STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

 

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 – 10:00 a.m.

Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor

Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building

1001 I Street, Sacramento

 

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(Note:  agenda items should be available electronically on November 12, 2003.)

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Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.

The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized.  See Presentation Information at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/index.shtml

 

Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Board.*

 

All visitors are required to sign in and receive a badge prior to attending any meeting.  The Visitor and Environmental Services Center is located just inside and to the left of the Cal/EPA Building's public entrance.  Valid picture identification may be required due to the security level so please allow up to 15 minutes for this process.

 

DECLARATION OF A QUORUM

 

PRESENTATION OF JIM STAFFORD AWARD

 

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.

 

MINUTES

The Board will consider the minutes of September 16, September 30, and October 15 Board Meetings.

 

UNCONTESTED ITEMS

1-12.  The Board will be asked to approve items 1-12 at one time.

 

WATER QUALITY PETITION

13.  In the Matter of the Petition of Larry and Pamela Canchola for Review of Water Code Section 13267 Request Regarding MTBE Investigation of Charnock Sub-Basin, by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region.  SWRCB/OCC File A-1554.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order approving the Petition in part and remanding the request to the Regional Board.)

 

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UNCONTESTED ITEMS CALENDAR

 

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.

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

**1.  Consideration of the Adoption of  Regulations Setting Fees for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Classification and Operator Certification Program.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed regulations.)  [As previously noticed, the written comment period closed 5:00 p.m., October 13, 2003.]

 

ADMINISTRATION

**2.  Consideration of Adoption of the Revised Appendix to the Conflict of Interest Code.   (The Board will consider whether to adopt a revised appendix to the State Board Conflict of Interest Code.)

 

WATER RIGHTS

**3.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Approval of an Interagency Agreement Between the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and the State Board of Equalization (BOE) To Bill and Collect Water Right Fees and Expenses.   (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

WATER QUALITY

**4.  Consideration of a Resolution Adopting Regulations Regarding Red Tags for Underground Storage Tanks.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**5.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to Suspend the Recreational Beneficial Uses in Engineered Channels During Unsafe Wet Weather Conditions.  (The Board will consider whether to approve the proposed amendment.)

 

**6.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region Incorporating a Total Maximum Daily Load for Bacteria at Marina Del Rey Harbor Mothers’ Beach And Back Basins.   (The Board will consider whether to approve the proposed amendment.)

 

**7.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region Incorporating a Total Maximum Daily Load for Nitrogen Compounds in the Santa Clara River.  (The Board will consider whether to approve the proposed amendment.)

 

**8.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region Incorporating a Total Maximum Daily Load for Nitrogen Compounds and Related Effects in the Los Angeles River and its Tributaries.  (The Board will consider whether to approve the proposed amendment.)

 

**9.  Consideration of an Order Adopting Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Dredged or Fill Discharges That Have Received State Water Quality Certification (General WDRs).  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the order.) 

 

**10.  Consideration of a Resolution Adopting Regulations That Require Certification for Underground Storage Tank Operators, Installers, Service Technicians, and Inspectors.   (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.) 

 

WATER QUALITY PETITIONS

**11.  In the Matter of the Petition of City of Davis for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 5‑01-067 for City of Davis Wastewater Treatment Plant, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region.  SWRCB/OCC File A-1374.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order approving a stipulation to remand the matter to the Regional Board.)  (Note:  Board Member Carlton will not be participating in this matter.) 

 

**12.  In the Matter of the Petitions of Camarillo Sanitary District, City of Thousand Oaks, and the City of Simi Valley (For a Stay of Chloride Effluent Limitations in Permits and Provisions Pertaining to Chloride Limits in Time Schedule Orders) Los Angeles Region.  SWRCB/OCC Files A-1577, A-1578 & A-1579.  Consolidated.  (The Board will consider whether to approve the proposed order approving the “Stipulation for Further Order Issuing Stay” dated October 10, 2003.)

 

 

CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

(NOTE:  Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

 

WATER RIGHTS   (This closed session is authorized under Government Code section 11126(c)(3).)

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order prepared after a hearing on Administrative Civil Liability complaints for violations of Licenses 13444 and 13274 of Lloyd L. Phelps, Jr.; License 13194 of
Joey P. Ratto, Jr.; and License 13315 of Ronald D. Conn and Ron Silva, et al.

 

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order prepared after a hearing on petitions for change and extension of time filed by South Feather Water and Power Agency (formerly Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District) and Yuba County Water District on Permits 1267, 1268, 1271, 2492, 11516 and 11518 (Applications 1651, 2142, 2979, 2778, 13957 and 14113). The permits authorize diversion from Lost Creek, Sly Creek, South Fork Feather River and Slate Creek in Butte and Yuba Counties.

 

LITIGATION  (This closed session is authorized under Government Code section 11126(e)(1).)

The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the case of El Dorado Irrigation District v. SWRCB (Sacramento County Superior Court, No. 01CS01319).  

 

 

 

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, written comments on Items 2-13 must be received by 5:00 p.m.,
November 17, 2003.   As previously noticed, the written comment period for Item 1 closed 5:00 p.m., October 13, 2003.  Mailing address:  PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA  95812-0100; FAX 916-341-5620

 

**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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