California Department of Fish and Game

Attachment C

To Resolution No. 2003 - XXX

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME

CERTIFICATE OF FEE EXEMPTION

De Minimis Impact Finding

Project Title/Location Name and Address of Project Proponent (include county):

State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2004 – XXX

Policy for the Implementation and Enforcement of the Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

Project Description:

The project is the adoption of a statewide policy for the implementation and enforcement of the California Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (NPS Program). The proposed Policy for the Implementation and Enforcement of the Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (NPS Implementation and Enforcement Policy) describes the statutory and regulatory authorities of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs) to prevent and control NPS pollution. The NPS Implementation and Enforcement Policy also defines third-party NPS implementation programs (e.g., programs that neither the SWRCB nor a RWQCB has developed), provides five, key structural elements required for their development and RWQCB approval, and their application in the NPS Program.

Findings of Exemption

Name and address of project proponent:

State Water Resources Control Board

Division of Water Quality

1001 I Street, 15th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

2.  In accordance with SWRCB policies regarding the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, the SWRCB has developed a Functional Equivalent Document (FED) to determine whether the proposed project may have a significant adverse effect on the environment.

3.  When considering the record as a whole, there is no evidence before the SWRCB that the proposed project will have potential for an adverse effect on wildlife resources or the habitat upon which the wildlife depends.

Certification:

I hereby certify that the SWRCB has made the above findings of fact and that, based upon the FED, environmental checklist, and hearing record, the project will not individually or cumulatively have an adverse effect on wildlife resources, as defined in Section 711.2 of the California Fish and Game Code.

______Date: ______

Celeste Cantu, Executive Director

State Water Resources Control Board