STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP & BOARD MEETING AGENDA
Coastal
Hearing Room – Second Floor
The Joe
Serna Jr./ Cal/EPA Building
1001 I
Street, Sacramento
Questions regarding this agenda call Debbie Irvin (916)
341-5600 or fax (916) 341-5620.
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.
For a map
to our building, please see our website at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EPABldg/location.htm
Please note time limitations on presentations may be
imposed.
Oral Testimony: 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.*
Audio broadcast of this meeting is
available at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/
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.
WORKSHOP
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
1. Hearing
Regarding Consideration of a Resolution Adopting a Revised Workplan for the
Development of Sediment Quality Objectives for Enclosed Bays and Estuaries
of California. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting,
whether to adopt the proposed resolution.) [As previously noticed, written comments were due no later
than 5:00 p.m., April 22, 2003].
2. Consideration
of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for
the Central Valley Region to Establish a Program for the Control of Mercury
in Clear Lake. (The Board will consider,
at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed amendment.)
**3. Consideration
of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for
the Colorado River Basin Region to Establish a Prohibition of Discharge of
Individual Wastewater Disposal Systems in Cathedral City Cove. (The Board will consider, at a Board
meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
4. Consideration
of a Proposed Order Regarding Petitions for Reconsideration of Division Chief’s
Order Pursuant to Condition 10 of Decision 1632 Regarding Existing Groundwater
Users in the Carmel Valley. (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether
to adopt the proposed order).
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
**5. Consideration of a Resolution Approving
a Proposed Amendment to the Existing WateReuse Foundation Water Recycling
Research Contract.
(The Board will
consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
**6. Consideration of a Resolution Approving
the Clean Water State Revolving Fund State Fiscal Year 2002/2003 Intended
Use Plan and Federal Fiscal Year 2003 Federal Capitalization Grant Acceptance. (The Board
will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
**7. Consideration of a Resolution Approving
a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of San Diego for the Mission
Bay Source Identification Study – Phase II From the Coastal Nonpoint
Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act Of 2000. (The Board will consider, at a Board
meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
**8. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing
the Executive Director or Designee to Accept, Negotiate, Amend, Execute, or
Terminate a Contract with the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
for $129,000 From the Watershed, Clean Beaches, and Water Quality Act Established
From the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal
Protection Act of 2002. (The Board will consider, at a Board
meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
BOARD MEETING – 10:00 a.m.
9. Consideration
of an Order Regarding Petition for Reconsideration of Order WRO 2003-0004. (The Board will consider whether to deny a petition
for reconsideration submitted by the North Gualala Water Company.)
Closed Session Items
(Please note Closed Sessions are not
open to the public)
LITIGATION (This is
authorized under Government Code section 11126(e)(1).)
The Board
will be meeting in closed session to discuss the litigation in the Coordinated
Special Proceeding, Special Title (Rule 1550(b)), State Water Resources
Control Board cases (Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No. JC
4118).
WATER
RIGHTS (This is authorized under Government Code section
11126(c)(3).)
The Board
will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order prepared
after a 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.
The Board
will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a petition for
reconsideration of Order 2003-0004 submitted by the North Gualala Water
Company.
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*In order to be fully considered at the
meeting, written comments on Items 2 through 9 must be received by noon, May 2,
2003. Mailing address: P.O. Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; Fax 916.341.5620
**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.
A quorum of the Board will be
meeting with the Gartner Group located at 2870 Gateway Oaks Drive in Sacramento
on May 19, 2003 to discuss internal priority and planning issues.
Individuals
who require special accommodations are requested to contact Adrian Perez at
(916) 341-5880 at least 5 working days prior to the meeting date. TTY users may contact the California
Relay service at 1-800-735-2929 or voice line at 1-800-735-2922.
Please note: Some of our older material may no longer be available in electronic form. If you need assistance obtaining a file, please contact the Clerk to the Board, email commentletters@waterboards.ca.gov.