 2014 so that staff

could utilize CALWQA to record decisions. Project delays

occcured in FY15/16 when discovered substantial LOEs

still needed to be created.

Pyrethroid Basin Plan Amendment (1.12 PY): Addresses

15 current listings and adopts process to initiate

implementation activities to prevent future impairments.

Fojut

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Updated 4/22/2016



Dates


UCD (4) Criteria Peer Review Aug-16

UCD Public Comment Sep-16

Fipronil Peer Review Sep-16

Fipronil Public Comment Nov-16UCD Criteria - Final Reports with

responses to comments Apr-17

Lu; New Staff Hien USGS Pesticide Monitoring ongoing

Manage Delta Conservancy

Contract Jun-17

Annual Report Jun-17

Board Progress Report Dec-16

Progress Report: Aeration

Agreement letters to stakeholders

sent in FY15/16 Jun-17

Progress Report: Aeration

Agreement Jun-17

Summary of outreach and

outreach materials Jun-17Progress Report: Channel

Conditions Jun-17

4b documentation for 2014

Integrated Report Jul-16

Delisting and 4b Documentation

for post 2010 data Mar-17

Draft Resolution for delistings May-17Board Item Jun-17

Source Reduction Studies Jun-17Remediation Coordination Jun-17

New Staff

Wood

San Joaquin River DO TMDL--Stockton Ship Channel

(0.28 PY): Continue tracking efforts to meet DO water

quality objectives in the channel.

Joab

Mercury TMDLs Implementation (Clear Lake and Cache

Creek Watersheds)--(0.10 PY) New Staff Morris

Diuron Basin Plan Amendment (0.30 PY): primarily used

for right-of-ways however review of data through 2014

indicates that ILRP Management Plan implementation

results in target water quality criteria being met

McClure

Delta Mercury TMDL Implementation--MERP (0.21 PY):

Main TMDL implementation activities of 2011-2018 are

studies to monitor methylmercury and test methods for

its control and education/outreach with Dept. Public

Health to reduce human exposure to mercury in fish.

Staff continues to work with dischargers conducting the

phase 1 methylmercury studies. The MERP program is

starting to initiate a small grants program for Delta

community groups. Cole Morris

Fojut Hien

Contract Management (0.13 PY): UCD contract to

develop criteria for four pesticides and fipronil; USGS

monitoring of replacement pesticides in ag and urban

water bodies

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Updated 4/22/2016



Dates

Priority TMDLs ( 3.5 Federal + 1.62 WDPF = 5.12 PYs Total) Coordination - report & WDR

reviews ongoingSTORMS urban framework draft

plan and report Jan-17

Update DPR MAA Jun-17

Urban Creek Historic Water Quality Jun-17

Urban Creek Monitoring Plan Jun-17

Update Project Charter Apr-17

Summary of Existing Listings Mar-17

Summary of Recent Data Mar-17

Summary of Assessment Methods

and Results Apr-17

Summary of Monitoring

Priorities Jun-17

Recommended Actions Jun-17

Summary recommendations Jun-17

Mine Report Cards Apr-17

Factsheets and Update Website Dec-16

Develop W. Squaw Ck UAA Jun-17

Ag Pesticides Strategic Assessment (1.47 PY) Summary recommendations for off-

cycle delistings Mar-17Draft Report on Potential

delisting/4b's May-17Draft Resolution for delistings and

4b categorization Jun-17

Project Charter Jan-17

Summary of Potential Offset

Projects Jun-17

Update Project Charter Apr-17

Confirm validity of listings Apr-17

Identify Potential Pathogen

Sources Jun-17

Preliminary Draft Watershed

Plan/Issue Paper Jun-17Public outreach summary Jun-17

TMDLs Implemented Under Other Programs

Clear Lake Nutrients (under NPS) Wood Grover; Rai; Coster

Water Board Info Item scheduled for June 2017. Draft update

report to be prepared by April 2017. Manage 1 continuing 319h

grant and execute 1 new Timber Fund grant to decrease

sediment loading. Work with stakeholders on cyanotoxin issues

and reducing sediment loading.

Wolf Creek Pathogen TMDL (0.26 PY): One of two water

bodies identified in the OWTS where a TMDL is required

to be adopted by 2020.

Rai Davis; Wood

Mercury Offsets (0.35 PY): Initiate Basin Plan

Implementation requirement. Offset policy required on

or before October 2020 New Staff Cole/Morris

Potential New Projects (3.32 PY)

In addition to these TMDL Program tasks, McClure will

coordinate with Wood, Grover, Shaddy & Coster, who are

supported by 319h funding to track ILRP WDR-required

management plans and assess monitoring data to determine if

any NPS 6-Year Plan high-priority water bodies can be

recommended for off-cycle delistings for diazinon &

chlorpyrifos.

Toxicity Investigation (0.26 PY)

Simi Wood; Davis

Morris

Re-evaluation Historic Impaired Listings (2.71 PY): Foundation for development of 5-year workplan.

Metals and Non-Metals (0.98 PY): Evaluate 2014

Integrated report and recommend process to address

listings (TMDL; 4b; monitoring to delist)

Little

Pesticide TMDL Implementation--Diazinon and

Chlorpyrifos (0.40 PY):

McClure,

Grover Wood, Simi, Grover

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Updated 4/22/2016



Dates


Salt and Boron LSJR (under Basin Planning/CVSalts) Brownell Littlejohn

Selenium LSJR (under NPS and ILRP) Shaddy Wood Jun-17

Evaluate monitoring data and reports for compliance with WDR

requirements

Old and Middle River DO (under Delta): Provide

technical evaluation of DO impairments in Old and

Middle Rivers, including preliminary evaluation of DO

objectives and controllable factors that could be

changed to address the impairmentLu; New Staff McClure

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