The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is accepting comments on a proposed amendment to the San Francisco Bay Basin Plan that would establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for sediment and related habitat enhancement goals in the Napa River watershed. The amendment, the State Water Board agenda language, and draft resolution are available here or can be received by mail by contacting Paul Hann at (916) 341-5726.

The amendment was adopted by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (San Francisco Bay Water Board) on September 9, 2009. The State Water Board will separately publish a notice of the meeting at which it will consider the proposed approval of the amendment.

Comment letters to the State Water Board must be received by 12:00 noon on
August 19, 2010. After the deadline, State Water Board staff will not accept additional written comments unless the State Water Board determines that such comments should be accepted. Please send comments on the proposed State Water Board approval of the amendment to:

Jeanine Townsend, Clerk to the Board, by email at (commentletters@waterboards.ca.gov) (If 15 megabytes in size or less), (916) 341-5620 (fax), or by mail addressed to:

Incorporation of Comments by Reference: Comments must specifically address the version of the amendment that is currently being considered for approval by the State Water Board. If similar or identical comments were submitted to the San Francisco Bay Water Board, the commenter must explain why and in what manner each of the responses provided by the San Francisco Bay Water Board to each comment was inadequate or incorrect. If the comment does not include such an explanation, the State Water Board will presume that the San Francisco Bay Water Board's response adequately addressed the commenter's concern.