Ex Parte Communications
Beginning January 1st, 2013, Senate Bill (SB) 965 authorized ex parte communication between interested persons and board members for general WDR proceedings. As part of SB 965, interested persons who meet with board members must publically disclose the ex parte communication.
SB 965 defines interested persons as dischargers and their representatives/employees; persons with a financial interest in the general order; and representatives acting on behalf of an interest group.
- Publication and Forms related to Ex Parte Communications
- Ex Parte Communications Related to:
Basin Planning (TMDLs, Basin Planning, NPS Delta Programs) - Related Communications
Management Zones Implementation Plans: Chowchilla, Kings, Kaweah, Tule, Modesto and Turlock Management Zones
- Date of meeting, phone call, or other communication:
- 8 April 2024, 10am – 10:30am, via Microsoft Teams
- Names of all participants in the communication, including all board members who participated:
- Kjia Rivers, Community Water Center; Jennifer Clary, Clean Water Action; Sean Yang, Member, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; Patrick Pulupa, Executive Office, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
- Name, title, and contact information of person completing this form:
- Jennifer Clary, Director, Clean Water Action, jclary@cleanwater.org
- Describe the communication and the content of the communication:
- Background, discussed why our organizations are engaged (access to safe drinking water -most residents we work with rely 100% on groundwater); long history of our engagement (going back nearly 15 years). Concerns discussed - Compliance; Problem with township level averaging to determine compliance; Timeline - The 35 year timeline for discharges to no longer cause or contribute to exceedances of WQOs is not as short as practicable; Long-term drinking water solutions - funding not identified - concern that management zones are relying on SAFER funding; options for long-term drinking water solutions not identified; Restoration - missing from plans; need more detail.
Management Zones Implementation Plans: Chowchilla, Kings, Kaweah, Tule, Modesto and Turlock Management Zones
- Date of meeting, phone call, or other communication:
- 8 April 2024, 3pm – 4pm, via Microsoft Teams
- Names of all participants in the communication, including all board members who participated:
- Kjia Rivers, Community Water Center; Jennifer Clary, Clean Water Action; Michael Claiborne, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability; Mark Bradford, Chair, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; Elena Lee Reeder, Member, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; Patrick Pulupa, Executive Officer, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
- Name, title, and contact information of person completing this form:
- Jennifer Clary, Director, Clean Water Action, jclary@cleanwater.org
- Describe the communication and the content of the communication:
- Background, discussed why our organizations are engaged (access to safe drinking water -most residents we work with rely 100% on groundwater); long history of our engagement (going back nearly 15 years). Concerns discussed – Compliance; Problem with township level averaging to determine compliance; Timeline - The 35 year timeline for discharges to no longer cause or contribute to exceedances of WQOs is not as short as practicable; Long-term drinking water solutions - funding not identified - concern that management zones are relying on SAFER funding; options for long-term drinking water solutions not identified; Restoration - missing from plans; need more detail.
