STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday, May 14, 1997 -- 9:00 a.m.

First-Floor Hearing Room

Paul R. Bonderson Building

901 P Street, Sacramento

Questions regarding this agenda - call Maureen Marché (916) 657-0990 or fax 657-0932. This notice and associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov. (Note: agenda items should be available electronically on Wednesday, May 7, 1997.)


Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.

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.*

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.)

MINUTES

The Board will consider the minutes of the April 17, 1997 Board Meeting.

UNCONTESTED ITEMS

1-10. The Board will be asked to approve Items 1-0 at one time. (See below for description of items.)

SMALL COMMUNITY GRANT PRIORITY LIST

11. Consideration of Proposal to Adopt the Small Community Grant (SCG) Project Priority List and Blanket Approval to Issue Planning and Design Grants. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

WATER RIGHTS

12. Proposed Water Right Order Regarding Petition for Reconsideration on Issuance of Water Right Permit 20905 of Margaret Eastwood Trust (Application 30497) -- Carmel River (Subterranean Stream) in Monterey County. (The Board will consider adoption of the proposed order.)

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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.

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

1. Consideration of Use of Title II Deobligations to Administer Construction Grant Projects. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution authorizing the Executive Director, or his designee, to accept Title II funds for administering the completion and closeout of the State's construction grants program.)

2. Consideration of Proposed Resolution Amending the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cleanup Fund Priority List Amendment No. 41. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution amending the priority list.)

WATER QUALITY

3. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution Providing a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan to the City of South Lake Tahoe to Construct the Ski Run Water Quality Improvement Facilities (SRF Loan No. C-06-6026-110). (The Board will consider whether to authorize the proposed resolution.)

4. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Authorize Combining the State Revolving Funds (SRF) for the Lake Tahoe Regreen Project (SRF Loan No. C-06-6039-11) and the Lake Tahoe Best Management Practices (BMP) Retrofit Project (SRF Loan No. C-06-6038-11) into a Single Project for Administrative Purposes. (The Board will consider whether to authorize the proposed resolution.)

5. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or His Designee to Apply for and Accept the Fiscal Year (FY) 1997-98 Section 106 Surface Water Pollution Control Program Grant, Plus any Carry-Over FY 1996-97 Grant Funds, and to Negotiate, Approve, and/or Amend the Grant and the Workplan. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

6. Consideration of a Resolution Approving the Water Quality Management Administration Workplan and Authorizing the Executive Director, or His Designee, to Apply for and Accept the Continuation Grant. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.

7. Consideration of Acceptance of a $610,097 Grant From the California Department of Fish and Game on Behalf of the Cantara Trustee Council for Increased Regulatory Presence and a Focused Monitoring Program in the Upper Sacramento River Watershed. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution authorizing the Executive Director to accept funds from the Department of Fish and Game.)

ADMINISTRATION

8. Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or His Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and Amend, as Necessary, the California Community College Foundation Student Assistant Contract. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

WATER RIGHTS

9. Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing Approval of an Extension of an Interagency Agreement Between the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) for Staff Services to Assist in the Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report and of an Interagency Agreement Between the DWR and the SWRCB to Make Improvements to the DWR's Planning Model. (The Board will consider whether to approve the proposed resolution.)

WATER QUALITY PETITION

10. In the Matter of the Petition of Purex Industries, Inc. for Review of Administrative Civil Liability Order 96-042, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region. Our File A-1023. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order granting the petition in part.)

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*In order to be fully considered at the Board meeting, all written comments on Items 1-9 and 11-12 must be received by 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, 1997. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; FAX 916-657-0932




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