STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

WORKSHOP & BOARD MEETING AGENDA

REVISED – SEE CLOSED SESSION

LITIGATION                                                         Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 9:00 a.m.

                                                                                                                

Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor

Joe Serna Jr./ Cal/EPA Building

1001 I Street, Sacramento

 

If you have questions regarding this agenda please call Debbie Irvin at (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.  Agenda items should be available electronically on September 22, 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/

 

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.  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.  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.* 

 

ITEMS 1-8 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT  9:00 A.M., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003.

 

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.

 

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.

 

WORKSHOP

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

**1. Consideration of a Resolution Approving Proposed Amendments to the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Regulations.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed regulations.)

 

**2. Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to Resolution No. 2000-061 to Decrease to $5,000,000 the State Revolving Fund Loan Amount of Valley Small Business Development Corporation for Implementing the Dairy Waste Management Loan Program, Loan No. C-06-6075-110.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**3. Consideration of a Resolution Approving a State Revolving Fund Loan to the Nature Conservancy for the Palo Corona Watershed Protection Project, SRF Loan No. C-06-6085-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

WATER QUALITY

**4.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana Region to Incorporate Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos Total Maximum Daily Loads for San Diego Creek and Upper Newport Bay.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

5.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Staff to Begin Work on Staff’s Recommended Revisions to the Policy for Implementation of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California (SIP).  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)  (As previously noticed, written comments on the proposed SIP revisions must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., September 18, 2003, may not exceed 4 pages, and no attachments will be accepted).

 

WATER QUALITY PETITION

6.  In the Matter of the Petition of Goleta Sanitary District for Review of Resolution No. R3-2002-0077 [NPDES
No. CA0048160] Denying Certification and Concurrence in Reissuance of Goleta Sanitary District’s Permit and 301(h) Waiver
, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region.  SWRCB/OCC File A-1494.
  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order remanding the matter to the Regional Board for reconsideration of the Goleta Sanitary District application following receipt and consideration of CEQA documentation and recent evidence regarding the expected level of effluent discharge.)  As previously noticed, written comments on the draft order must be received in the Office of Chief Counsel by 5:00 p.m., September 25, 2003.

 

 

BOARD MEETING

 

ADMINISTRATION

**7.  Proposed Interagency Agreement to Provide Funding Support for the Office of the Secretary for Environmental Protection.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

8.  Proposed Revisions to the State Water Resources Control Board’s Annual Fee Schedule.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed revisions to the fee schedule.)  In order to be fully considered, written comments to the fee schedule revisions must be received by 5:00 p.m., September 25, 2003, by Fax (916) 341-5048; or by calling our phone line at (916) 341-5128; email at feechange@das.swrcb.ca.gov ; or mail to State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Administrative Services, ATTN:  Fee Revisions, PO Box 100, Sacramento, California, 95812-0100.  To view the proposed final draft to fee schedule regulations, visit our web site at www.swrcb.ca.gov/.

 

 

CLOSED SESSION

(NOTE:  Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

 

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.

 

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 1-4 and 6-8 must be received by 5:00 p.m., September 25, 2003.  As previously noticed, written comments on Item 5, regarding the proposed SIP revisions must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., September 18, 2003, may not exceed 4 pages, and no attachments will be accepted. 

Mailing address:  PO 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.

 

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.

 

A quorum of the State Water Resources Control Board will be meeting October 9-10, 2003, at the Cal/EPA Building located at 1001 “I” Street, Sacramento, with the Water Quality Coordinating Committee to discuss water quality-related issues.


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