STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP/HEARING AGENDA

Wednesday, April 5, 2000 – 9:00 a.m.

First-Floor Hearing Room 102

Paul R. Bonderson Building

901 P Street, Sacramento

Questions regarding this agenda call Maureen Marché (916) 657-0990 or fax (916) 657-0932.Note:agenda items should be available electronically on March 27, 2000.

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 1-9 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00 a.m. April 5, 2000.

 

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.Note:Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

HEARING

WATER QUALITY

1.Public Hearing on the Final Report on the 1999 Review of the Water Quality Standards for Salinity—Colorado River System (June 1999) and Supplemental Report (October 1999).(The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to approve the 1999 Review of the Colorado River Salinity Standards.)

WORKSHOP

WATER QUALITY

**2.Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Negotiate, Execute, and Amend, as Necessary, an Interagency Agreement with the Department of Fish and Game to Continue Operation of the Coastal Fish Contamination Study in Fiscal Year(FY) 2000-01.(The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

**3.Consideration of Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or His Designee to Apply for and Accept Fiscal Year (FY) 2000-01 Clean Water Act Section 106 and Section 104(b)(3) Water Pollution Control Program Grants, Plus Any Carryover FY 1999-00 Grant Funds and to Negotiate, Approve, and/or Amend the Grants and the Workplans.(The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposedresolution.)

**4.Consideration of the Adoption of California Water Code Section 13263.3 Pollution Prevention Plan Formats.(The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed formats for California Water Code Section 13263.3 Pollution Prevention Plans.)

**5. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or His Designee to Apply for and Accept a Grant of Approximately $600,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Region 9, and to Negotiate a Workplan to Continue Source Investigation Activities in the San Fernando Valley.(The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS PETITIONS

**6.In the Matter of the Petition of Lake Publishing Company for Review of a Determination of the Division of Clean Water Programs, State Water Resources Control Board, Regarding Reimbursement from the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund.SWRCB File UST-117.(The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order reversing the Division’s decision in part and upholding the Division’s decision in part.)

**7.Consideration of a Resolution to Adopt Emergency Regulations Specifying Procedures for Selecting Private Architectural, Landscape Architectural, Engineering, Environmental, Land Surveying, or Construction Project Management Firms.

(The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed regulations.)

WATER QUALITY PETITION

8.Consideration of a Proposed Order Remanding to the Central Coast Regional Board for Reconsideration Waste Discharge/Reclamation Requirements for San Luis Obispo CountyService Area No. 18.(The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order remanding the requirements to the Regional Board.)

WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION

9.Status Report on the Mediation Conducted for the Petition for Reconsideration of the SWRCB Executive Director's Denial of Water Quality Certification for the Double Wood Golf Course Project.(This is an information item only.)

*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, all written comments must be received by 5:00 P.M. Monday, April 3, 2000. Mailing address: P O Box 100, Sacramento, CA95812-0100; 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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