WHEREAS:
1. The State Water Resources Control Board (Board) will assist EPA by continuing the State of California activities associated with the New River Water Quality Monitoring Program:

2. The Board will carry out activities for the New River and Mexicali pollution abatement projects;

3. EPA has offered the Board a grant of $315,642 to provide technical assistance for New River Quality Monitoring and development of Mexicali Wastewater Projects;

4. The objective of this assistance is to ensure that technical solutions to Mexicali pollution sources are cost-effective.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board hereby authorizes the Executive Director to accept the $315,642 grant from EPA to carry out activities to continue New River water quality monitoring and to carry out activities for the New River and Mexicali pollution abatement projects and also authorizes the Executive Director or his designee to accept any fund augmentations or future amendments to this grant.

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 August 26, 1998.

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board