TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Brian D. Bordona - Director of Planning, Building, and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Kim Withrow - Supervising Environmental Health Specialist
SUBJECT: Ordinance updating Napa County Code Section 13.16.010 authorizing Environmental Health to be the Local Agency for implementing the Winery Order in the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Region 2).
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RECOMMENDATION
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Introduction and intent to adopt an Ordinance of the Napa County Board of Supervisors, State of California amending Section 13.16.010 (Scope of Division II Provisions) of Chapter 13.16 (General Provisions and Definitions) of Title 13 (Water, Sewers and Public Services) to Napa County Code providing the Planning, Building and Environmental Services Department’s Environmental Health Division with authority from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board to act as the Local Agency for the oversight of the implementation of the Winery Order. (No Fiscal Impact; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
Today's action allows Environmental Health (EH) oversight of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Order WQ 2021-0002-DWQ, "General Waste Discharge Requirements for Winery Process Water" (the Winery Order), for the Napa River Watershed. The Winery Order, adopted in January 2021, set statewide discharge standards, monitoring and reporting requirements for anyone discharging winery process water to lands of the State.
Napa County is split between two California regional Water Quality Control Boards. The San Francisco Bay Water Board (Region 2) governs the western and southern portions of Napa County and covers the Napa River Watershed. The Central Valley Board (Region 5) governs the northeast and eastern portions and includes the watershed environments that drain east toward the Central Valley and the Lake Berryessa region.
EH has overseen winery discharges in some capacity since 1979. In 2024, Region 2 and the Board of Supervisors ent...
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