STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING AND HEARING AGENDA
Wednesday, May 21, 2003 – 9:00 a.m.
Coastal Hearing Room – Second
Floor
Joe Serna
Jr./Cal/EPA Building
1001 “I”
Street, Sacramento
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Questions
regarding this agenda - call Debbie Irvin (916) 341-5600 or fax 341-5620.
Please note
time limitations on presentations may be imposed. The State Board requests that oral testimony
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.*
Audio broadcast of this meeting is
available at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/
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due to the security level so please allow up to 15 minutes for this process.
BOARD
MEETING
Declaration
of Quorum
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 adoption of the April 30, 2003 Board Meeting minutes.
UNCONTESTED ITEMS
1-7. The Board will be asked to approve items 1-7 at one time.
8. 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 whether to approve the proposed amendment.)
HEARING
SMALL LINEAR PERMIT
9. Hearing
Regarding Consideration of Adoption of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Small Linear Underground/Overhead
Construction Projects. (The State
Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed general
permit). [As previously noticed, written
comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., May 21, 2003].
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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 Adopting a Revised Workplan for the Development of Sediment Quality
Objectives for Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California. (The
Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.) [No further comments can be submitted].
2. 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 whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
3. 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 whether to
adopt the proposed order).
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
4. 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.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
5. Consideration
of a Resolution Approving a Proposed Amendment to the Existing WateReuse Foundation
Water Recycling Research Contract. (The Board will consider 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 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 whether
to adopt the proposed resolution.)
(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).
The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation
in the case of Browns Valley Irrigation District v. State Water Resources Control
Board, Yuba County Water Agency, et al., Real Parties in Interest, and
Consolidated Actions (Yuba County Superior
Court, No. CV PT 02-0000224 (lead file)).
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*In order to be fully considered
at the Board meeting, written comments on Items 2 through 8 must be received by
5:00 p.m., May 16, 2003. Mailing
address: PO Box 100, Sacramento,
CA 95812-0100; FAX (916) 341-5620
Note: 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.