AES Huntington Beach Generating Station

AES Huntington Beach Generating Station
Quarterly Public Meetings on the Clean Water Act Section 316b Compliance Process

The Regional Board has issued an NPDES Permit, Order No. R8-2006-0011, to the AES HBGS, which regulates the discharge of waste to the Pacific Ocean from the facility.   Order R8-2006-0011 also establishes a schedule for compliance with Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, and the implementing regulations at 40 CFR Part 9, 122 et al., in order to address the impingement and entrainment impacts of the once through cooling system on the beneficial uses of the Pacific Ocean.  Order No. R8-2006-0011 requires that AES,

"shall conduct quarterly meetings (until the Regional Board approves the Comprehensive Demonstration Study) with interested stakeholders to discuss the progress of and issues pertaining to the consideration of compliance with the requirements of this Order pertaining to implementation of the Clean Water Act Section 316(b) Phase II Rule, including investigations leading to the development and submittal of the Comprehensive Demonstration Study."

This page contains notices of the Public Meetings and related documents in the Regional Board's record pertaining to this matter.
 

Schedule of Quarterly Public Meeting

The meetings are tentatively scheduled for the third Thursday of the month following the end of each quarter, at the AES Huntington Beach Generating Station Conference Room, 21730 Newland St., Huntington Beach

First Meeting:  January 18, 2007, 7:00 pm
Agenda
Meeting Summary
Presentation

Second Meeting: June 20 at 1:00 p.m. at the AES HBGS
Agenda
Sign-In Sheet
Presentation

Third Meeting: September 13, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the AES HBGS
Agenda
Sign-In Sheet
Meeting Summary
Presentation

Fourth Meeting: December 18, 2007 at the AES HBGS
Sign-In Sheet
Meeting Summary
 

Related Documents

Comprehensive Demonstration Study for AES Huntington Beach Generating Station
Final Report, January 2008 (10 MB)
Cover Letter

Final Evaluation of Wedgewire Screens for Protecting Early Life Stages of Fish at Cooling Water Intakes, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA 2005, 1010112

2nd Circuit Court Decision on 316b 01/25/2007

Velocity Cap Studies, 11/21/2006

Order R8-2006-0011 – Waste Discharge Requirements (NPDES Permit) and Monitoring and Reporting Program

California Energy Commission Surf Zone Water Quality Study, Komex, 8/11/2003

State Lands Commission, Resolution on Once Through Cooling, 4/13/2006

California Energy Commission Surf Zone Water Quality Study, Komex, 7/7/2006

CEC Analysis , 9/14/2006

AES Final Effluent Monitoring Plan , 10/13/2006

AES HBGS Calculation Baseline Proposal, 10/11/2006

AES HBGS IME Summary, August 2006

CEC-700-2005-13, Assessing I & E Impacts of Once Through Cooling

Figures Surfzone Study

316(b) Phase II Fact Sheet

316(b) Phase II Final Rule

PIC Letter, 10/17/2005

PIER Comparison of Cooling Technologies

AES HBGS Proposal for Information Collection

For comments or questions regarding the AES HBGS please contact Ken Theisen at
951-320-2028.