WHEREAS:

1. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region (SARWQCB), adopted a revised Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin (Basin Plan) on March 11, 1994.

2. On April 18, 1997, following a public hearing, the SARWQCB adopted Resolution No. 97-20 (Attachment 1) which amended the Basin Plan by deleting bacterial objectives for ocean waters and relying on the objectives contained in the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan), adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) in 1990.

3. The SWRCB finds that the proposed amendment complies with requirements of SWRCB Resolution No. 68-16 (Statement of Policy with Respect to Maintaining High Quality of Waters in California).

4. Section 13240 of the Water Code specifies that basin plans be periodically reviewed and, if appropriate, revised.

5. The SARWQCB staff prepared documents and followed procedures satisfying environmental documentation requirements in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and other State laws and regulations.

6. This Basin Plan amendment does not become effective until approved by the SWRCB and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and until the regulatory provisions are approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL).

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The SWRCB:

1. Approves SARWQCB Resolution No. 97-20 amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin.

2. Authorizes staff to forward regulatory provisions to OAL and the entire amendment to U.S. EPA for approval.

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on July 17, 1997.

/s/____________________________________

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board