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Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division, recommending the Board authorize submittal of the draft Local Agency Management Program (LAMP) to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWRCB) for their review and approval. Following potential modification and approval by the RWRCB, the LAMP will be brought back to the Board for approval of the final document.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division (EMD) is recommending the Board of Supervisors (Board) authorize submittal of the draft Local Agency Management Program (LAMP) to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) for review and approval in compliance with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), Water Quality Control Policy for Siting, Design, Operation and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, pursuant to SWRCB Resolution No. 2012-0032 and California Water Code, section 13140.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Assembly Bill 885, approved September 27, 2000, directed the SWRCB to develop regulations or standards for onsite wastewater treatment systems to be implemented by qualified local agencies. On June 19, 2012, the SWRCB adopted Resolution No. 2012-0032, adopting the Water Quality Control Policy for Siting, Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS Policy). The OWTS Policy establishes a statewide, risk-based, tiered approach for the regulation and management of onsite wastewater treatment systems (also known as septic systems), including design, installation and replacement, and sets the level of performance and protection expected from properly functioning septic systems. The OWTS Policy allows local agencies to approve septic systems, based on a local ordinance, after approval of a LAMP by the RWQCB.
The OWTS Policy defines each tier for determining the best approach to minimizing impacts due to septic systems:
Tier 0...
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