Step 5: State of California Environmental Protection Agency Screening

We will also search for facilities regulated by California EPA. 

Go to http://www.calepa.ca.gov/

Scroll down the page and click on “State Water Resources Control Board” at the bottom of the left margin. 

http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/

You will have to experiment with your individual sites and searches. 

For this example we have clicked on “(6) Lahontan” because our site is located within this region.  You are redirected to the following page.

http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/lahontan/

We will click on the “Underground Storage Tank icon” in the left middle of the page. 

You are redirected to the following page. 

http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/cwphome/ust/

Click on “Online Access to Geotracker” in the left column of the page.

You are then redirected to the following page. 

http://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/

We will click on “Site/Facility Finder” to obtain information about CalEPA-regulated facilities in vicinity of the subject property. 

You are redirected to the following page.

http://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/search/

For this example we will enter “North Edwards” for city, then click on “Search All Sites”. 

You will have to experiment with your search parameters as desired.

You are then redirected to a page showing CalEPA-regulated facilities in your area.   

http://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/search/all_sites.asp?
business_name=&main_
street_number=&main_street_name=&city=North+Edwards
&county=&global_id=

For our example, six facilities with public water supply wells are listed.  You can click on “View PWS Wells” for each of the listed facilities to obtain more specific information. 

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