STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING AND WORKSHOP AGENDA
Thursday,
July 18, 2002 -- 9:00 a.m.
Coastal
Hearing Room – Second Floor
Joe
Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building
1001
I Street,
Sacramento
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be summarized. See Presentation
Information at: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/index.shtml Submittal
of written comments is encouraged to ensure that all comments will be included
in the record before the Board.*
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Board Meeting
Declaration
of Quorum
Presentation
of Award for Achieving Excellence in Financial
Reporting
PUBLIC
FORUM
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.
The Board will consider the minutes
of the June 20, 2002 Board meeting.
UNCONTESTED
ITEMS
1-13. The Board will be asked to approve
items 1-13 at one time.
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.
WATER QUALITY
14. Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to Revise Bacteria Objectives for Waters Designated for Water Contact Recreation. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
WATER
QUALITY PETITIONS
15. In the Matter of
the Petitions of Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Western States Petroleum Association,
Communities for a Better Environment, and Bay Area Clean Water Agencies for
Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 01-067 [NPDES No. CA0005134]
for Chevron Richmond Refinery, Richmond Plant, and Richmond Works, issued
by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay
Region. SWRCB/OCC Files A-1395, A-1395(a), A-1395(b),
and A-1395(c). (The Board will consider whether to adopt
the proposed order remanding Order No. 01-067 to the Regional Board.)
16. In the Matter of
the Petitions of East Bay Municipal Utility District (the District) and Bay
Area Clean Water Agencies for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order
No. 01-072 [NPDES No. CA0037702] for the District’s Special District
No. 1 Water Pollution Control Plant Issued by the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region.
SWRCB/OCC Files A-1396 and A-1396(a).
(The Board
will consider whether to adopt the proposed order remanding Order No. 01-072
to the Regional Board.)
Workshop
17. Consideration of a Proposed Order Prepared After a Hearing on Petitions for Change and Extension of Time Filed by Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District and Yuba County Water District on Permits 1267, 1268, 1271,2492, 11516 and 11518 (Applications 1651, 2142, 2979, 2778, 13957 and 14113). The permits authorize diversion from Lost Creek, Sly Creek, South Fork Feather River and Slate Creek in Butte and Yuba Counties. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order.)
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Uncontested
items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. They will be acted upon by the Board at
one time without discussion. If any
Board Member, staff, or interested person requests that an item be removed from
the Uncontested Items Calendar, it will be taken up in the regular agenda
order.
1. Consideration of
a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Avalon
for Funding of the Avalon Beaches – Sewer Collection System Slip‑Lining
Project From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in
the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
2. Consideration of
a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Long
Beach for Implementation of the Los Angeles River Project From the Coastal
Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water
Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt
the proposed resolution.)
3. Consideration of
a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Los
Angeles for Funding of the Port of Los Angeles Cabrillo Beach Project From
the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado
Water Act of 2000.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
4. Consideration of
a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Malibu
for Funding of the Malibu Septic System Management Plan From the Coastal Nonpoint
Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.
(The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
5. Consideration of
a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Newport
Beach for Funding the Newport Beach Urban Runoff Diversion and Circulation
Improvement System From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established
in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt
the proposed resolution.)
6. Consideration of
a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of
Santa Barbara for the Urban Runoff Mitigation Project at Arroyo Burro Beach
From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado
Water Act of 2000. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
7. Consideration of
a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of
Orange for Funding the Dana Point Harbor Baby Beach Ocean Institute Best Management
Practice’s Implementation From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount
Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
8. Consideration of
a Proposed Resolution Approving Adoption of the Petroleum Underground Storage
Tank Emergency, Abandoned, Recalcitrant Account Fiscal Year 2002-2003 Annual
Site List; and, Authorizing the Executive Director, or Designee, to Execute
Contracts and Amendments With Designated Regional Water Quality Control Boards,
Local UST Implementing Agencies, Or Local Oversight Program Agencies. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
9. Consideration of
a Proposed Resolution Delegating Authority to Approve Routine Waivers of the
Water Recycling Funding Guidelines to the Executive Director, the Chief Deputy
Director, or the Chief of the Division of Clean Water Programs of the State
Water Resources Control Board. (The Board will consider whether to adopt
the proposed resolution.)
WATER
QUALITY PETITION
10. In the Matter of the Petition of Trancas Property Owners Association
for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 00-135, Issued by
the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region. SWRCB/OCC File A-1420. (The Board will consider whether to adopt
the proposed order remanding the issue to the Regional Board.)
WATER QUALITY
11. Consideration of a
Resolution Authorizing Funding of $600,000 From the State Water Pollution
Cleanup and Abatement Account to Develop and Implement an Abatement Strategy
for Sediment Sources That are Impairing Freshwater Creek, Jordan Creek, Stitz
Creek, Bear Creek and Elk River in Northern Humboldt County.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
12. Consideration of a
Resolution Authorizing Issuance of a Contract With the Lake
Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Authority to Provide Funding for the Island
Well Improvements and Monitoring Program From the Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto
Watershed Program Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
13. Consideration of a
Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Contracts Funded by $1,950,000 From the
State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account for Monitoring to Assess
Effects on Human Health and the Aquatic Environment From Discharge of Aquatic
Pesticides. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
(Please note Closed Sessions are not
open to the public)
The
Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the
case of Building Industry Association of San Diego County et al. v. State
Water Resources Control Board (San Diego County Superior Court, No. GIC
780263).
The
Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the
case of San Francisco BayKeeper et al. v. California State Water Resources
Control Board (Sacramento County Superior Court, No.
99CS01929).
The
Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order
prepared after a hearing on petitions for change and extension of time filed by
Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District and Yuba County Water District on Permits
1267, 1268, 1271, 2492, 11516 and 11518 (Applications 1651, 2142, 2979, 2778,
13957 and 14113). The permits authorize diversion from Lost Creek, Sly Creek,
South Fork Feather River and Slate Creek in Butte and Yuba
Counties.
The
Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on testimony and evidence
presented during the hearing on the joint petition of Imperial Irrigation
District and San Diego County Water Authority for approval of a long-term
transfer of conserved water (Application 7482).
The
Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on testimony and evidence
presented during the hearing on a petition to revise the Declaration of Fully
Appropriated Streams to allow processing of
applications
to appropriate water from the Lower American River.
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*In
order to be fully considered at the Board meeting, written comments on Items
1-14 must be received by 5:00 p.m., July 15, 2002. As previously notified, comments on
Items 15-16 are due on July 11 and comments on Item 17 are due July 14. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; FAX (916)
341-5620
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