Meeting Notice and Agenda Items

Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board

AGENDA REVISED / MODIFICADA EL 12/12/2023

Thursday, 14 December 2023 - 9:00 a.m. (Board Meeting)

Friday, 15 December 2022 - 9:00 a.m. (Board Training/Discussion)

CENTRAL VALLEY WATER BOARD
Board Room
11020 Sun Center Drive, Suite 200
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
(In-Person and via Video and Teleconference)

How to Attend This Meeting:

This meeting will occur with both a physical meeting location and an option for the public
to participate from a remote location. Pursuant to Government Code section 11133, one
or more Board Members may participate remotely. Additional information for those
wishing to attend remotely can be found below.

TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE LIVECAST (NOT PARTICIPATING):

If you do not need to participate, but would like to watch and listen in to this meeting, please use the "PUBLIC MEETING YOUTUBE LIVECAST" links below.

14 December 2023: YOUTUBE LIVE STREAM URL (https://youtu.be/m9FoyVh-O7Q)
15 December 2023: YOUTUBE LIVE STREAM URL (https://youtu.be/aT6p308_AJ0)

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING (via ZOOM):

Persons wishing to participate in the meeting via video or teleconference will need to contact the Board by email to receive a Zoom Meeting ID and password prior to the meeting by doing the following:

Send an email to Agenda5@Waterboards.ca.gov
In the Subject line, indicate: Agenda Item Number(s) you are interested in
In the body of the email indicate:
- Your name
- Who you represent (i.e., self, another person, an organization)
- Identify whether you intend to participate via videoconference (your computer microphone and speaker) or by telephone
- If calling in by telephone, please provide the last three digits of the telephone number you will be calling from

The Board will respond to your email with the Zoom Meeting ID and password for the meeting. If you do not send an email by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday December 13th, it is possible you will need to begin watching the webcast available on YouTube. You cannot participate in the Zoom meeting until you receive an email with the Zoom ID and password. This means you may need to begin watching the webcast available on YouTube.

Additional information on attending the meeting can be found on our Regional Board Meeting Calendar webpage at:
(https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_info/meetings/)

Items on this Agenda are numbered for identification purposes only; the Board may consider these items out of their listed order.

Copies of the items to be considered by the Central Valley Water Board are posted on the Board’s Tentative Orders web page at:
(https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_decisions/tentative_orders/).

Questions regarding individual items should be directed to the Board staff person whose name and phone number are indicated on the agenda item. For general questions, to request a special accommodation, or to request interpreter services, please send an e-mail to agenda5@waterboards.ca.gov or call (916) 464-3291. Please request special accommodations or interpreter services at least 10 business days in advance of the meeting. TTY users may contact the California Relay Service at 1-800-735-2929 or voice line at 1-800-735-2922.

Items to be considered by the Board at the 14-15 December 2023 Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Meeting, organized by agenda item number.

Board Meeting Agenda - English | Español
Executive Officer's Report

Thursday, 14 December 2023 - 9:00 a.m.

BOARD BUSINESS

Executive Officer's Report, including Discussion of Water Quality Program Priority Projects for FY 2024-2025
- Executive Officer's Report
- 2024-2025 Program Priorities

Consideration of Minutes from from the October 2023 Board Meeting
- 14 October 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

Consideration of Uncontested Items - The Board will consider agenda items 12 through 16

Discussion of Board Workgroup Assignments
- Summary Sheet
- Board Workgroups

CONTESTED/DISCUSSION ITEMS

WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

~~Forward Inc., Forward Landfill, San Joaquin County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2017-0703~~ - THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA
Hathaway, LLC, Kern-Tulare Water District, Jasmin Ranchos Mutual Water Company, Jasmin Treatment Facility, Kern County – Consideration of Amended Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2019-0043
- Summary Sheet
- Amending Waste Discharge Requirements
- Comments Received: For a copy of the comments, please contact Josh Mahoney at Joshua.Mahoney@waterboards.ca.gov or (559) 444-2449
  - Honorable Shannon Grove, Senator, District 12, State of California; 6 July 2023
  - Honorable Vince Fong, Assemblymember, District 32, State of California; 13 July 2023
  - Honorable Zack Scrivner, Supervisor, 2nd District, Kern County; 14 July 2023
  - Honorable Jeff Flores, Chairman Supervisor, 3rd District, Kern County; 7 July 2023
  - Honorable Leticia Perez, Supervisor, 5th District, Kern County; 10 July 2023
  - Kern-Tulare Water District, 5 July 2023
  - Hathaway, LLC; 19 July 2023
  - Kern-Tulare Water District, Hathaway, LLC, & Jasmin Ranchos Mutual Water Company; 19 July 2023
  - Cawelo Water District, 22 June 2023
  - Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District, 22 June 2023
  - Western Growers, 19 July 2023
  - Honorable Salvador Solorio-Ruiz, Mayor, Delano, 17 July 2023
  - Center for Biological Diversity, 20 July 2023
- Response to Comments
- Revised Notice of Public Hearing

NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)

Update on the City of Sacramento’s Combined Wastewater Collection and Treatment System, McKinley Water Vault – Informational Item Only
- Summary Sheet

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

(Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, § 647.2, subd. (f).)
Uncontested items are those items that are not being contested at the Board Meeting and will be acted on without discussion. If any person or Board Member requests discussion, the item may be removed from the Uncontested Calendar and taken up in the regular agenda in an order determined by the Board Chair.

UNCONTESTED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

UNCONTESTED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS
1. County of Kern, McFarland-Delano Sanitary Landfill, Kern County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2013-0012
  - Cover Letter
  - Tentative Waste Discharge Requirements
  - Monitoring and Reporting Program
  - Comments Received:
    - Kern County, 27 October 2023
  - Response to Comments
  - Notice of Public Hearing
2. Sutter Mutual Water Company, Bohannon Dam Automation Project, Sutter County – Consideration of New Waste Discharge Requirements
3. Tracy Phase 2, LLC and Tracy Phase 3, LLC, Tracy Hills Phase 2B Project, San Joaquin County – Consideration of New Waste Discharge Requirements
4. Vulcan Materials Company, Carli Expansion Site-Phase T-2 Project, Sacramento County – Consideration of New Waste Discharge Requirements
5. ~~Waste Management of Alameda County, Inc., Altamont Solidification Facility, Alameda County – Consideration of New Waste Discharge Requirements~~ - THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA

UNCONTESTED NPDES PERMITS

UNCONTESTED NPDES PERMITS
1. Limited Threat Discharges to Surface Water General Waste Discharge Requirements Order – Consideration of General Permit Amendment (NPDES General Permit No. CAG995002)
  - Cover Letter
  - Tentative Amending Order
  - Comments Received: For a copy of the comments, please contact Anne Walters at Anne.Walters@waterboards.ca.gov or (916) 464-4840
    - Recology & Tetra Tech
  - Response to Comments
  - Notice of Public Hearing

UNCONTESTED RESCISSIONS

UNCONTESTED RESCISSIONS
1. Aerojet-General Corporation Stormwater Discharge Area Run-Off Treatment System (AROS), Sacramento County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 93-238
2. City of Colfax, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Placer County – Order No. R5-2018-0012 (NPDES Permit No. CA0079529)
3. City of Jackson, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Amador County – Order No. R5-2018-0036-01 (NPDES Permit No. CA0079391)
4. Johns Manville Fiberglass Manufacturing Plant, Glenn County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 98-209

UNCONTESTED CHANGE OF NAME

UNCONTESTED CHANGE OF NAME
1. Berry Petroleum Corporation, USL Lease, Poso Creek Oil Field, Kern County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2002-0067
2. Calaveras Materials, Inc., and Harold J. Schmidt, Hughson Plant, Stanislaus County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2002-0227
3. Cresleigh Homes Corporation, College Park Site A Project, Placer County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2023-0036
4. Martin Marietta Northern California Aggregates, LLC, Merced Aggregates, Merced County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 85-166
5. Rombauer Vineyards, Inc., Amador County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2002-0075
6. Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, Sacramento County – NPDES Permit No. CA0077682
7. Sierra Valley Enterprises, LLC, Sierra County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2002-0174
8. Sonora Estates Manufactured Housing Community, LLC, and Tiki Lagun Partners, LLC, Sonora Estates Manufactured Housing Community, Tuolumne County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2002-0069

OTHER

OTHER
1. Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements, Reports of Waste Discharge and/or Water Recycling Requirements for Specific Types of Discharge Within the Central Valley Region – Consideration of Resolution R5-2018-0085 Renewal
  - Notice of Public Hearing
  - Tentative Resolution
  - Comments Received: For a copy of the comments, please contact Katie Carpenter at Katie.Carpenter@waterboards.ca.gov or (559) 445-5551
    - Stanislaus Co. Food Processing Byproducts Reuse Committee, 14 October 2023
    - Stanislaus Co. Dpt. Env. Resources, 16 October 2023
    - William Lyons, 16 October 2023

Friday, 15 December 2023 - 9:00 a.m.

DISCUSSION ITEM

Board Training: Engagement and Shared Expectations

Training and Discussion Item – The Board will spend approximately 4-5 hours in a facilitated discussion on building and maintaining relationships with underserved communities, understanding the importance of community engagement, and how to advance the Board’s Racial Equity Goals through interest-based problem solving and active listening. The discussion will be facilitated by the Office of Public Participation, and will include skills training, a conversation on shared expectations, and comments from stakeholders.
- Summary Sheet