General Waste Discharge Requirements for Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems with Flows Greater Than 0.1 Million Gallons Per Day
Summary
SCH Number
2026060913
Public Agency
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5
(RWQCB)
Document Title
General Waste Discharge Requirements for Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems with Flows Greater Than 0.1 Million Gallons Per Day
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/19/2026
Document Description
This Order establishes waste discharge requirements for domestic wastewater treatment plants designed to treat wastewater flows greater than 100,000 gallons per day that discharge treated wastewater to land within the Central Valley (Region 5).
Contact Information
Name
Alexander Mushegan
Agency Name
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Job Title
Supervising Water Resource Control Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Address
Phone
Location
Counties
Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Unincorporated
Other Location Info
Applicable to all domestic wastewater treatment facilities within the Central Valley
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The Order is categorically exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 14, section
15301, because the Order involves negligible or no expansion of existing Large
WWTPs and their respective waste discharges.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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