STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING AND WORKSHOP AGENDA

 

Thursday, July 18, 2002 -- 9:00 a.m.

 

Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor

Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building

1001 I Street, Sacramento

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Questions regarding this agenda - call Maureen Marché (916) 341-5600 or fax 341-5620.

 

Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.  The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized.  See Presentation Information at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/index.shtml  Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Board.*

 

Audio broadcast of this meeting is available at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/

 

Board Meeting

 

Declaration of Quorum

Presentation of Award for Achieving Excellence in Financial Reporting

 

PUBLIC FORUM

Public Forum.  (Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board's jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board's agenda, or pending before the Board or a Regional Board.) Note: Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

 

MINUTES

The Board will consider the minutes of the June 20, 2002 Board meeting.

 

UNCONTESTED ITEMS

1-13.  The Board will be asked to approve items 1-13 at one time.

 

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board's jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board's agenda or pending before the Board or a Regional Board.  Note:  Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

 

WATER QUALITY

14.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to Revise Bacteria Objectives for Waters Designated for Water Contact Recreation.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

WATER QUALITY PETITIONS

15.  In the Matter of the Petitions of Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Western States Petroleum Association, Communities for a Better Environment, and Bay Area Clean Water Agencies for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 01-067 [NPDES No. CA0005134] for Chevron Richmond Refinery, Richmond Plant, and Richmond Works, issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region.  SWRCB/OCC Files A-1395, A-1395(a), A-1395(b), and A-1395(c).  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order remanding Order No. 01-067 to the Regional Board.)

 

16.  In the Matter of the Petitions of East Bay Municipal Utility District (the District) and Bay Area Clean Water Agencies for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 01-072 [NPDES No. CA0037702] for the District’s Special District No. 1 Water Pollution Control Plant Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region.  SWRCB/OCC Files A-1396 and A-1396(a).  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order remanding Order No. 01-072 to the Regional Board.)

 

Workshop

 

WATER RIGHTS

17.  Consideration of a Proposed Order Prepared After a Hearing on Petitions for Change and Extension of Time Filed by Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District and Yuba County Water District on Permits 1267, 1268, 1271,2492, 11516 and 11518 (Applications 1651, 2142, 2979, 2778, 13957 and 14113).  The permits authorize diversion from Lost Creek, Sly Creek, South Fork Feather River and Slate Creek in Butte and Yuba Counties.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order.)

 

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UNCONTESTED ITEMS CALENDAR

 

Uncontested items are expected to be routine and non-controversial.  They will be acted upon by the Board at one time without discussion.  If any Board Member, staff, or interested person requests that an item be removed from the Uncontested Items Calendar, it will be taken up in the regular agenda order.

 

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

1.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Avalon for Funding of the Avalon Beaches – Sewer Collection System Slip‑Lining Project From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

2.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Long Beach for Implementation of the Los Angeles River Project From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

3.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Los Angeles for Funding of the Port of Los Angeles Cabrillo Beach Project From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

4.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Malibu for Funding of the Malibu Septic System Management Plan From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

5.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Newport Beach for Funding the Newport Beach Urban Runoff Diversion and Circulation Improvement System From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

6.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of Santa Barbara for the Urban Runoff Mitigation Project at Arroyo Burro Beach From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

7.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of Orange for Funding the Dana Point Harbor Baby Beach Ocean Institute Best Management Practice’s Implementation From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

8.  Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Approving Adoption of the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Emergency, Abandoned, Recalcitrant Account Fiscal Year 2002-2003 Annual Site List; and, Authorizing the Executive Director, or Designee, to Execute Contracts and Amendments With Designated Regional Water Quality Control Boards, Local UST Implementing Agencies, Or Local Oversight Program Agencies.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

9.  Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Delegating Authority to Approve Routine Waivers of the Water Recycling Funding Guidelines to the Executive Director, the Chief Deputy Director, or the Chief of the Division of Clean Water Programs of the State Water Resources Control Board.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

WATER QUALITY PETITION

10.  In the Matter of the Petition of Trancas Property Owners Association for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 00-135, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region.  SWRCB/OCC File A-1420.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order remanding the issue to the Regional Board.)

 

WATER QUALITY

11.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Funding of $600,000 From the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account to Develop and Implement an Abatement Strategy for Sediment Sources That are Impairing Freshwater Creek, Jordan Creek, Stitz Creek, Bear Creek and Elk River in Northern Humboldt County.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

12.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Issuance of a Contract With the Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Authority to Provide Funding for the Island Well Improvements and Monitoring Program From the Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Program Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.) 

 

13.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Contracts Funded by $1,950,000 From the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account for Monitoring to Assess Effects on Human Health and the Aquatic Environment From Discharge of Aquatic Pesticides. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.) 

 

Closed Session Items

(Please note Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

 

LITIGATION  (This is authorized under Government Code section 11126(e)(1).)

The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the case of Building Industry Association of San Diego County et al. v. State Water Resources Control Board (San Diego County Superior Court, No. GIC 780263).

 

The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the case of San Francisco BayKeeper et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board (Sacramento County Superior Court, No. 99CS01929).

 

WATER RIGHTS  (This is authorized under Government Code section 11126(c)(3).)

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order prepared after a hearing on petitions for change and extension of time filed by Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District and Yuba County Water District on Permits 1267, 1268, 1271, 2492, 11516 and 11518 (Applications 1651, 2142, 2979, 2778, 13957 and 14113). The permits authorize diversion from Lost Creek, Sly Creek, South Fork Feather River and Slate Creek in Butte and Yuba Counties.

 

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on testimony and evidence presented during the hearing on the joint petition of Imperial Irrigation District and San Diego County Water Authority for approval of a long-term transfer of conserved water (Application 7482).

 

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on testimony and evidence presented during the hearing on a petition to revise the Declaration of Fully Appropriated Streams to allow processing of

applications to appropriate water from the Lower American River.

 

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*In order to be fully considered at the Board meeting, written comments on Items 1-14 must be received by 5:00 p.m., July 15, 2002.  As previously notified, comments on Items 15-16 are due on July 11 and comments on Item 17 are due July 14.  Mailing address:  PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA  95812-0100; FAX (916) 341-5620

 

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