STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING AGENDA
Thursday,
March 21, 2002 – 10:00 a.m.
Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor
Joe Serna
Jr./Cal/EPA Building
1001 I Street, Sacramento
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regarding this agenda - call Maureen Marché (916) 341-5600 or fax 341-5620.
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Oral
Testimony: 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.*
Board Meeting
– 10:00 a.m.
Declaration
of Quorum
PUBLIC
FORUM
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.
The Board will consider the minutes
of the February 19, 2002 Board meeting.
UNCONTESTED ITEMS
1-27.
The Board will be asked to approve items 1-27 at one time.
WATER QUALITY
PETITIONS
28. In the Matter of the Petition of the City
of Turlock for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 5-01-122 and
Cease and Desist Order No. 5-01-123 [NPDES No. CA0078948], Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board, Central Valley Region. SWRCB/OCC
File A-1382.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order taking
up on the Board’s own motion review of Orders No. 5-01-122 and 5-01-123.
29. In the Matter of the Petition of the People Against
Radioactive Dumping for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 6-00-101 for Molycorp, Inc.’s Mountain Pass Mine and Mill Site, North Tailings Pond
(P-16), Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Lahontan Region. SWRCB/OCC File A-1347. (The Board
will consider whether to adopt the proposed order taking up on the Board’s own
motion review of Order No. 6-00-101.)
30. Consideration
of a Proposed Order Rescinding Order 2001-04-DWR and Amending Condition 6
of Order WR 95-10 as Modified by Order WR 98-04 Regarding Diversions by California-American
Water Company in the Carmel River. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the
proposed order.) Note: As previously noticed, comments on Item 30
are due by Friday, March 15.
31. Consideration
of a Resolution Finding That the Proposed Sacramento Valley Water Management
Projects are Consistent With the 1995 Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan
and Section 78681.4 of the Safe, Clean, Reliable, Water Supply Act (Water
Code section 78681 et seq.). (The Board will
consider whether to adopt a resolution finding consistency.)
Reports by Board Members on Regional
Water Quality Control Board Meetings or Other Meeting or Conferences Where
Board Members Have Represented the Board. (Information
Item)
Summary of Major Board
Activities. (Information Item)
Workshop – 11:00 a.m.
32. Progress
Report by Parties to the Bay-Delta Water Rights Hearing, Phase 8, Negotiations
Regarding Plans to Implement the Flow-Dependant Objectives Contained in the
1995 Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. (Informational Item)
(Please note Closed Sessions are not
open to the public)
LITIGATION (authorized under Government Code section 11126(e)(1).)
The Board will be
meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the case of
San Francisco BayKeeper, Inc. v. State Water Resources Control Board
(Sacramento County Superior Court, No. 99SC02722).
The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss the appointment, evaluation of performance or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against that employee by another person or employee unless the employee requests a public hearing.
Uncontested items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. They will be acted upon by the Board at one time without discussion. If any Board Member, staff, or interested person requests that an item be removed from the Uncontested Items Calendar, it will be taken up in the regular agenda order.
1. In The Matter of the Petition
of Tuolumne County for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 5-01-117
Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley
Region. SWRCB/OCC File A-1389. (The Board
will consider whether to adopt the proposed order amending the waste discharge
requirements.)
WATER QUALITY
2. Consideration of a Resolution
to Commemorate the Year 2002 as the Year of Clean Water and October 2002 as
the Month of Clean Water in Recognition of the 30th Anniversary
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Otherwise Known as the Clean Water
Act. (The Board will consider whether
to adopt the proposed resolution.)
3. Consideration of a Resolution
Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Colorado
River Basin Region to Establish the New River Pathogen Total Maximum Daily
Load. (The Board will consider whether
to adopt the proposed resolution.)
4. Consideration of a Resolution
Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and
Amend a Grant Contract With the County of Glenn for Developing an Element
of the General Plan, Developing a Program Environmental Impact Report, and
Amending the Zoning Code to Implement the General Plan.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
5. Consideration of a Resolution
Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and
Amend a Contract With the Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Authority
(LESJWA) to Provide Funding for the Lake Elsinore Fish Removal Project, the
Canyon Lake Improvements Environmental Impact Report (EIR), the Public Relations
Program, and the Project Management and Administration for Each From the Lake
Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Program (LESJWP) Established in the Costa-Machado
Water Act of 2000 (2000 Bond Act). (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
6. Consideration of a Resolution
Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and
Amend a Contract With the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) to
Provide Funding for the Arlington Desalter Enhancement Project From the Southern
California Integrated Watershed Program (SCIWP) Established in the Costa-Machado
Water Act of 2000 (2000 Bond Act). (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
7. Consideration of a Resolution
Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute,
and Amend a Consolidated Laboratory Analytical Services Agreement With the
Department of Health Services (DHS) for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2002-03, 2003-04,
and 2004‑05. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the
proposed resolution.)
CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS
8. Consideration
of Approval of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of San Mateo
for the State Beaches Associated With the Pillarcitos and Gazos Watersheds
to Fund the Fecal Bacteria Source Identification and Source Abatement From
the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado
Water Act of 2000. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
9. Consideration of Approval
of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Santa Barbara for Funding
of Phase I of the Mission Creek and Arroyo Burro Creek Dry Weather Diversion
and Bacterial Reduction Project to Reduce Bacterial Contamination at East
Beach and Arroyo Burro Beach From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount
Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
10. Consideration of Approval
of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Dana Point for Funding
of the Doheny State Beach-Del Obispo Storm Drain Improvement and Low Flow
Diversion Project From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established
in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.
(The Board will consider whether to
adopt the proposed resolution.)
11. Consideration of Approval
of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of San Diego for Funding
of the Mission Bay Source Identification Study-Phase I Survey From the Coastal
Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water
Act of 2000. (The Board
will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
12. Consideration of Approval
of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of San Diego for Funding
of the Rose & Tecolote Creek Water Quality Improvements-Phase I From the
Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado
Water Act of 2000. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
13. Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Malibu for Funding of the Cross Creek Road and Civic Center Way Storm Drain Disinfection Project to Reduce Bacterial Contamination in Malibu Lagoon and Surfrider Beach From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
14. Consideration
of Approval of an Increase of the Seawater Intrusion Control Loan Commitment
for the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency; Watsonville/Harkins Slough
Project; SWI Project No. SWI-3020-110.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
15. Consideration of Approval
of a Seawater Intrusion Control Loan Program Commitment to the Pajaro Valley
Water Management Agency; Integrated Coastal Distribution System-Accelerated
Pipeline and Supplemental Wells Project; SWI Project No. SWI-3022-110. (The Board
will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
16. Consideration of Approval
of a Loan Commitment From the Seawater Intrusion Program for the Orange County
Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System:
Project No. SWI-3021-110.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
17. Consideration of Approval
of a Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant for the Marina Coast Water
District, Marina Airport Area Recycled Water Pipeline Project, Water Recycling
Project No. 3303-010. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
18. Consideration of Approval
of a Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant for the City of American Canyon;
Facilities Planning Study for the American Canyon Water Recycling Project;
Water Recycling Project No. 3206-110.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
19. Consideration of Approval
of a State Revolving Fund Preliminary Loan Commitment for the County Sanitation
Districts of Los Angeles Nitrification/De-Nitrification Facilities Project,
SRF No. C-06-4701-110, 210, 310, 410, & 510.
(The Board will consider whether to
adopt the proposed resolution.)
20. Consideration
of Approval of a Proposed Resolution Amending the Underground Storage Tank
Cleanup Fund Priority List Amendment No. 93.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
21. Consideration
of Request from the Division of Clean Water Programs to Revise the Existing
Cleanup and Abatement Account Procedures as Outlined in the Administrative
Procedures Manual Chapter 4.4.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
22. Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of Los Angeles for Funding the Manhattan Beach Dry Weather Diversion of the 28th Street Storm Drain to the Sanitary Sewer System From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
23. Consideration of Approval
of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Capitola for Capitola
Beach to Fund Storm Drain Diversions From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control
Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether
to adopt the proposed resolution.)
24. Consideration
of Approval of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of Orange for
Funding of the Aliso Creek Treatment System From the Coastal Nonpoint Source
Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed
resolution).
25. Consideration of Approval
of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of San Diego for Funding
of the Ocean Beach Water Quality Improvement Project – Phase I From the Coastal
Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water
Act of 2000. (The Board
will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution).
26.
Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing
the Executive Director or Designee to Execute an Interagency Agreement With
the University of California to Conduct Water Quality Research and Monitoring
at Lake Tahoe. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
27.
Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing
the Executive Director or Designee to Apply for and Accept a Grant of Approximately
$400,000 From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and to Negotiate a
Workplan to Conduct a Wetland Mitigation Study in the Los Angeles Region. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
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*In order to be fully considered at the Board meeting, written comments on Items 1-29 and 31-32 must be received by 5:00 p.m., March 18, 2002. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; FAX (916) 341-5620
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