STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARDWORKSHOP, BOARD MEETING
& PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA REVISED: SEE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS Tuesday,
May 4, 2004 - 9:00 a.m. Sierra Hearing Room –
Second Floor The Joe Serna Jr./ Cal/EPA
Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento For questions about this
agenda, contact Debbie Irvin at (916) 341-5600 or fax 341-5620. This notice and associated staff reports
can be accessed electronically through our Internet address at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov. Agenda items should be electronically
available April 27, 2004. For a map to our building, please see our website at
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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.
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. http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/index.shtml
Submittal of written
comments is encouraged.*
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ITEMS 1-8 WILL
BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00 A.M., MAY 4, 2004; |
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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.
WORKSHOP
(ITEMS 1-8 WILL BE HEARD STARTING AT 9:00 A.M.)
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
**1. Consideration
of a Resolution Adopting the Clean Water State Revolving Fund State Fiscal
Year 2003/2004 Intended Use Plan and Federal Fiscal Year 2004 Federal Capitalization
Grant Acceptance. (The Board will consider, at
a future Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
**2. Consideration
of a Resolution Approving a Proposed Revision
to the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000 Phase II Proposition 13 Project Priority
Lists.
(The
Board will consider, at a future Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
**3. Consideration
of a Resolution Approving a Proposed Revision
to the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000 Priority List, Pesticide Research and
Identification of Source, and Mitigation Grant Program. (The
Board will consider, at a future Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
WATER QUALITY
**4. Consideration
of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Apply for
and Accept Fiscal Year 2004-05 Clean Water Act Section 106 Water Pollution
Control Program Grant, Plus Any Carry-Over FY 2003-04 Grant Funds, and to Negotiate, Approve, and/or Amend the Grants and
the Workplan. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to Negotiate,
Approve, and/or Amend the Grants and the Workplan.)
**5. Consideration of a Resolution
Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Apply for and Accept a Fiscal
Year 2003 Clean Water Act Section 104(b)(3) Grant to Support the Sacramento
River Toxic Pollutant Control Program and Negotiate, Approve, and/or Amend
the Grant and Workplan. (The Board will consider, at a future Board
meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
6. Consideration of a Resolution
Adopting the Policy for the Implementation and Enforcement of the Nonpoint
Source Pollution Control Program and Approving the Functional
Equivalent Document (FED). (The Board
will consider, at a future Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution and approve the FED.) Entire
NPS text.
7. Consideration
of a Resolution Adopting the Emergency Regulations that Define the Term “Interstitial
Liquid Level Measurement” as Used to Describe a Means of Leak Detection for
Underground Storage Tanks (The Board will consider, at a future Board
meeting, whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
8. Consideration
of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Central Valley Region’s Water
Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins
to Correct Reference to a Bacteria Water Quality Objective for Groundwater. (The Board will consider,
at a future Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
(ITEMS 9-15 WILL NOT BE HEARD PRIOR TO
10:00 A.M.)
9. Consideration of a Resolution
Certifying the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Amendment to the Water Quality
Management Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin.
(The Board will consider, at a future Board meeting, whether
to adopt the proposed resolution.) (Written
comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., April 23, 2004.)
10. In
the Matter of the Petition of Meridian Beartrack Company, Meridian Gold Company,
and Felix Mining Company for Review of Cease and Desist Order No. R5-2003-0055
for Royal Mountain King Mine, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board, Central Valley Region. SWRCB/OCC
File A-1569. (The Board will consider, at a future Board meeting, whether to adopt
the proposed order that vacates Revised Cease and Desist Order No. R5-2003-0055
and remands the matter to the Regional Board.) (As previously noticed, written comments on the draft
order should be received by the Office of Chief Counsel no later than 5:00
p.m., April 29, 2004.) (Note: Board Member Gary Carlton will not be participating in this
matter.)
11.
In the Matter of the Petition of Carl and
Carole Boyett and Boyett Petroleum (Administrative Civil Liability, Order
No. R1-2003-0075 for Boyett Petroleum) California Regional Water Quality Control
Board, North Coast. SWRCB/OCC File A-1583. (The Board will consider, at a future Board meeting,
whether to adopt the proposed order remanding Order No. R1-2003-0075.) (As previously noticed, written comments on
the draft order must be received by the Office of Chief Counsel no later than
5:00 p.m., April 29, 2004.)
12. In the Matter of the Petition
of Chevron Products Company for Review of Technical Report Order for 4000
Portola Drive, Santa Cruz, issued by the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board, Central Coast Region. SWRCB/OCC
File A-1343. (The
Board will consider, at a future Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed
order vacating the technical report order issued by the Regional Board.) (Written comments on the draft order must
be received by the Office of Chief Counsel no later than 5:00 p.m., April
29, 2004.)
BOARD MEETING
DECLARATION OF A QUORUM
13. Consideration
of an Order Adopting Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Dredged
or Fill Discharges to Waters Deemed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to
be Outside of Federal Jurisdiction (General WDRs) and Consideration of a Mitigated
Negative Declaration for the General WDRs. (The
Board will consider whether to approve the proposed water quality order and
resolution.) (Written comments must
be limited to the discussion of the changes and submitted by 5:00 p.m., April
30, 2004, to Dawit Tadesse, Program Support Unit, Division of Water Quality,
State Water Resources Control Board, P.O. Box 100, Sacramento, CA, 95812-0100;
Fax (916) 341-5470; (916) 341-5486;
or email taded@swrcb.ca.gov.)
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM
14. Consideration of Modifications
to the Fact Sheet for the General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated With Construction Activity (Order No. 99-08-DWQ)
In Order to Explain the Sampling and Analysis Requirements. (The Board will consider,
at a future Board meeting, whether to adopt the Modifications to the Fact
Sheet.) (Written comment period ended March 30, 2004.)
15. Proposed
Revisions to the State Water Resources Control Board’s Annual Water Quality
Fee Schedule (The
Board will consider, at a future Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed
revisions to the fee schedule. ( As
previously noticed, written comments to the fee schedule revisions must be
received by 5:00 p.m., April 26, 2004, either by Fax (916) 341-5048; calling
our phone line (916) 341-5128; email feechange@das.swrcb.ca.gov;
or by mailing to State Water Resources
Control Board, Division of Administrative Services, ATTN: Fee Revisions, PO Box 100, Sacramento, California,
95812-0100.) To view the proposed
final draft of fee schedule regulations, visit our web site at www.swrcb.ca.gov.
Proposed Fee Schedule.
(Closed Sessions are not open to the public)
The Board
will be meeting to deliberate on a proposed order prepared after a hearing on
petitions for change and extension of time filed by South Feather Water and
Power Agency (formerly Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District) and Yuba County
Water District on six permits. The permits authorize diversion from Lost Creek,
Sly Creek, South Fork Feather River and Slate Creek in Butte and Yuba Counties.
The Board will be meeting to
deliberate on a proposed decision to be reached after a hearing concerning
potential modifications to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's water right permits
for the Cachuma Project on the Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara County.
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*Unless specified otherwise, written comments must be
received by 5:00 p.m., April 27, 2004.
The Board will be meeting on
Thursday, May 13, 2004 with the California Coastal Commission at the Marin
County Civic Center in San Raphael at 10:00 a.m. to discuss California’s
Nonpoint Source Program.
**These items are expected to be routine and non
controversial 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.
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