STATE WATER BOARD BOARD MEETING and WORKSHOP Tuesday, June 19, 2007 –10:00 a.m. Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor Joe Serna Jr. / Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento

REVISED
Item 9 was added and the rest of the items were renumbered
Item 10 will not occur before 1:00 p.m.
Item 11 was added and will not occur before 2:30 p.m

DECLARATION OF A QUORUM
Tam M. Doduc, Chair; Gary Wolff, P.E. Ph.D., Vice Chair; Arthur G. Baggett, Jr., Member; Charlie Hoppin, Member; Frances Spivy-Weber, Member

BOARD MEETING

Public comments on agenda items will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Board Chair

PUBLIC FORUM
Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the State Water Board’s jurisdiction provided the matter is not on the agenda, or pending before the California Water Boards

BOARD BUSINESS
1.   The Board will consider adoption of the June 5, 2007 Board meeting minutes

INFORMATIONAL ITEM
2.  Board Member Report

3.  Executive Director's Report

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
4.  Consideration of a resolution approving a preliminary Small Community Wastewater Grant Commitment for the County of Sonoma, Permit and Resource Management Department; Monte Rio Community Wastewater Project; SCWG Program Project No. SCG- 636
Although the May 22, 2007 Board Meeting agenda stated that this item will be heard at this meeting, Item 4 is postponed to a future board meeting.

WATER QUALITY
5.  Consideration of a resolution authorizing the State Board Executive Director to apply for, accept, and/or amend a federal Clean Water Action section 319(h) Grant and authorizing execution and amendment of contracts for support of the Nonpoint Source Program

6.  Consideration of a resolution authorizing the State Water Board Executive Director to enter into a joint powers agreement to create a Joint Powers Authority to be named the Aquatic Science Center

7.  Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to incorporate Water-Effect Ratios (WERs) that would modify the copper water quality objectives for Lower Calleguas Creek and Mugu Lagoon

8.  Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin to include a phased waste discharge prohibition on the use of onsite septic tank-subsurface disposal systems in the Quail Valley area of Riverside County
(Written comments are due by 12:00 noon on June 6, 2007)

9.  Consideration of a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to accept increased funding for the 2007-08 Underground Storage Tank grant and to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
(Written comments are due by June 19, 2007)

WORKSHOP

WATER RIGHTS

The following session will not occur before 1 p.m.
10.  Workshop to receive information regarding policy direction on water right enforcement
(Written comments are due by 12:00 noon on June 6, 2007)

The following session will not occur before 2:30 p.m.
11. Workshop to receive recommendations on short term actions to improve fishery resources, including actions to slow or stop the decline of delta smelt, and improve water quality conditions in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
(Written comments are due by June 19, 2007)

OPEN SESSION ITEM

To be held in Conference Room 230
12.  Consideration of State Water Board priorities and member assignments for upcoming year.
(No Action will be taken on this item)