STATE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD BOARD MEETING
AGENDA
Monday, December 15, 2003
– 10:00 a.m. Central Valley Auditorium
– Second Floor Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA
Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento For
questions regarding this agenda call Debbie Irvin (916) 341-5600 or fax
341-5620. This notice and associated
staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet
address: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov. (Note: agenda items should be available
electronically on December 8, 2003.) For
a map to our building, please see our website at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EPABldg/location.htm An
audio broadcast of this meeting is available at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/ |
Please note time limitations
on presentations may be imposed.
The State Board requests
that oral testimony be summarized. See
Presentation Information at: http://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.*
All visitors are required to
sign in and receive a badge prior to attending any meeting. The Visitor and Environmental Services
Center is located just inside and to the left of the Cal/EPA Building's public
entrance. Valid picture identification
may be required due to the security level so please allow up to 15 minutes for this
process.
DECLARATION
OF A QUORUM
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.
1-2. The
Board will be asked to approve Items 1-2 at one time.
3. Proposed
Emergency Regulations Establishing and Revising the State Water Resources
Control Board’s Water Right and Water Quality Certification Fee Schedules. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution adopting
emergency regulations establishing and revising water right and water
quality certification fee schedules in title 23, division 3, of the California
Code of Regulations.) For copies of the revised regulations, visit
our web site at http://www.waterrights.ca.gov/fees/.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
4. An Informational Item Regarding the Short
Term Implementation of the State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Program. (Discussion
will include funding and staff problems associated with the SWRCB's Financial
Assistance Programs. This is an
informational item only.)
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UNCONTESTED ITEMS CALENDAR
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.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
1. Consideration of the
Adoption of Regulations Setting Fees for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Classification
and Operator Certification Program. (The Board will consider whether
to adopt the proposed regulations.) [As
previously noticed, the written comment period closed 5:00 p.m., October 13,
2003.]
(NOTE: Closed Sessions are not
open to the public.)
The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed
order prepared after a hearing on Administrative Civil Liability complaints for
violations of Licenses 13444 and 13274 of Lloyd L. Phelps, Jr.; License 13194
of
Joey P. Ratto, Jr.; and License 13315 of Ronald D. Conn and Ron Silva, et al.
LITIGATION (This closed session is authorized under Government
Code section 11126(e)(1).)
The
Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the
case of El Dorado Irrigation
District v. SWRCB (Sacramento
County Superior Court, No. 01CS01319).
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*In
order to be fully considered at the meeting, written comments on Items 2-4 must
be received by 5:00 p.m.,
December 9, 2003. [As previously
noticed, the written comment period for Item 1 closed October 13, 2003.]
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address: PO Box 100, Sacramento,
CA 95812-0100; FAX 916-341-5620
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5 working days prior to the meeting date.
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voice line at 1-800-735-2922.
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