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Item 4.b.
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October 15, 2024
TO: REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
FROM: RITA CHENG, SENIOR ENGINEER
BLAKE BROWN, LABORATORY PROGRAM ADMI NISTRATOR
REVIEWED BY: LORI SCHECTEL, ENVIRONMENTALAND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
DIVISION MANAGER
GREG NORBY, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER - ENGINEERING AND
OPERATIONS
ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT: RECEIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE THIRD NUTRIENT WATERSHED
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
Staff will present an overview of the third Nutrient Watershed Permit requirements.
Strategic Plan re -In
GOAL TWO: Environmental Stewardship
Strategy 1 - Achieve compliance in all regulations
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Overview of Third Nutrient Watershed Permit Requirements
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Attachment 1
October 15, 2024
OVERVIEW OF THE THIRD
NUTRIENT WATERSHED
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
Real Estate, Environmental and
Planning Committee Meeting
Lori Schectel
Environmental and Regulatory Compliance
Division Manager
Rita Cheng, PE Blake Brown
Senior Engineer Laboratory Program Administrator
Third Nutrient Watershed Permit (order R2-2024-0013)
Adopted 7/10/2024, Effective 10/1/2024
Interim Limits mmmWinal
Limits
Central San's Final TIN Limits:
2,300 kg/day (dry season average)
Effective dry season 2035
Central San's Interim TIN Limits:
Aggregate Mass Load Limit:
4,300 kg/day (dry season average)
26,700 kg/day (dry season average)
Applicable to dry seasons of 2025-2034
If the sum of all individual Dischargers' TIN
mass loads is greater than the Aggregate Mass
Load Limit, the Dischargers whose TIN mass
loads exceed their individual limit shall be in
violation of their individual limitations.
TIN: Total Inorganic Nitrogen
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Third Nutrient Watershed Permit
Milestones
Influent +
Effluent:
•Twice/month (Ammonia,Nitrite-
Requires Dischargers to describe
progress toward meeting 40
F a n d
Effluent
Nitrate, TIN)
Once/month (Total Phosphorous)
percent dry -season load
Bay -wide
Reporting
Nutrient
Influent:
Once/quarter (Ammonia, Nitrite -
reduction requirement
within 10 years
Monitoring
Nitrate, Total Kejdahl Nitrogen (TKN))
• Twice/Year (Total Phosphorous)
Regional
Funding for
Requires reporting of region -wide
Requires Dischargers to
planning efforts to meet the final
Planning
Science
continue funding the Nutrient
effluent limitations
Report
Plan
Science Program
Compliance Progress Reports, Regional Planning, Science Plan, and
Data Reporting Milestones
2026 p
2024 Q1:PerformAlternativesAnalysis.Identiyacompliance Q2028"
L `f pathway. If Discharger has already identified a
compliance pathway, provide a status update. Provide a Ql: Develop Design Progress Report. For capital projects
QTreatment Plant Optimization Schedule, if applicable. that are part of the compliance plan, provide project
Oct l: Permit effective date Feb: Report Season TIN load in Annual NPDES details and evidence that the project has moved into the
Q4: Provide 2024 dryflow and concentration por le design stage.
-season Reports and electronic SMR
nutrient data`* to BACWA for Group Annual Report Feb: Report Dry Season TIN load in Annual NPDES
(GAR) Apr 1: BACWA to submit 2026 GAR Reports and electronic SMR
Lune 1: BACWA to submit an updated Science Plan and
**(note 2024 dry -season data is NOT counted toward the Apr 1: BACWA to submit 2028 GAR
thirdpermit requirements) Schedule June 1: BACWA to submit an updated Science Plan and
Monthly: Submit nutrient data through SMRs and DMRs July Ii RAMA to submit Status Report on Regional Schedule
Oct 1: Provide 026 dry -season (May -Sept) flow and Oct 1: Provide 2028 dry -season (May -Sept) flaw and
nutrient concentration data to BACWA for 2027GAR nutrient concentration data to BACWA for 2029 GAR
Monthly: Submit nutrient data through SMRs and DMRs Monthly: Submit nutrient data through SMRs and DMRs
QI: Submit Compliance Plan. Describe proposed
Ql: Identify Preliminary Alternatives for meeting final improvements and in implementation schedule, including Of: provide Design Progress Report and Compliance
limits design and construction. Provide a governance plan for Update: summarize progress towards meeting final
Feb: Report Dry Season TIN load in Annual NPDES Reports Multi -Benefit Projects, if applicable. effluent limits, including a detailed status update on
need to conduct pilot tudie, and electronic SMR Feb: Report Dry Season TIN load in Annual NPDES Reports capital projects.
to de,ign, (2) unsuccessful pilot Apr 1: BACWAto submit 2025 GAR and elecronir SMR Feb: Report Dry Season TIN load in Annual NPDES Reports
and electronic SMR
June l:BACWAto submit an updated Science Plan and Apr 1: BACWAto submit 2027GAR Mar 31: BACWA to submit Report of Waste Discharge
- Schedule June 1: BACWA to submit an updated Science Plan and Mar 31: BACWA to submit Final Report for Regional
July 1: BACWA to submit Scoping Plan for Regional Schedule Planning Study
Planning Study July 1: BACWA to submit Status Report on Regional Apr 1: BACWA to submit 2029 GAR
Oct 1: Provide 2025 dry -season (May -Sept) flow and Planning Study
nutrient concentration data to BACWA for 2026 GAR O Oct 1: Provide 202]dry-season lMaY-SePtl flow and June I:BACWAto submit an uPda[ed Science Plan and
c.'fflme ard pmv'd. 6 for 2028 GAR O Schedule
Monthly: Submit nutrient data through SMRs and DMRs nutrient concentration data to BACWA
nl.timn that it i,fie, of Monthly: Submit nutrient data through SMR, and DMRs Monthly: Submit nutrient data through SMRs and DMRs
2025 2027` 2029"
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RACI Chart
Responsible
The person who actually carries out the process
R
or task assignment
- Responsible to get the job done
Accountable
The person who is ultimately accountable for
A
process or task being completed appropriately
- Responsible person(s) are accountable to this
person
Consulted
C
People who are not directly involved with
carrying out the task, but who are consulted
- May be stakeholder or subject matter expert
Informed
I
Those who receive output from the process or
task, or who have a need to stay informed
RACI chart outlines who will be
responsible, accountable, consulted
and informed on each milestone
Questions?
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