STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP AGENDA

Tuesday, July 1, 2003, 9:00 a.m.

Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor

Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building

1001 I Street, Sacramento

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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/

ITEMS 1-12 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00A.M., TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2003

NOTE: Item 9 will not be discussed earlier than 11:00 a.m. and Item 12 will not be discussed earlier than 1:00 p.m.

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.

ADMINISTRATION

**1. Consideration of a Resolution to Approve Proposed Regulations Governing Review by State Board of Action or Failure to Act by Regional Board. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the propose resolution.) View the draft regs.

**2. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Accept, and/or Amend a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Environmental Information Exchange Network Challenge Grant for Developing Electronic Discharger Submittal of Self-Monitoring Reports and Uploading of the Data to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Permit Compliance System. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed resolution.)

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

**3. Consideration of a Resolution Adopting the Clean Beaches Initiative Grant Program Priority List. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.) As previously noticed, written comments are due no later than 5:00 p.m., June 30, 2003.

**4. Consideration of a Resolution Approving a State Revolving Fund Loan for the City of Pismo Beach Wastewater Facilities Expansion Project; SRF Loan Project No. C-06-4793-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

**5. Consideration of a Resolution Approving Additional Clean Beaches Initiative Grant Funds for the Bodega Bay-Campbell Cove Source Identification Testing from the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

6. Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Priority List for Grants Under the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000 (Proposition 13) Pesticide Research and Identification of Source, and Mitigation (PRISM) Grant Program Project Priority Lists and Authorizing Issuance of Contracts and Amendments to Implement the PRISM Projects. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

WATER QUALITY PETITIONS

7. In the Matter of the Petitions of County Sanitation District No. 2 Of Los Angeles County and Santa Monica Baykeeper for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order Nos. R4-2002-0121 [NPDES No. CA0054011] and R4-2002-0123 [NPDES No. CA0055119] and Time Schedule Order Nos. R4-2002-0122 and R4-2002-0124, for Los Coyotes and Long Beach Wastewater Reclamation Plants Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region. SWRCB/OCC Files A-1496 and A-1496(a). (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order approving the waste discharge requirements and time schedule orders, with revisions to the chronic toxicity effluent limitations and other minor revisions.) (Written comments, which must be limited to the revisions shown in this draft order, must be received by the SWRCB Office of Chief Counsel no later than June 25, 2003, at 5:00 p.m.)

8. In the Matter of the Petitions of County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles and Bill Robinson for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R4-2002-0142 [NPDES No. CA0053716] and Time Schedule Order No. R4-2002-0143, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region. SWRCB/OCC Files A-1509 and A-1509(a). (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order remanding the requirements and time schedule order to the Regional Board and otherwise denying the petitions.) (Written comments must be received by the SWRCB Office of Chief Counsel no later than June 25, 2003, at 5:00 p.m.)

(Item 9 will not be discussed earlier than 11:00 a.m.)

9. Progress Report from the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board on Regional Board Actions to Address Water Quality Issues Related to Timber Harvesting in the Watersheds of Elk River, Freshwater Creek and Three Tributaries of the Eel River. (Information Item. The Board will receive a report from the North Coast Regional Board pursuant to provisions of Order WQO 2002-0004 adopted on January 23, 2002, and Order WQO 2002-0019 adopted on October 17, 2002.)

WATER QUALITY

10. Consideration of a Resolution Adopting Emergency Regulations that Establish Minimum Requirements for the Design, Construction, Operation, and Closure of Solar Evaporators as Components of Integrated On-Farm Drainage Management Systems. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopted the proposed resolution.) (As previously noticed, written comments must be received no later than 9:00 a.m., July 1, 2003).

11. Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Diego Region to Establish a Total Maximum Daily Load for Diazinon in the Chollas Creek Watershed. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed amendment.)

WATER RIGHTS (Item 12 will not be discussed earlier than 1:00 p.m.)

12. Consideration of a Draft Order Denying a Petition to Revise the Declaration of Fully Appropriated Streams to Allow Processing of Applications to Appropriate Treated Groundwater Discharged into the Lower American River. (The Board will consider, at a board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order.) (As previously noticed, all written comments on the draft order were to be received by noon, June 12, 2003.)

Closed Session Items

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

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 a petition to revise the Declaration of Fully Appropriated Streams to allow processing of applications to appropriate water from the Lower American River.

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order prepared after a hearing to receive additional evidence in response to a writ of mandate from the Yuba County Superior Court that directed the Board to reconsider Water Right Decision 1644 in light of specified additional evidence. Water Right Decision 1644 was previously adopted on March 1, 2001, and amended by Order WR 2001-08 entered on May 17, 2001. The decision addresses fishery and water right issues on the lower Yuba River.

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*In order to be fully considered at the Board meeting, written comments on Items 1, 2, 4 – 6, 9, and 11 must be received by 5:00 p.m., June 27, 2003. Written comments for Item 3 are due by 5:00 p.m., June 30, 2003. The Office of Chief Counsel must receive written comments on Items 7 and 8 no later than 5:00 p.m., June 25, 2003. Written comments on Item 10 must be received no later than 9:00 a.m., July 1, 2003. Written comments on Item 12 were due by noon, June 12, 2003.

**These items are expected to be routine and non-controversial and there will be no discussion unless requested by a Board Member, staff or interested party. If such a request is made, the item will be considered separately.

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