WHEREAS:

1.Section 205(j) of the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) authorizes states to reserve up to one percent of their annual Title II Clean Water Construction Grant allocation for water quality management planning activities.Beginning in FFY 1989, CWA Section 604(b) supplemented CWA Section 205(j)(2) to maintain such funding.

2.It is estimated that $575,000-800,000 will be available in FFY 2000 for funding the water quality management planning program projects from CWA Section 604(b).

3.Thirty proposals were received in response to the State Water Resources Control Board's (SWRCB) March 1999 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Phase XIV water quality management planning program.

4.These water quality management planning projects consist of actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by State law or local ordinance to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of water quality or the environment.As such, these projects are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., in accordance with 14 California Code of Regulations, Sections 15307 and 15308.

5.Following a thorough evaluation process, including public participation, the SWRCB has selected projects that will be fully considered for Phase XIV funding contingent on availability of funds and development of acceptable workplans and contractual agreements.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The SWRCB:

1.Establishes the attached priority list for CWA Section 205(j) Phase XIV water quality management planning projects.

2.Authorizes the Executive Director, or his designee, to adjust the funding levels for any project to ensure adequate funding for as many projects as feasible within the allotted federal funds after advising the SWRCB of the final FFY 2000 CWA section 205(j) grant allocation and the number of projects on the priority list that can be funded.

3.Authorizes the Executive Director, or his designee, to apply for and accept the FFY 2000 Phase XIV water quality management planning project grant under CWA Sections 205(j) and/or 604(b).

4.Authorizes the Executive Director, or his designee, to approve the final Phase XIV water quality management planning workplans and to negotiate and execute contracts and amendments in accordance with the workplans to implement the projects subject to the availability of federal funding.

CERTIFICATION

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 October 21, 1999.

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board