STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP AGENDA

Wednesday -- October 8, 1997 -- 10:00 a.m.

First-Floor Hearing Room

Paul R. Bonderson Building

901 P Street, Sacramento

Questions regarding this agenda - call Maureen Marché (916) 657-0990 or fax 657-0932. This notice and associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov. (Note: agenda items should be available electronically on September 30, 1997.)

Workshop includes informal discussion of items to be presented for action at a future business meeting. People who are interested in items on the agenda are urged to attend workshops as they may miss valuable discussion that will not be repeated at the Board meeting. NOTE: There is no voting at workshops. Items requiring Board action must come to a Board meeting.

Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed. The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized. Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Board.*

Closed Session Items 1 and 2 -- 8:30 a.m.

4th Floor Executive Office Conference Room

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

 

LITIGATION

1. Consideration of Petitions for Writ of Mandate Against the State Water Resources Control Board in: (A) Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, et al. V. State Water Resources Control Board, Case No. 32519 and Case No. 32530 and (B) Sierra Club, et al. V. State Water Resources Control Board, Case No. 105610, Monterey County Superior Court. (This is authorized under Government Code Section 11126(e)(1).)

2. Consideration of Whether the State Water Resources Control Board Should Initiate Litigation or an Adjudicatory Proceeding Against the California American Water Company for the Unauthorized Diversion and Use of Water From the Carmel River. (This is authorized under Government Code Section 11126(e)(5)(A).)

 

ITEMS 3-12 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 10:00 A.M.,WEDNESDAY, October 8, 1997

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.

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

3. Consideration of a Request by the City of Plymouth to Allow Use of an Income Survey to Determine Amount of Grant Assistance. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to deny the City of Plymouth's request to waive Section II. Definitions.)

4. Consideration of Adopting the Seawater Intrusion Control Loan Program Guidelines. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the Seawater Intrusion Control Loan Program Guidelines.)

WATER QUALITY PETITION

5. In the Matter of the Petition of East Charleston, Inc. for Review of Administrative Civil Liability Order Nos. 96-108 and 96-109 Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region. SWRCB/OCC File A-1039. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order modifying two administrative civil liability orders as requested by the Regional Water Quality Control Board.)

WATER QUALITY

**6. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Provide a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan to the Lost Hills Water District for the Seepage Control Project (Loan Number C-06-6045-110). (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to approve the loan.)

**7. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Provide a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan to the Del Puerto Water District for the Irrigation System Improvement Project (Loan Number C-06-6047-110). (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to approve the loan.)

**8. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Provide a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan to the Panoche Water District for the Subsurface Water Recirculation Project (Loan Number C-06-6044-110). (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to approve the loan.)

**9. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Provide a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan to the Town Of Mammoth Lakes for the Urban Runoff Projects (Loan Numbers C-06-6031-110, C-06-6032-110, and C-06-6033-110). (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to approve the loan.)

**10. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Provide an Agricultural Drainage Management Program Loan to Merced County for the Animal Confinement Drainage Improvements Project. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to approve the loan.)

**11. Consideration Of Approval Of A Resolution Authorizing The Executive Director, Or His Designee, To Accept A Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 104(b)(3) Grant For Category One Watershed Activities. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to accept the grant.)

**12. Consideration of Approval of an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region Revising Surface Water Quality Objectives for Chlorides and Incorporating a Revised Policy for Addressing Levels of Chloride in Discharges of Wastewater. (The Board will be asked, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed amendment.)

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, all written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 3, 1997. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; FAX 916-657-0932

**These items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial 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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