1. Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Reduction Program: MRP Revisions Division of Water Quality State Water Resources Control Board October 23, 2012

2. Slide 2 Overview  Review and Update Overview  Proposed MRP changes  Database Changes  Comments Received  Reissuance of MRP Schedule

3. Slide 3 Review and Update Process  January 24, 2012 Board Workshop outcome  Postpone Re-Adoption of the SSS WDRs Until A Later Date,  Revise & Re-Issue the Monitoring & Reporting Program (MRP) for the SSS WDRs.

4. Slide 4 Review and Update Process  The MRP establishes monitoring, record keeping, reporting and public notification requirements for the SSS WDRs,  The Executive Director may make revisions to this MRP at any time pursuant to the authority delegated by Water Code section 13267(f) & Resolution No. 2002-0104,  These revisions may include a reduction or increase in monitoring and reporting.

5. Slide 5 Major Proposed MRP Changes  Change Notification Requirement - SSOs that Reach or May Reach a Surface Water or Drainage Channel from Three Calls to One (i.e., Have to Call Cal EMA Only)  Category 1 SSO greater than or equal to 1,000 gallons  Change Spill Categories to:  Category 1 – Spills that Reach a Surface Water,  Category 2 – Spills that Do Not Reach a Surface Water and Are Greater Than or Equal to 1,000 Gallons,  Category 3 – Spills that Do Not Reach a Surface Water and Are Less Than 1,000 Gallons (i.e., All Current Category 2 Spills).  Change reporting system to Event Based Spill Reporting  State Board agreed to make this change per the 2008 MOA between the State Water Board and the California Water and Environment Association (CWEA)  Spill appearance points to be associated with each spill event caused by a single asset failure.

6. Slide 6 Major Proposed MRP Changes (Cont.)  Private Lateral Sewage Discharges (PLSDs) reporting remain voluntary and certification will not be required  Add Clarification on Who May Certify Reporting Elements (i.e., LRO)  Add Requirement that the Collection System Questionnaire be Certified by the LRO for the Sanitary Sewer System.  Spill Reporting Streamlining

7. Slide 7 Major Proposed MRP Changes (Cont.)  Proposed Record Keeping Requirements:  Records to demonstrate compliance with subsections D.7 through D.9 of the SSS WDRs.  Records to document annual in-house training on the SSS WDRs, MRP, and SSMP for sewer crews, staff, management, and contractors.  Records to document Water Quality Monitoring, SSMP Implementation, SSMP Program Audits, and Electronic Records.

8. Slide 8 Database Changes  MRP and New Spill forms will be released simultaneously  CIWQS releases occur every 2 months  Spill Forms  Questionnaire  SSO CIWQS Guidance Document  Will be released with the new MRP  Will provide step-by-step guidance and will provide FAQs

9. Slide 9 Comments Received General Comments:  Is it inappropriate to make all these changes to the MRP based on the limited number of inspections  A few agencies are reporting a significant number of spills and spills to surface waters. All agencies Should not be required to comply with these new requirements  The State Water Board should consider the cost to agencies of these additional MRP requirements  New requirements will burdensome and will take resources from other resources intended to reduce SSOs  Additional record keeping requirements will not reduce SSOs  SWRCB provide guidance to the stakeholders on how to ascertain which water bodies are a "water of the state"  These changes deviate from the intent of the SSS WDRs, which is to reduce the number of SSOs.

10. Slide 10 Comments Received General Comments:  Agencies support the addition of a third sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) category to the reporting requirements.  Agencies support the change from a location based report to an event ‐ based  Agencies generally support streamlining of notification requirements by only requiring only one telephone call to the Cal EMA

11. Slide 11 Reissuance Schedule  Revise draft MRP per comments received  Reissuance of MRP expected early 2013

12. Slide 12 Questions?

13. Slide 13 Program Contacts & Info Russell Norman, P.E. SSO Program Lead State Water Resources Control Board rnorman@waterboards.ca.gov (916) 323-5598 SSO Main Website: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/sso/ List Serve Sign-Up: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email_subscriptions/s wrcb_subscribe.shtml Victor Lopez, E.I.T SSO Program Lead State Water Resources Control Board vlopez@waterboards.ca.gov@waterboards.ca.gov (916) 323-5511 Jim Fischer, P.E. Office of Enforcement State Water Resources Control Board jfischer@waterboards.ca.gov (916) 341-5548 Julie Berrey Office of Enforcement State Water Resources Control Board jberrey@waterboards.ca.gov (916) 341-5872