A REPOSITORY OF CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DOCUMENTS AND COMMENTS
 

A. COMMENTS ON THE POLICY:

Comments to the SED, justification papers and the LTCP were solicited by the SWRCB as mandated by State law. All comments have been organized into one of the following five categories: 1) technical reviews authored by professional toxicologists, hydrogeologists or engineers; 2) regulatory and water agency comment letters; 3) individual comments (consultants/environmental groups/public); 4) legal reviews; or 5) Petroleum Industry Representatives:


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Commenter Document & Date
(1) Technical Reviews (Toxicologists & Hydrogeologists)
— 2011
Professional Groundwater Organization
State Office of Environmental Human Health
Independent Reviewer
— 2012
Engineering Peer Review
Independent Reviewer
Professional Groundwater Organization
— 2011
Groundwater Resources Association (GRA) [2011-11-08]
OEHHA Technical Review (Siegel) [2011-11]
Toxicology Technical Comments (Copeland) [2011-11-08]
— 2012
SWRCB Peer Review [2012-03-01]
Toxicology/Technical Update (Copeland) [2012-3-19]
Follow-up Comments (GRA) [2012-3-19]
(2) Legal Reviews & Critiques
— 2012
Lawyer
Lawyer
— 2012
Legal Review (Bleau) [2012-03-05]
Legal Opinion Comments (Hurd) [2012-03-15]
(3) Agency Reviews (by permission or listed on the UST Program wesbite)
— 2010
Environmental Oversight Agency
Groundwater Oversight Agency
— 2011
Groundwater Oversight Agency
Environmental Oversight Agency
Environmental Oversight Agency
Water Purveyor
Environmental Oversight Agency
Environmental Oversight Agency
Water Purveyor
— 2012
Environmental Oversight Agency
Water Purveyor
Water Purveyor
Water Purveyor
— 2010
Central Coast Region Water Board [2010-10-14]
RWQCB Region 2 early comments [2010-09-23]
— 2011
RWQCB Region 1 comments [2011-07-12]
Alameda County EH Updated [2012-03-19]
San Mateo Health Comments [2011-11-03]
Alameda County Water District [2011-11-08]
Alameda Env Health Comments [2011-11-03]
Humboldt EHS Comments [2011-11-07]
SCVWD Comments [2011-11-08]
— 2012
Santa Cruz County EHS [2012-03-19]
ACWD Comments Updated [2012-03-19]
Zone 7 Water Agency [2012-03-19]
SCVWD – Update to Comments [2012-03-19]
(4) Individual Comments (by permission or listed on the UST Program wesbite)
— 2006
Environmental Group
— 2011
Impacted land owner
Land developer
Remediation Contractor/Consultant
Individual
Individual
Consultant
Consultant/Researcher
— 2012
Realtor
Attorney
Chamber of Commerce
Attorney
Chemical Expert
Enviro-Vendor
Consultant
Property Management
Individual Gas Station Owner Rep (Turner)
Individual Gas Station Owner Rep (Turner)
Individual
Consultant/Researcher
Consultant/Researcher
Consultant/Researcher
— 2006
Sierra Club Fact Sheet-on-Leaking-UST-Threat [Circa 2006]
— 2011
Individiual (impacted land owner perspective) [2011-10-15]
Individiual (developer perspective) [2011-10-29]
Remediation Consultant (Regenesis) [2011-11-01]
Individual (Deno Milano) [2011-11-03]
Individual (Kevin-Brown) [2011-11-08]
Consultant (Kelleher) [2011-11-08]
Site-specific folio closure process (Jacobs) [2011-11]
— 2012
Real Estate Perspective [2012-02]
Advocate for Station Property Owners [2012-03-07]
Re: Gas Station Owners [2012-03-08]
Advocate for Station Property Owners [2012-03-13]
Comments (Mehler) [2012-03-15]
Comments (Envirotech) [2012-03-16]
Comments (EquoLogic) [2012-03-19]
Real Estate Perspective (Stanford) [2012-03]
Monitoring Well Retention [2012-03-15]
Leave In Place Ownership [2012-03-15]
Kevin Brown, PG, CEG Updated [2012-03-19]
Comments (Hoban) [2012-3-19]
Horizontal Well Separation (Clearwater) [2012-3-19]
Policy Comments (Jacobs) [2012-3-19]
(5) Petroleum Industry & Reps
— 2012
Petroleum Association
Oil Company
Oil Company
Oil Company
Petroleum Association
— 2012
CA Independent Oil Marketers Assoc [2012-02-17]
Redding Oil Company [2012-03-07]
Robinson Oil Company [2012-03-13]
G & M Oil Company [2012-03-14]
Western States Petroleum Association [2012-03-16]

 

B. CEQA-Required Documents & Guidelines:

The following files are: 1) the basic regulations that regulatory agencies are required to follow with environmental/scientific changes to policy; 2) the compliance document submitted by the proposed policy authors (“Scoping Document”), and 3) Web-based information on CEQA-protocols/definitions:

(1) CEQA Regulations
California Code of Regulations
State “Peer-Review” requirement guidelines
SWRCB CEQA EXEMPTION requirements
CEQA Peer Review
(2) Compliance Documents & Public Presentations
CEQA ExemptionRrequirement
Public Presentation (State Requirement)
Low Threat – CEQA scoping document [2011-09-21]
CEQA Scoping Meeting Presentation & Notes [2011-09-29]
(3) CEQA “Baseline” Precedents
Communities for a Better Environment v South Coast Air Quality Management District (2010)
Informational resource.
CEQA Baseline Precident [2011]
CEQA Powerpoint on Baseline Conditions [2011]

 

C. Comments on Related Legislative Actions:

(1) SWRCB RESOLUTION NO. 2012-0062: Plan for Implementation of Low-Threat
Underground Storage Tank Case Closure Policy and Additional Program Improvements
Water Purveyor
Environmental Consultant
Water Purveyor
Alameda County Water District [2012-10-30]
Whitney [2012-10-30]
Santa Clara Valley Water District [2012-10-29]
(2) SWRCB RESOLUTION NO. 2012-0061: Delegation of Authority to the Executive Director
Water Purveyor
Environmental Consultant
Alameda County Water District [2012-10-30]
Whitney [2012-10-30]