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Our Program

What We Do The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) Land Disposal Program regulates waste discharges to land. These wastes include solid wastes or liquid wastes that that have the potential to impact water quality. Regulated facilities such as landfills, mines, surface impoundments, and waste piles require containment and monitoring in order to protect surface water and groundwater quality. The Water Boards issue waste discharge requirements(WDRs) for waste treatment, storage, or disposal sites, Water Boards staff conduct inspections to confirm compliance with WDRs. The goals of the program are primarily preventative. However, the program includes a response action component to ensure adequate protection of water quality. * Information on composting requirements

How It's Done The state Porter Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Water Act) and the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provide the State Water Board and the Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional Water Boards) (collectively referred to as "the Water Boards" with the authority to regulate waste discharges. The program is a United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) approved program for implementing the USEPA RCRA Subtitle D regulations. California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 27 contains the regulatory requirements for non-hazardous wastes. CCR Title 23 (Chapter 15) contains the regulatory requirements for hazardous wastes. These regulations are implemented through the issuance of waste discharge requirements (WDRs) or conditional waivers, enforcement orders or voluntary informal corrective action. The regulations prescribe protective measures as well as require performance standards to be met in waste containment. A version of these regulations has been in effect since 1972 with the adoption of Porter Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Water Act). Waste discharges to land in the Land Disposal Program are regulated as waste management units. Waste management units may include waste piles, land treatment units, surface impoundments, and landfills. Regulatory activities include permitting (through the issuance of WDRs), closure, technical report reviews, inspections, enforcement, and program management. Facilities must be sited, designed, constructed, operated, closed and maintained according to the regulations. In addition, monitoring is required, especially groundwater monitoring, to detect a release of waste constituents as soon as possible. If waste is released to groundwater, it must be reported and cleaned up. Corrective action is required when a release occurs. Financial assurances are required for closure, post-closure, and corrective action. Why It's Important Discharges of waste can pose a threat to water quality such that without containment or special management practices, waste constituents may migrate to groundwater from leakage or surface water from runoff and degrade water quality. Regulation of waste may have a direct effect on decreasing negative impacts to surface and groundwater quality. Containment features such as liners are intended to separate wastes from groundwater. Eighty five percent of Californians use some amount of groundwater. Groundwater may be the sole water supply for some communities. In non-drought years, groundwater provides over 40 percent of the water supply. How We're Organized There are nine Regional Water Boards across the state, each with its own Land Disposal Program. The Regional Water Boards provide local implementation of policy and regulations, develop long-range plans for their areas, issue waste discharge requirements and take enforcement actions against violators. The following are links to Regional Water Board websites providing further information: * RWQCB 1: North Coast * RWQCB 2: San Francisco Bay * RWQCB 3: Central Coast * RWQCB 4: Los Angeles * RWQCB 5: Central Valley * RWQCB 6: Lahontan * RWQCB 7: Colorado River * RWQCB 8: Santa Ana * RWQCB 9: San Diego

Land Disposal Statewide Contacts

STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

Land Disposal Program
Division of Water Quality
Email -LandDisposal@waterboards.ca.gov
Address – 1001 I St., 15th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814 **

REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARDS

North Coast - Region 1

Kelsey Cody, Ph.D.
Senior Environmental Scientist

Groundwater Permitting Unit Supervisor
(707) 576-2347 (office)
Kelsey.Cody@Waterboards.ca.gov

San Francisco Bay - Region 2

Jessica Watkins
Supervising Water Resource Engineer
(510) 622-2349
Jessica.Watkins@waterboards.ca.gov

Central Coast - Region 3

Joey Sisk
Senior Water Resource Control Engineer

(805) 542-4638
Joey.Sisk@waterboards.ca.gov

Los Angeles - Region 4

Milasol Gaslan
Supervising Water Resource Control Engineer
(213) 576-6776
Milasol.Gaslan@waterboards.ca.gov

Enrique Casas
Engineering Geologist
(213) 620-2299
Enrique.Casas@waterboards.ca.gov

Central Valley - Region 5 Offices

John Murphy
Supervising Engineering Geologist
Program Manager
(916) 464-4698
John.Murphy@waterboards.ca.gov

Central Valley - Region 5 Sacramento

Brad Shelton
Senior Engineering Geologist
Permitting
(916) 464-1588
Brad.Shelton@waterboards.ca.gov

Howard Hold
Senior Engineering Geologist
Compliance and Enforcement
(916) 464-4679
Howard.Hold@waterboards.ca.gov

Central Valley - Region 5 Fresno

Kristen Gomes
Senior Water Resource Control Engineer
- Fresno
(559) 445-5108
Kristen.Gomes@waterboards.ca.gov

Central Valley - Region 5 Redding

David Durette
Senior Water Resource Control Engineer
- Redding
(530) 224-3208
David.Durette@waterboards.ca.gov

Lahontan - Region 6

Christina Guerra
Senior Engineering Geologist
(760) 241-7333
Christina.Guerra@waterboards.ca.gov Ashley Taylor
Engineering Geologist
Program Manager
(760) 243-4350
Ashley.Taylor@waterboards.ca.gov Kerri O’Keefe
Engineering Geologist
(530) 542-5473
Kerri.Okeefe@waterboards.ca.gov

Colorado River Basin - Region 7

Jose Cortez
Senior Water Resources Control Engineer
Program Manager
(760) 776-8963
Jose.Cortez@waterboards.ca.gov

Santa Ana - Region 8

Cindy Li
Senior Engineering Geologist
Program Manager
(951) 782-4906
Cindy.Li@waterboards.ca.gov

Joanne Lee
Water Resource Control Engineer
(951) 782-3291
joanne.lee@waterboards.ca.gov

Bill Rice
Engineering Geologist
william.rice@waterboards.ca.gov
(951) 782-4459

San Diego - Region 9

Amy Grove
Senior Engineering Geologist
Program Manager
(619) 521-3920
Amy.Grove@waterboards.ca.gov

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