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City of San Leandro Sewer System Management Plan Volume I SSMP Criteria Based on the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Order No. 2006-0003, as well as to meet the provisions contained in Division 7 of the California Water Code and regulations adopted there under, the City is required to comply with the following prohibitions: • Any SSO that results in a discharge of untreated or partially treated wastewater to waters of the United States is prohibited; and, • Any SSO that results in a discharge of untreated or partially treated wastewater that creates a nuisance as defined in California Water Code Section 13050(m) is prohibited. In any enforcement action, the Regional Board will consider the efforts of the City to contain, control, and clean up sewage spills from its collection system in accordance with Section 13327 of the California Water Code. The City will make every effort to contain sewage spilled from its collection systems and to prevent the sewage from entering storm drains and surface water bodies. The City will also make every effort to prevent sewage from discharging from storm drains into flood control channels and open ditches by blocking the storm drainage system and by removing the sewage from the storm drains. The use of the storm drain pipe system to contain the sewage by blocking the drain pipes, and recovering and cleaning up the spilled sewage, in order to prevent the sewage from being discharged to a surface water body is not a violation of the prohibitions listed above. Provisions of the SSMP As stated in Order No. 2006-0003, the City must meet the following fifteen (15) provisions: 1. The City must comply with all conditions of Order No. 2006-0003. Any noncompliance with Order No. 2006-0003 constitutes a violation of the California Water Code and is grounds for enforcement action. 2. It is the intent of the State Water Board that sanitary sewer systems be regulated in a manner consistent with the general WDRs. Nothing in the general WDRs shall be: a. Interpreted or applied in a manner inconsistent with the Federal Clean Water Act, or supersede a more specific or more stringent state or federal requirement in an existing permit, regulation, or administrative/judicial order or Consent Decree; b. Interpreted or applied to authorize an SSO that is illegal under either the Clean Water Act, an applicable Basin Plan prohibition or water quality standard, or the California Water Code; c. Interpreted or applied to prohibit a Regional Water Board from issuing an individual NPDES permit or WDR, superseding this general WDR, for a sanitary sewer system, authorized under the Clean Water Act or California Water Code; or d. Interpreted or applied to supersede any more specific or more stringent WDRs or enforcement order issues by a Regional Water Board. ~a~~ ~