SFPUC 2001 Alameda Watershed Management Plan

III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND IMPACTSD. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITYTABLE III.D-6SUMMARY OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WATER QUALITY IMPACTSDUE TO NURSERY OPERATIONSImpact-Inducing Policies or Management Actions a :! Improper management of nursery or agricultural operations or the Management Plan.Policies or Management Actions that Could be Required to Reduce Potential Impacts to Less ThanSignificant a :! Policy WQ3: Minimize nutrient loading to the water supply.! Policy WA25: Require all lessees and permittees to comply with the City’s Pesticide ManagementPlan Ordinance and the SFPUC Integrated Pest Management Plan, and to submit a ChemicalApplication Management Program.! Actions lea3, lea4, and lea5: Ensure that land use leases include water quality protection measures andmonitoring plan.! Action lea8: Require assignment of a lease coordinator.! Action sta6: Provide specific water quality training for staff.! Action fic2: Authorize or prohibit specific lease or permit activities based partially on impacts to waterquality.! Action inf3: Record and update water quality data.a See Table II-1 for a description of each action.programs provide guidance and restrictions on types of pesticides and application methods andwould protect water quality. Implementation of other policies and management actions wouldalso provide water quality protection from nursery uses, such as WQ3, which calls forminimizing nutrient loading to the water supply, and Policy WA25, which requires all lesseesand permittees to comply with the City’s Pesticide Management Plan Ordinance and the SFPUCIntegrated Pest Management Plan, and to submit a Chemical Application Management Program.Actions lea3, lea4, and lea5 require that land use leases include water quality protectionmeasures and monitoring plans. Action lea8 requires assignment of a lease coordinator andAction sta6 provides specific water quality training for staff. Action fic2 would authorize orprohibit specific lease or permit activities based partially on impacts to water quality.Action inf3 would require water quality data to be recorded and updated.On a program-level, implementation of these policies and management actions, as describedabove and in Section IV.D, would reduce potential water quality impacts associated withimproper management of existing and any future nursery operations to a less than significantlevel.NOP 96.223E: Alameda Watershed Management Plan III.D-31 ESA / 930385January 2001