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CALTRANS
Current Standard Special Provisions (SSPs):
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/specs_html/index.html
The SSPs are the source for specification language in the Contract
Special Provisions.
Caltrans Capital Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Release
5.1, April 2001: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/projmgmt/reports.htm:
Information about how capital products are handled.
Caltrans Project Development Procedures manual:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/pdpm/pdpmn.htm
Insight into the rules they follow when developing highway improvement
projects.
Caltrans Stormwater Manuals:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/construc/stormwater/stormwater1.htm:
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan/ Water Pollution Control Program
Preparation Manual, Construction Site BMPs Manual, and other useful
reference documents. Download the current Caltrans templates for
SWPPP/ WPCP preparation, including the Sampling and Analysis Plan
sections.
Caltrans Project Planning & Design Guide:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/stormwtr/index.htm:
This Guide describes the process for Caltrans staff to incorporate
the BMPs from the SWMP into the planning and design phases of a
project.
Caltrans Evniromental Web Page: http://www.dot.ca.gove/hq/env/stormwater:
Contains links to the current Annual Report, the Revised SWMP and
other helpful resource documents.
Standard Environmental Reference: http://www.dot.ca.gov/ser:
This website is the Caltrans Standard Environmental Reference (SER)
- an on-line resource designed to help state and local agency staff
plan, prepare, submit and evaluate environmental documents for transporation
projects. The site includes five Environmental Handbooks, as well
as guidance, forms, templates and memos pertaining to the environmental
process at Caltrans. Volume 5 of the SER is the Storm Water Quality
Assessment document.
List of Current Contracts:http://www.dot.ca.gove/hq/construc/statement.html:
Information on the Caltrans Projects by District, including RE name,
field office address/phone,etc.
Hydrologic Sub-Areas (HSAs) in California:http://www.stormwater.water-programs.com/wqpt/SelectByHSA.asp:
This web page indentifies all of the HSAs in a alphabetical list.
Cal/OSHA
Cal/Osha Website: http://www.dir.ca.gov:
This website cotains pages for all of the regulations governing
occupation safety in California. Most of them are found in Title
8 of the California Code of Regulations.
General industry Safety Orders (GISO): http://www.dir.ca.go/Title8/sub7.html:
This contains the Sections of the CCR that apply to industrial
facilites.
Construction Safety Order (CSO): http://www.dir.ca.gov/Title8/sub4.html:
This is a list fo the Sections of the CCR that apply to the construction
industry.
Training Requirements under Cal/OSHA:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh_publications/TrainingReq.htm:
This is a helpful list of where to look for specific requirements
regarding safety training within the CCR.
NIOSH
NIOSH Website: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html:
The Nation Institute for Occupation Safety and Health (NIOSH) is
the federal agency responsible for conudction research and making
recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Many of the regulations are based on the research done by NIOSH.
NIOSH also is the agency that certifies respirators for use where
atmospheric hazard cannot be otherwise controlled.
NIOSH Training Resources: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/training/
Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/
OSHA
Main Website: http://osha.gov/:
Access to regulations and many informational and educations studies.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/home.htm:
Look up injury rates and other interesting data. There is an incident rate
calculator you can use, too.
CASQA - The California Stormwater Quality Assocation
CASQA Website: http://www.casqa.org:
This is the website of CASQA, a private organization that offers
educational material and handbooks for the various NPDES Permit requirements.
CASQA Handbooks: http://www.cabmphandbooks.org:
Their Construction Handbook has been adopted by some agencies as
the standard for SWPPP compliance. You can download it from this
site, or you can order printed copies from them. Handbooks are also
available for Municpal Stormwater Permit Compliance, Industrial
Permit Compliance, and New Development or Redevelopment Compliance.
CEQA
CEQA Website: http://www.ceres.ca.gov/ceqa:
Californial Enviromnetal Quailty Act (CEQA). This is the law that
requires an Evnironmental Impact Report for projects that are not
"categorically exempt."
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DHS)
DHS Website Main Page: http://www.dhs.ca.gov:
California Department of Health Services (DHS)
Labs with ELAP Accreditation:
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/ls/elap/html/lablist.htm:
This page from the Dept of Health Services allows you to search
by country for laboratories that are approved for anazlyzing the
samples you collect from your site during rain events.
DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL (DTSC)
DTSC Home Page: http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/:
The DTSC regulates handling and transporation of hazardous wastes.
The Regulations are in Title 22 of the CCR:
Licensed Transporters:
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/database/Transporters/TRANS_CNTY.cfm:
A list of Registered Hazardous Waste Transporters sorted by County.
EPA AND CAL-EPA
USEPA: http://www.epa.gov:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) main web site.
BMPs: http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm:
A great resource for info about nationally accpeted BMPs, and links
to the EPA's special site for Construction Stormwater BMPs.
CFR 40: http://www.epa.gov/epahome/cfr40.htm:
Volume 40 of the Code of Federal Reuatlions (CFR) -- EPA & HazMat
Regulations. This is where you will find the lists of hazardous
materials that require secondary containment and other regulatory
restrictions.
State Programs: http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/authorizationstatus.cfm:
Most states have ben authorized to implement the NPDES stormwater
program, as described in the table on this web page.
California Air Resources Board (ARB): http://www.arb.ca.gov/capcoa/roster.htm:
This pages has a listing of the ARB Districts and links to air quality
guidleines and regulations.
STATE WATER BOARD (SWRCB)
Caltras Permit: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/stormwtr/docs/caltranspmt.pdf
: SWRCB Water Quality Order No. 99-06-DWQ (NPDES #CAS000003), the
Statewide Storm Water Permit for Caltrans Activities (Caltrans Permit).
Construction General Permit: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/stormwtr/construction.html:
California Statewide Construction General Permit (General Permit)
AND the new Statewide General Permit for Storm Water Discharges
Associated with Construction Activity from Small Linear Underground/Overhead
Projects (Small LUP General Permit).
MS4 Permit: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/stormwtr/municipal.html:
The new General Permit for operator of Muncipal Separate Storm
Water Sewer Systems (MS4s), covers the requirements for cities not
already coverd by one of the many "Phase I" permits issued since
about 1990.
Water Board Regional Offices: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/regions.html:
There are a series of maps and web pages for each of the nine regional
Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs), with full information regarding
special permits and programs controlled by each board.
California Department of Water Resourcces: http://www.water.ca.gov
Web site that provides data regarding water quality; groundwater
levels; climatology; and surface water.
USGS
US Geological Survey (USGS): http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/index.html:
Maps and information about waterways and hydrology countrywide.
Websites of Other Organizations
Water Quality Planning Tool: http://stormwater.water-programs.com:
This web site contains a water quality planning tool that provides
information on water quality standards, and also contains a "Basin
Sizer" program that calculates the WQV for Treatment BMPs located
within California.
Center for Watershed Protection: http://www.cwp.org/other_resources.htm:
The Center for Watreshed Protection is a non-profit organization
that offers a wide variety of reference and educational material,
as well as links to other information sites.
Stormwater Manager's Resource Center: http://www.stormwatercenter.net:
The Stormwater Manager's Resource Center (SMRC) web site is made
possible through a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency.
The SMRC web site was funded to provide Phase II communities with
the tools and techniques necessary to protect their watershed and
to enhance and restore their local water resources.
Metric Conversions: http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html
Has a calculator for converting between metric and English units.
San Diego County Hydrology Manual: http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/dpw/engineer/hydrologymanual.html: This site has links to the SD County Hydrology
Manual and other useful information about rainfall and "C" values
for the area. It also contains links to the Flood Control websites
for other Southern California counties.
Links on the SWRCB website: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/cwphome/gama
: Aquifer groundwater quality and seasonal groundwater levels: monitoring
well data, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of Water Resources
(DWR) and local public agency maps and databases.
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