August 27, 2025 - San Diego Water Board Meeting

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
SAN DIEGO REGION

MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
9:00 a.m

San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
Board Meeting Room
2375 Northside Drive, Suite 100, Room 108
San Diego, California 92108
And via Video and Teleconference
(Gov. Code, § 11123.2)

 


Video and Teleconference Options: This meeting will occur with both a physical meeting location and an option to participate from a remote location.  Members of the public who wish to observe or to address the San Diego Water Board may do so at the noticed, physical location or may use the Zoom application to address the San Diego Water Board from a remote location. A majority of the board members will be physically present at the noticed meeting location above:.

REVISED MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

BOARD MEETING
Public comments on agenda items will be limited to three minutes each. Depending on the number of speakers and the time available, the Board Chair retains discretion to limit the time to less than three minutes or to grant additional time for each person to speak. Where speakers can be grouped by affiliation or interest, such groups may consider consolidating their time to a spokesperson.

DECLARATION OF A QUORUM

Gary Strawn, Chair; Betty H. Olson, Ph.D., Vice Chair; Megan Blair, Board Member; Celeste Cantú, Board Member; Yen Tu, Board Member; Stefanie Warren, Board Member.

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the San Diego Water Board's jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the agenda or pending before the San Diego Water Board.

ACTION ITEM

  1. Public Hearing: Consideration of Tentative Cease and Desist Order to United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, Discharge to the Pacific Ocean through the South Bay Ocean Outfall (Tentative Cease and Desist Order No. R9-2025-0139). Written comments on this item are due by August 21, 2025. The San Diego Water Board may deliberate in a closed session to consider evidence introduced in an adjudicative hearing (Authorized under Government Code § 11126(c)(3)). (Melissa Corona) 

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING

From Downtown:      Green Line light rail towards Santee to Fenton Parkway Station.  Walk to 2375 Northside Drive (about 9 minutes). Head northwest on Fenton Parkway to Northside Drive.  Right on Northside Drive.

I-15 north – take the Friars Road West exit (toward Qualcomm Stadium) – follow signs to stay on Friars Road.  Turn left onto Northside Drive.  Turn left at first signal (Fenton Marketplace Drwy).  Our building is located at the end of the court – veer to the left into the parking structure.  Parking will be validated for the parking structure.

From the North:        Pacific Surfliner Train 572 towards San Diego Santa Fe Depot.  Walk to San Diego Old Town Transit Center (about 1 minute).  Green Line light rail towards Santee to Fenton Parkway Station.  Walk to 2375 Northside Drive (about 9 minutes).  Head northwest on Fenton Parkway to Northside Drive.  Right on Northside Drive.

I-15 south – take the Friars Road West exit – follow signs to stay on Friars Road.  Turn left onto Northside Drive.  Turn left at first signal (Fenton Marketplace Drwy).  Our building is located at the end of the court – veer to the left into the parking structure.  Parking will be validated for the parking structure

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Agenda and items will be available electronically at: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sandiego/board_info/agendas/.

Video broadcast of meetings will be available at either YouTube Livestream link or https://video.calepa.ca.gov.