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Regulatory Update Carrie Austin, SF Bay Water Board Michelle Wood, CV Water Board
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Water Quality Management Process Monitoring Special Discharger Studies CWA 303(d) Planning Assessment Implementation Evaluation Basin Plan - Uses - Objectives - Impl. Program - TMDLs WDRs Waivers Prohibitions Review - Monitoring Results - Mgmt. Plans Water Quality Improvement
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SF Bay Area Mercury TMDLs
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Walker Creek Fish Tissue Mercury Water Quality Objectives For smaller preyfish 0.05 mg Hg/kg fish For larger preyfish 0.1 mg Hg/kg fish
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Mercury Mine Wastes Gambonini Mine Site Soulajule Watershed Mines Downstream Depositional Areas
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Allocation: 5 mg/kg total mercury in sediment Management action: erosion control Remediation Reduced Gambonini Mine Mercury Loads by 90% Mine Remediation Post-Remediation
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Soulajule Watershed Allocations: 0.04 ng/l methylmercury in reservoir 0.5 mg/kg particulate mercury discharged Implementation actions: Evaluate and resolve problem
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Downstream Depositional Areas Allocation: 0.5 mg/kg total mercury in sediment Management question C: How will erosion control & riparian restoration affect MeHg?
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Tomales Bay Mercury, Nutrients & Siltation TMDL
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Guadalupe & SF Bay Hg TMDLs
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Guadalupe River Watershed Hg TMDL
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SF Bay Hg TMDL
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Sources, Loads, and Allocations
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New Water Quality Objectives in SF Bay 0.2 ppm mercury in large predator fish 0.03 ppm mercury in prey fish California least tern
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Next: Central Valley Hg TMDLs
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