STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING & WORKSHOP AGENDA 

Wednesday, September 2, 1998

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. The associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov. (Note: agenda items should be available electronically on August 26, 1998.)

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. NOTE: 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. Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Board.*
 
ITEMS 1-13 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 10:00 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1998
Closed Session Item -- 9:00 a.m.
901 P Street, 4th Floor Executive Office Conference Room
(Please note Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

CLEAN WATER PROGRAM PETITION

1. Proposed Order on Petition of Mr. Bruce DeMenno for Review of a Final Decision by the Division of Clean Water Programs Regarding Participation in the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund. SWRCB/OCC File UST-109. (The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss evidence taken at a hearing. This is authorized under Government Code section 11126(c)(3). This item will be scheduled for a future meeting. Interested parties will be notified of the exact time, date and location.)

Board Meeting - 10 a.m.

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.

WATER RIGHTS

2. Consideration of Proposed Order Requiring the City of Los Angeles to Implement Stream and Waterfowl Habitat Restoration Measures in the Mono Lake Basin (Water Right Licenses 10191 and 10192, Applications 8042 and 8043). (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order requiring the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to implement the restoration measures.)

Bay Protection Cleanup Plans

3. Consideration of a Resolution to Adopt a Water Quality Control Policy for Guidance on the Development of Regional Toxic Hot Spot Cleanup Plans. (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed Policy.)

Workshop

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS PETITIONS

4. In the Matter of the Petition of Cupertino Electric, Inc. for Review of a Final Decision by the Division of Clean Water Programs Regarding Participation in the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund. SWRCB/OCC File UST-106. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order denying the petition.)

5. In the Matter of the Petition of Waddell Brothers Trust for Review of Denial of a Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Site Closure at 905 Calimesa Boulevard, Calimesa, California. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order requiring that the case be closed.)

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

6. Consideration of Approval of Extension of Preliminary State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Commitment for Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities Improvement Project, City of Auburn, SRF Loan Project No. C-06-4471-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the extension.)

**7. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund Loan for the Moulton Niguel Water District, Phase 4, Expansion of Water Reclamation Distribution System and Retroactive Funding, Project No. C-06-4150-120. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the loan.)

**8. Consideration of a Request to Contract for $400,000 with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Investigate and Recommend a Cost Effective Approach to Identify, Quantify, and Manage Risks to Public Water Supply Sytems from Fuel Releases in the Form of a Geographic information System. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution authorizing Executive Director to Enter Into a Contract with LLNL.)

**9. Consideration of A Request from the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) for $250,000 from the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account to Fund Water Supply Hookups in the McMinn Area of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the NCRWQCB Request.)
 

WATER QUALITY

10. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Accept a Federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Grant, Approving the Project Priority List, and Authorizing Execution and Amendment of Contracts to Implement the Projects. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed resolution.)

11. Consideration of Approval of the Clean Water Act Sections 205(j) Phase XIII Water Quality Management Planning Project Priority List. (The Board will be asked, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the priority ranking of Sections 205(j)(2)/604(b) projects and to authorize the application and acceptance of Federal grant funds from U.S. EPA.)

WATER QUALITY PETITION

12. In the Matter of the Petitions of National Steel & Shipbuilding Company and Continental Maritime of San Diego, Inc., for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Orders 97-36 and 97-37, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Bay Region. SWRCB/OCC Files A-1119 and 1120. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order which upholds the waste discharge requirements with some modifications.)

WATER RIGHTS

**13. Consideration of a Proposed Order Authorizing the Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to Vary Flows for Meeting Fish and Wildlife Salinity Objectives in the Suisun Marsh, for the Purpose of Conducting Tests or Experiments. The Change in Flow Would Occur at the Suisun Marsh Salinity Control Gates. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed Order.)

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, all written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m.,

August 31, 1998. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; FAX 916-657-0932

**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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