STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP AGENDA

September 3, 1997 -- 9:00 a.m.

First-Floor Hearing Room

Paul R. Bonderson Building

901 P Street, Sacramento

Questions regarding this agenda - call Maureen Marché (916) 657-0990 or fax 657-0932. This notice and associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov. (Note: agenda items should be available electronically on August 27, 1997.)

Workshop includes informal discussion of items to be presented for action at a future business meeting. People who are interested in items on the agenda are urged to attend workshops as they may miss valuable discussion that will not be repeated at the Board meeting. NOTE: There is no voting at workshops. Items requiring Board action must come to a Board meeting.

Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.

The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized.

Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure

that all comments will be included in the

record before the Board.*

ITEMS 1-14 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00 A.M.,WEDNESDAY, September 3, 1997

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board's jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board's agenda or pending before the Board or a Regional Board.

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

1. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities Improvement Project, City of Auburn, SRF Loan Project No. C-06-4471-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to approve the loan.)

2. Consideration of Adopting the Seawater Intrusion Control Loan Program Guidelines. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the Seawater Intrusion Control Loan Program Guidelines.)

3. Consideration of State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Eligibility for Previously Grant Funded Facilities for the Trancas Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, SRF Loan Project No. C-06-4499-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, limiting eligibility to facilities which were not previously grant funded for the Trancas Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project.)

**4. Consideration of Adoption of the Federal Fiscal Year 1998 State Revolving Fund Project Priority List. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed FFY 1998 State Revolving Fund Priority List.)

**5. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund Loan for the City of Colton Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion and Renovation for Hydraulic Reliability, State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Project No. C-06-4251-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to approve a loan of $8.1 million for the project.)

**6. Consideration of the Environmental Technology Certification (ETC) Pilot Policy to Implement AB 1943, as well as Designating the Chairperson of the SWRCB to Execute Certification as it is Described in the Policy. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the Policy and Designating the Chairperson to Execute Certification.)

**7. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for the City of San Diego Point Loma Digesters 7 and 8 and Gas System Upgrade Project, SRF Project No. C-06-4383-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the SRF loan.)

**8. Consideration of Addition of the Hilmar Water District to the Small Community Grant Program Project Priority List. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to add the Hilmar Water District to the Small Community Grant Program Project Priority List.)

**9. Consideration of Approval of a $508,000 State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for the Santa Ynez Community Services District Sewer Collection System Project , SRF Loan No. C-06-4357-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the loan.)

**10. Consideration of a Request From Central Valley Regional Board for $1.2 million from the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account to Continue Monitoring and Project Maintenance at Walker Mine for the Next Ten (10) Years. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the request.)

WATER QUALITY

11. Consideration of a Resolution Approving Acceptance of the Federal Fiscal Year 1998 Federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Grant and Project Priority List and Authorizing Execution and Amendment of Contracts to Implement the Projects. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve acceptance of the proposed grant and project priority list.)

12. Consideration of Approval of the Clean Water Act Section 205(j) Phase XII Water Quality Management Planning Project Priority List. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed priority list.)

**13. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director, or His Designee, to Accept a Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 104(b)(3) Grant for $338,750 to Fund One Statewide and Two Regional Wetlands Protection Programs. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve acceptance of a Federal Fiscal Year 1997 Wetlands Protection Grant for $338,750 to fund one State Water Resources Control Board and two individual San Francisco Bay and Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board regional efforts.)

**14.. Consideration of Approval of an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Diego Basin Revising Beneficial Use Designations for Spawning/Reproduction and/or Early Development and Cold Freshwater Habitat. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed amendment.)

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, all written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m.,

Friday, August 29. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; FAX 916-657-0932

**These items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial and there will be no discussion unless requested by a Board Member, staff or interested party. If such a request is made, the item will be considered separately.


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