WHEREAS:

1. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has the responsibility to investigate water pollution and its effects, including the impact on the fitness of fish and shellfish for human consumption.
   
2. The purpose of the marine fish and shellfish contamination study is to assess contamination levels of fish and shellfish and evaluate their suitability for human consumption.
   
3. The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has qualified personnel, facilities, and experience to conduct the field collection and analysis for the marine fish and shellfish.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

Subject to appropriation in the 1998-99 Budget Act, the SWRCB authorizes the Executive Director, or his designee, to negotiate, execute, and amend, as necessary, an interagency agreement with the DFG to conduct a marine fish and shellfish contamination study in FY 1998-99 for an amount not to exceed the current budget allocation of $324,000 from the General Fund.

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on July 23, 1998.

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board