STATE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP AGENDA Tuesday,
March 2, 2004 - 10:00 a.m. Coastal Hearing Room –
Second Floor The Joe Serna Jr./ Cal/EPA
Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento For questions about this agenda,
contact Debbie Irvin at (916) 341-5600 or 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 on February 24, 2004. For a map to our building, please see our website at
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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. 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.*
ITEMS 1-7 WILL BE DISCUSSED
STARTING AT 10:00, March 2,
2004. - |
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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
to Modify Reimbursement Schedule for the Water Recycling Facilities Planning
Grant Awarded to Olivehurst Public Utility District.
(The Board will consider, at
a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
**2. Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the
Southern California Coastal Waters Research Project. (The Board will consider, at
a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
**3. Consideration of a Resolution
Approving a Proposed Interagency Agreement With the California State Coastal
Conservancy to Provide Funding Support for the Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring
Program. (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 Los Angeles Region Revising Interim Ammonia Effluent Limits Contained
Within a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Nitrogen Compounds and Related
Effects in the Los Angeles River and its Tributaries. (The
Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed amendment.)
WATER RIGHTS
5. Consideration of 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. (The Board will consider, at a
Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed order.) (Written comments should be received no later
than February 25, 2004).
WATER QUALITY PETITION
6. In the
Matter of the Petition of Chevron Products Company for Review of Technical
Report Order for 4000 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz, Issued by the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region. SWRCB/OCC
File A-1343. (The
Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order
vacating the technical report order issued by the Regional Board.)
PUBLIC HEARING
7. Public Hearing to Receive Comments on the
Revised Draft Statewide Program EIR Covering General Waste Discharge Requirements
for Biosolids Land Application.
(The comment period is January 30 to March 15, 2004.)
Closed Session Items
(Closed Sessions are not open to the public)
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.
The Board will be meeting to deliberate on a decision to be reached in the proceeding concerning potential modifications to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s water right permits for the Cachuma Project (Applications 11331 and 11332).
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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting,
written comments on Items 1-4, and 6 must be received by 5:00 p.m., February
27, 2004. Written comments on Item 5
must be received by February 25, 2004.
The public review and comment period for the revised Draft PEIR on Item
7 is January 30 to March 15, 2004.
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.
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voice line at 1-800-735-2922.
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