STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

RESOLUTION NO. 99 - 110

APPROVAL OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE WATER POLLUTION

CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ACCOUNT

FOR CONTINUE SITE MONITORING AND REVEGETATION ACTIVITIES AT

THE GAMBONINI MERCURY MINE IN MARIN COUNTY

SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD

WHEREAS:

1.       The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (SFBRWQCB) is responsible for ensuring protection of the beneficial uses of water resulting from waste discharges;

2.       The Gambonini Mercury Mine has discharged large quantities of mercury that pose an imminent threat to beneficial uses of the Tomales Bay watershed;

3.       The SFBRWQCB has already invested $569,000 in Cleanup and Abatement Account money to investigate and revegetate the Gambonini Mercury Mine site;

4.       The United States Environmental Protection Agency is sharing responsibility for this project and has contributed $2.7 million to remediate the problem; and

5.       Five years of additional site management and monitoring is needed to ensure success of the project.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board:

1.       Commits $402,300 to the SFBRWQCB for monitoring and revegetation at the Gambonini Mercury Mine.

2.       Establishes an end date for this project of December 31, 2004.

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 November 18, 1999.

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board