STATE WATER BOARD     BOARD MEETING Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 10:00 a.m. Sierra Hearing Room - Second Floor Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento

REVISED:  ITEM 10 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THIS AGENDA

DECLARATION OF A QUORUM
Arthur G. Baggett, Jr., Chair; Peter S. Silva, Vice Chair; Richard Katz, Tam M. Doduc, and Gerald D. Secundy, Member

PUBLIC FORUM
Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the State Water Board’s jurisdiction provided the matter is not on the State Water Board agenda, or pending before the California Water Boards. Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

MINUTES
The Board will consider adoption of the May 19, 2005 Board meeting minutes.

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1-10 9)

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
1.    Consideration of a resolution adopting the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Emergency, Abandoned, Recalcitrant Account fiscal year 2005-2006 annual site list; and, authorizing the Executive Director to issue letters of award or execute contracts and amendments for the expenditure of EAR account funds

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
2.   Consideration of a resolution approving the California Dairy Quality Assurance Program as qualifying for a fee reduction in pursuant to the Board’s regulations

WATER QUALITY
3.   Consideration of a resolution to authorize acceptance of grant funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to continue the cooperative agreement for the San Francisco Estuary Project

4.   Consideration of a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to accept a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to continue source investigation activities in the San Gabriel Valley

5.   Consideration of a resolution authorizing execution of contracts and amendments to implement statewide comprehensive groundwater quality monitoring in the groundwater ambient monitoring assessment program

6.   Consideration of a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to negotiate and accept a Federal Clean Water Act section 205(j) grant

7.   Consideration of a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to accept a Federal assistance grant for the environmental monitoring and assessment program

8.   Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Colorado River Basin Region to incorporate a Total Maximum Daily Load for sedimentation/siltation for the Imperial Valley Niland, P, and Pumice Drains and Implementation Plan

9.   Consideration of a resolution amending the State Policy for Water Quality Control for Regulation of Municipal Solid Waste Discharges (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution. A 60-day comment period ended July 6, 2005, the day of the hearing for this item. No further oral or written comments will be accepted.)

WATER RIGHTS   THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THIS AGENDA
10.  Consideration of a Proposed Order Granting a Time Extension and Change in Point of Diversion and Place of Storage or Water Right Permit held by North San Joaquin Water Conservation District on the Mokelumne River in San Joaquin County (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order)

REGULAR AGENDA (Items 11-12)

WATER QUALITY
11.  Consideration of approval of an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region to incorporate a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Mercury in San Francisco Bay

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE – INFORMATIONAL ITEM
12.  Status of the SRF loan program and actions underway to return the program to regular operation

The Board encourages submittal of written comments. Written comments on agenda items are to be addressed and submitted to Debbie Irvin, Clerk to the Board, either by email at dirvin@waterboards.ca.gov ; fax (916) 341-5620; or mail addressed to State Water Board, P.O. Box 100, Sacramento, California, 95812-0100. Please also indicate in the subject line, “COMMENT LETTER – 07/21/05 BOARD MEETING, and ITEM NUMBER __”.

Unless otherwise specified, written comments must be submitted by 5:00 p.m., July 14, 2005 and will not be accepted after that time.

Agenda items will be electronically available after July 11, 2005. Time limitations on presentations may be imposed. See “Presentations to the Board” at https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/index.shtml.

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An audio broadcast of this meeting will be heard via the World Wide Web at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/.

If you have questions about the agenda, contact Debbie Irvin via email or call (916) 341-5600. For a map to our building, see http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EPABldg/location.htm.<br><br><br>
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