STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

WORKSHOP AGENDA

 

                                                                              Tuesday, February 3, 2004 – 10:00 a.m.

Coastal Hearing Room

The Joe Serna Jr./ Cal/EPA Building

1001 “I” Street, Sacramento

 

If you have questions about this agenda, contact Debbie Irvin at (916) 341-5600; Fax 341-5620.  This notice and associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov.   Agenda items should be electronically available January 28, 2004.  For a map, see our website at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EPABldg/location.htm.

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 oral testimony be summarized.  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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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.

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

**1.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving Proposals, and Authorizing Issuance of Contracts and Amendments to Implement the Consolidated Watershed Protection, Watershed Management, and Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grants.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed regulations.)

 

WATER QUALITY 

**2.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to Revise the Water Quality Objective for Chloride in the Lower Santa Clara River.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed amendment.)

 

**3.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Execution of Contracts and Amendments to Implement Statewide Comprehensive Groundwater Quality Monitoring in the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring Assessment (GAMA) Program.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**4.  Public Scoping Meeting for Proposed California Ocean Plan Amendments:  1) Choice of Indicator Organisms for Water-Contact Bacterial Standards; 2) Establishing a Fecal Coliform Standard for Shellfish Harvesting Areas; 3) Reclassifying “Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS)” to “State Water Quality Protection Areas (SWQPAs)” and Establishing Implementation Provisions for Discharges Into SWQPAs; and 4) “Reasonable Potential”:  Determining the Likelihood That the Concentration of a Pollutant Would Cause or Contribute to an Exceedance of Water Quality Standards.  (The Board will receive input on the scope and content of the environmental information, which should be included in the draft Functional Equivalent Document (FED) that will be prepared for the proposed amendments. Comments should be limited to the four issues identified and help in identifying the range of actions, alternatives, mitigation measures, and potential significant effects to be analyzed in depth in the FED and in eliminating from detailed study issues found not to be important.)

 

5.  Progress Report From the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board on Regional Board Actions to Address Water Quality Issues Related to Timber Harvesting in the Watersheds of Elk River, Freshwater Creek and Three Tributaries of the Eel River.  (Information Item Only.  The Board will receive a progress report from the North Coast Regional Board pursuant to provisions of Order WQO 2002-0004 adopted on January 23, 2002, and Order WQO 2002-0019 adopted on October 17, 2002.)

 

 

 

WATER RIGHTS

6.  Consideration of a Proposed Order on Petitions for Change and Extension of Time Filed by South Feather Water and Power Agency (Formerly Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District) and Yuba County Water District.  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.)

 

7.  Consideration of a Proposed Order Imposing Administrative Civil Liability Against Licenses 13444 and 13274 of Lloyd L. Phelps, Jr.; License 13194 of Joey P. Ratto, Jr.; License 13315 of Ronald D. Conn.  (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order.)

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

8.  Consideration of a Resolution Adopting the Policy for the Implementation and Enforcement of the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program and Approving the Functional Equivalent Document (FED).  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution and approve the FED.)  As previously noticed, all interested parties are requested to submit their comments no later than 5:00 p.m., January 30, 2004 via mail or fax.

 

 

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Closed Session Items

(Please note Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

 

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 San Francisco BayKeeper et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board (Sacramento County Superior Court, No. 99CS01929). 

 

WATER RIGHTS  (This closed session is authorized under Government Code 11126(c)(3).)

The Board will meet in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order regarding a Petition for Long-Term Change filed by Merced Irrigation District and Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts, involving the transfer of up to 47,000 acre-feet of water for the purpose of increasing the San Joaquin River flows during April and May of certain years. 

 

Consideration of a proposed order imposing Administrative Civil Liability against Licenses 13444 and 13274 of Lloyd L. Phelps, Jr.; License 13194 of Joey P. Ratto, Jr.; License 13315 of Ronald D. Conn.

 

PERSONNEL  (This is authorized under Government Code section 11126(a)(1).)

The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss the appointment, evaluation of performance or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against that employee by another employee unless the employee requests a public hearing.

 

 

 

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, written comments on Items 1-7 must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., January 29, 2004.  Mailing Address:  PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA  95812-0100; FAX 916-341-5620

 

As previously noticed, written comments on Item 8 must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., January 30, 2004.  Comments on the draft Policy and draft FED should be submitted to Steve Fagundes, Chief, NPS Program Plan Implementation, Division of Water Quality, SWRCB, P O Box 100, Sacramento CA 95812-0100 FAX (916) 341-5470.

 

**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.



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