On December 24, 2002, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) adopted an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan -- Central Coastal Basin, 1994 (Basin Plan). The Water Quality Control Plan -- Central Coastal Basin, 1994 (Basin Plan) serves as the cornerstone water quality protection policy and legal standards for the Central Coast. It identifies beneficial uses of surface and ground waters, establishes water quality objectives to protect beneficial uses, and provides an implementation plan to achieve those objectives. The Basin Plan includes a chapter on surveillance, monitoring, and assessment programs of the State and the Region (Chapter 6). Over the intervening years, new monitoring and assessment programs have been developed and existing monitoring and assessment programs have changed.
The purpose of this amendment is to include up-to-date information on State and Regional surveillance, monitoring, and assessment programs and requirements described in Chapter 6 of the Basin Plan.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 23, § 3926