WHEREAS:

1. The San Gabriel Valley ground water basin provides drinking water for over one million people.

2. A portion of the San Gabriel Valley ground water basin is contaminated with volatile organic compounds and nitrates at concentrations exceeding State and Federal drinking water standards.

3. The San Gabriel Valley ground water basin was placed on U.S. EPA's National Priorities List in 1984.

4. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB) has been investigating sources of ground water contamination in the San Gabriel Valley since October 1985 in an attempt to identify potential responsible parties.

5. In April 1988, the LARWQCB endorsed a program strategy and action plan for continuing the cleanup of the San Gabriel ground water basin.

6. U.S. EPA is making a grant of approximately $700,000 available to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to fund staff of SWRCB and LARWQCB to continue source identification activities in the San Gabriel Valley.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The SWRCB authorizes the Executive Director to:

1. Apply for and accept a Federal grant of approximately $700,000 from U.S. EPA, and

2. Negotiate a workplan with LARWQCB to continue source identification activities in the San Gabriel Valley.

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