STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

 

Wednesday, October 15, 2003 – 10:00 a.m.

Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor

Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building

1001 I Street, Sacramento

 

For questions regarding this agenda call Debbie Irvin (916) 341-5600 or fax 341-5620.  This notice and associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address:  http://www.waterboards.ca.gov. 

(Note:  agenda items should be available electronically on October 8, 2003.)

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

 

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Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.

The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized.  See Presentation Information at: 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.*

 

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.

 

DECLARATION OF A QUORUM

 

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.

 

UNCONTESTED ITEMS

1-5.  The Board will be asked to approve items 1-5 at one time.

 

6.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Staff to Begin Work on Staff’s Recommended Revisions to the Policy for Implementation of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California (SIP).  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

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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.

 

ADMINISTRATION

**1.  Proposed Interagency Agreement to Provide Funding Support for the Office of the Secretary for Environmental Protection.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

**2. Consideration of a Resolution Approving Proposed Amendments to the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Regulations.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed regulations.)

 

**3. Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to Resolution No. 2000-061 to Decrease to $5,000,000 the State Revolving Fund Loan Amount of Valley Small Business Development Corporation for Implementing the Dairy Waste Management Loan Program, Loan No. C-06-6075-110.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

**4. Consideration of a Resolution Approving a State Revolving Fund Loan to the Nature Conservancy for the Palo Corona Watershed Protection Project, SRF Loan No. C-06-6085-110. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

WATER QUALITY

**5.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana Region to Incorporate Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos Total Maximum Daily Loads for San Diego Creek and Upper Newport Bay.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

 

 

CLOSED SESSION

(NOTE:  Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

 

LITIGATION  (This closed session is authorized under Government Code section 11126(e)(1).)

The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the case of El Dorado Irrigation District v. SWRCB (Sacramento County Superior Court, No. 01CS01319). 

 

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

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order prepared after a hearing on a petition to revise the Declaration of Fully Appropriated Streams to allow processing of applications to appropriate water from the Lower American River.

 

 

 

 

*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, written comments on Items 1-6 must be received by 5:00 p.m.,
October 9, 2003.   Mailing address:  PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA  95812-0100; FAX 916-341-5620

 

**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.

 

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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