The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting on proposed adoption of the Water Quality Control Policy on the Use of Coastal and Estuarine Waters for Power Plant Cooling. The proposed Policy establishes technology-based standards to implement federal CWA §316(b). The proposed policy would apply to the 19 existing power plants that currently have the ability to withdraw over 15 billion gallons per day from coastal and estuarine waters using a single-pass system. The meeting will be May 4, 2010. Written comments are due April 13, 2010. http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/npdes/docs/cwa316may2010/otcnotice_rev.pdf.