STATE WATER BOARD BOARD MEETING Tuesday, September 18, 2007–10:00 a.m. Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento

SECOND REVISION - ADDITION TO CLOSED SESSION

REVISED - ADDED NEW ITEM 11 AND RENUMBERED ITEMS FOLLOWING

ITEM 12 AND THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED BEGINNING AT NOON

DECLARATION OF A QUORUM
Tam M. Doduc, Chair; Gary Wolff, P.E., Ph.D, Vice Chair; Arthur G. Baggett, Jr., Member; Charlie Hoppin, Member; Frances Spivy-Weber, Member

BOARD MEETING

Public comments on agenda items will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Board Chair

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 State Water Resources Control Board or any California Regional Water Quality Control Board.

BOARD BUSINESS
1. The Board will consider adoption of the September 4, 2007 Board meeting minutes.

2. Board Member Report.

UNCONTESTED ITEMS
(Items 3 -4) *

*3. Consideration of a resolution authorizing the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority request for funding in the amount of $1,420,000 from the Water Quality Control Fund Cleanup and Abatement Account for the J.A.B. Holdings, Bozung Site Groundwater Cleanup Project.

*4. Consideration of a Resolution approving an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region to revise sodium-related water quality standards for surface waters of the Carson and Walker River Watersheds.

WATER RIGHTS
5. Consideration of a Resolution proposing changes in the Delegation Of Authority to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) Members individually and the Deputy Director for Water Rights..

WATER QUALITY
6. Consideration of a Resolution approving an exception to the California Ocean Plan for the University of California Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory discharge into the Bodega Area of Special Biological Significance, including special protections to protect beneficial uses, and adopting a mitigated negative declaration for the project. (Written comments were due on July 31, 2007 by 12:00 p.m.)

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
8. Annual Status Report on the development of sediment quality objectives for enclosed bays and estuaries of California.

9. Executive Director Report.

10. Update of the Green Chemistry Initiative by the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

11. Update on Bay Delta issues, including San Joaquin River flow issues as they relate to the 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Estuary.

*****  The following items will commence at noon in Conference Room 230 as a working lunch. *****

12. Discussion of Board Member priorities and next steps concerning strategic plan development.

CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Closed Sessions are not open to the public

PERSONNEL
The Board will meet 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. (This closed session is authorized under Government Code section 11126, subd. (a)(1).)

RIALTO PERCHLORATE
The Board will meet in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in Goodrich Corp. v. California State Water Resources Control Bd., et al. (Los Angeles Superior Court No. BS110389); Emhart Industries, Inc. et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Bd., et al. (Los Angeles Superior Court No. BS110390); and, Pyro Spectaculars, Inc. v. California State Water Resources Control Bd., et al. (Los Angeles Superior Court No. BS110391). (This is authorized under Government Code section 11126, subdivision (e)(2)(A).)