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STATE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD BOARD MEETING
AND HEARING AGENDA
Thursday, March 18, 2004 –
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. Agenda items should be electronically
available March 10, 2004. For a map to our building,
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Please note time limitations
on presentations may be imposed. The
State Board
Requests that oral testimony
be summarized. See
“Presentations to the Board”
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.
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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
The
Board will be asked to approve Items 1-6 at one time without discussion.
WATER QUALITY PETITION
7.
In the Matter of the Petition
of the Environmental Protection Information Center and the Humboldt Watershed
Council Regarding the Interim Categorical Waivers for Discharges Related to
Timber Operations (Order Nos. R1-2002-0109 and R1-2003-0116, North Coast Region), Issued by the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region. SWRCB/OCC File A-1539. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order remanding the waiver
established by Order No. R1-2003-0116 to the North Coast Regional Board for
reconsideration and further action.) (Written
comments on the draft order are due March 12, 2004.)*
PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD
MEETING
8. Statewide General National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for the Discharge of
Aquatic Pesticides for Aquatic Weed and Pest Control in Waters of the United
States (The Board will consider whether
to approve the proposed Permit.) (As
previously noticed, written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., March
11, 2004.)*
9. Statewide General National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for Discharges of Aquatic
Pesticides to Surface Waters of the United States for Aquatic Mosquito Control (The Board will consider whether
to approve the proposed Permit.) (As
previously noticed, written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., March
11, 2004.)*
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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.
1. Consideration of Adoption of the Revised Appendix
to the Conflict of Interest Code. (The Board will consider whether
to adopt a revised appendix to the State Board Conflict of Interest Code.)
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2. Consideration of a Resolution
to Modify Reimbursement Schedule for the Water Recycling Facilities Planning
Grant Awarded to Olivehurst Public Utility District.
(The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
3. Consideration of a Resolution
Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the
Southern California Coastal Waters Research Project. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
4. Consideration
of a Resolution Approving a Proposed Interagency Agreement With the California
State Coastal Conservancy to Provide Funding Support for the Coastal Ocean
Currents Monitoring Program. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
5. Consideration
of a Resolution Adopting Regulations Regarding Red Tags for Underground Storage
Tanks. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the
proposed resolution.)
WATER QUALITY
6. Consideration
of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for
the Los Angeles Region Revising Interim Ammonia Effluent Limits Contained
Within a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Nitrogen Compounds and Related
Effects in the Los Angeles River and its Tributaries. (The
Board will consider whether to approve the proposed amendment.)
Closed Session Items
(Closed Sessions are not open to the public)
The
Board will be meeting to deliberate on a decision to be reached in the
proceeding concerning potential modifications to the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation’s water right permits for the Cachuma Project (Applications 11331
and 11332).
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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting,
written comments on Items 1-7 must be received by 5:00 p.m., March 12,
2004. Written comments on Items 8-9
must be received by 5:00 p.m., March 11, 2004.
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