STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

WORKSHOP AGENDA

 

                                                                                 Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 10:00 a.m.             

Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor

The Joe Serna Jr./ Cal/EPA Building

1001 I Street, Sacramento

 

For questions about this agenda, contact Debbie Irvin at (916) 341-5600 or fax 341-5620.  This notice and associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov.   Agenda items should be electronically available on March 22, 2004.

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An audio broadcast of this meeting is available at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/

 

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.  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.  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.* 

 

ITEMS 1-12 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 10:00 A.M., TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2004.

 

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.

 

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.

 

ADMINISTRATION

**1.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and Renew, as Necessary, the Foundation For California Community Colleges Student Assistant Contract.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**2.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Execute a Grant Amendment With the Department of Energy For Regional Water Quality Control Board Oversight at the Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research at U. C. Davis.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

**3.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Apply For, Accept, and/or Amend a Federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Grant, and Authorizing Issuance of Contracts and Amendments For Support of the Nonpoint Source Program.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**4.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Amendment of Resolution No. 2001-030 to Extend the Termination Date For the Previously Approved Caulerpa Taxifolia Eradication in Huntington Harbor Project to June 30, 2006.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**5.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Request For Funding From the Water Quality Control Fund Cleanup And Abatement Account in the Amount of $250,000 Pursuant to the Pacific Gas and Electric, Moss Landing Power Plant Consent Judgment.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**6.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Request For Funding From the Water Quality Control Fund Cleanup and Abatement Account in the Amount of $127, 771 Pursuant to the Tier II De Minimis Casmalia Superfund Consent Agreement.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

7.  Consideration of a Resolution Adopting Regulations that Require Electronic Submittal of Information For Groundwater Cleanup Programs. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

8.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Valley Region to Control the Discharge of Diazinon and Orchard Pesticide Runoff into the Sacramento and Feather Rivers.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed amendment.)

 

9.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Portion and Remanding a Portion of a Proposed Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the North Coast Region to Incorporate Revised Beneficial Uses.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

WATER QUALITY PETITION

10.  In the Matter of Own Motion Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2003-0031 [NPDES No. CA0077950] and Cease and Desist Order No. R5-2003-0032 For City of Woodland, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region.  SWRCB/OCC File A-1561.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order remanding the requirements and order to the Regional Board.)  (Written comments on the draft order must be received by the Office of Chief Counsel no later than 5:00 p.m., March 25, 2004.)*

 

WATER RIGHTS

11.  Consideration of a Proposed Order Regarding a Petition for Long-Term Change Involving a Transfer Filed by Merced Irrigation District and Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order.)  (Any additional written comments should be received no later than March 25, 2004.)*

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

WATER QUALITY

12.  Consideration of an Order Adopting Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Dredged or Fill Discharges to Waters Deemed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to be Outside of Federal Jurisdiction (General WDRs) and Consideration of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the General WDRs.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed water quality order and resolution.)  (As previously noticed, written comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., March 29, 2004.)*

 

 

Closed Session Items

(Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

 

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

The Board will meet in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order regarding a Petition for Long-Term Change filed by Merced Irrigation District and Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts, involving the transfer of up to 47,000 acre-feet of water for the purpose of increasing the San Joaquin River flows during April and May of certain years.

 

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 six permits. The permits authorize diversion from Lost Creek, Sly Creek, South Fork Feather River and Slate Creek in Butte and Yuba Counties.

 

The Board will be meeting to deliberate on a decision to be reached in the proceeding concerning potential modifications to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s water right permits for the Cachuma Project (Applications 11331 and 11332).

 

 

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, all written comments on Items 1-9 must be received by 5:00 p.m., March 24, 2004. 
 Any additional written comments on Item 11 should be received no later than March 25, 2004.  As previously noticed, written comments on Item 12 must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., March 29, 2004. 

 

*Written comments on Item 10 must be received by the Office of Chief Counsel no later than 5:00 p.m., March 25, 2004.  

 

**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.  Mailing address:  PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA  95812-0100; FAX 916-341-5620

 

A quorum of the Board will be in attendance for the Spring 2004 WQCC meeting to be held on Monday, April 19, 2004, at 1001 I Street, 2nd Floor, Coastal Hearing Room, Sacramento, to discuss water quality issues.  This meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m.

 

Note:  Individuals who require special accommodations are requested to contact Adrian Perez at (916) 341-5880 at least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.  TTY users may contact the California Relay service at 1-800-735-2929 or voice line at 1-800-735-2922.



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