STATE WATER BOARD

  
 


BOARD MEETING
Thursday, October 20, 2005 – 10:00 a.m.
Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor
Joe Serna Jr. / Cal/EPA Building
1001 I Street, Sacramento

 

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

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 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 September 7 and September 22, 2005 Board meeting minutes.

 

INFORMATIONAL ITEM - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
1. Informational presentation by Celeste Cantú, Executive Director, on the Surface Waters Ambient Monitoring Program

 

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 2-4)

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2. Revised October 19, 2005 - Consideration of a resolution adopting the Integrated Coastal Watershed Management Planning Grant Funding List and concurrence with the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Grant Funding List approved by the Department of Water Resources

WATER QUALITY
3. Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region removing the municipal and domestic supply (MUN) beneficial use designation from surface waters of Owens Lake, Inyo County

4. Consideration of rescission of State Water Resources Control Board Water Quality Order No. 2005-0010-DWQ, NPDES No. CA0103209, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for the California Department of Fish and Game Silver King Creek Rotenone Project, Alpine County

REGULAR AGENDA (Items 5-10)

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
5. To Consideration of a resolution to adopt emergency regulations to implement the Orphan Site Cleanup Sub account established by Assembly Bill 1906 (Lowenthal)

WATER QUALITY
6. Revised October 17, 2005 - Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to incorporate a total maximum daily load for toxic pollutants in sediment in Ballona Creek Estuary (The written comment period for this item ended on September 29, 2005. No additional comments will be accepted).

7. Revised October 17, 2005 - Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to establish a total maximum daily load for metals for the Los Angeles River and its tributaries (The written comment period for this item ended on September 29, 2005. No additional comments will be accepted).

8. Revised October 17, 2005 - Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to establish a total maximum daily load for metals in Ballona Creek (The written comment period for this item ended on September 29, 2005. No additional comments will be accepted).

9. Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins to control factors contributing to dissolved oxygen impairment in the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel (The written comment period for this item ended on September 29, 2005. No additional comments will be accepted).

10. Consideration of a resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Valley Region to incorporate a total maximum daily load for the control of salt and boron discharges into the Lower San Joaquin River(Comments shall be limited to the changes from the draft resolution considered at the October 5, 2005 Workshop).

 

Written comments on Items 1-5, and 10 must be received by 5:00 p.m., October 14, 2005, and will not be accepted after that time. Time limitations on presentations may be imposed.

See “Presentations to the Board” at https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_info/meetings/index.shtml. Agenda items will be electronically available after October 11, 2005.

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 – 10/20/05 BOARD MEETING, and ITEM NUMBER __”. If you have questions about the agenda, contact Debbie Irvin via email or call (916) 341-5600. For a map to our building, see our website at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EPABldg/location.htm.

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