April 14, 2010 - San Diego Water Board Meeting

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
SAN DIEGO REGION

AGENDA

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
9:00 a.m.

Water Quality Control Board
Regional Board Meeting Room
9174 Sky Park Court
San Diego, California

The purpose of this meeting is for the San Diego Water Board to obtain testimony and information from concerned and affected persons and to make decisions based on the information received. Persons who want to submit written comments or evidence on any agenda item must comply with the procedures described in the agenda and agenda notes. Persons wishing to speak at the meeting should complete an attendance card (see Note F, attached to this Notice). The San Diego Water Board requests that all lengthy comments be submitted in writing in advance of the meeting date. To ensure that the San Diego Water Board members and staff have the opportunity to fully study and consider written material, comments should be received in the San Diego Water Board's office no later than noon on Monday, March 29, 2010* and should indicate the agenda item to which it is applicable. If the submitted written material is more than 5 pages or contains foldouts, color graphics, maps, etc., 15 copies must be submitted for distribution to the Board members and staff. Written material submitted after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 will not be provided to the Board members and may not be considered by the San Diego Water Board (See Note D, attached to this Notice).

*PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME ITEMS ON THE AGENDA MAY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY NOTICED WITH EARLIER DEADLINES FOR SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS OR MAY HAVE A SEPARATE HEARING PROCEDURES DOCUMENT THAT ESTABLISHES DIFFERENT DEADLINES FOR SUBMITING WRITTEN MATERIALS. IN THOSE CASES THE DIFFERENT DEADLINES APPLY.

Comments on agenda items will be accepted by E-mail subject to the same conditions set forth for other written submissions as long as the total submittal (including attachments) does not exceed five printed pages in length. E-mail must be submitted to: rb9agenda@waterboards.ca.gov to insure consideration by the San Diego Water Board. Type the word "Agenda" in the subject line.

Pursuant to Title 23, California Code of Regulations, Section 648.4, the San Diego Water Board may refuse to admit written testimony into evidence if it is not submitted to the San Diego Water Board in a timely manner, unless the proponent can demonstrate why he or she was unable to submit the material on time or that compliance with the deadline would create an unreasonable hardship.

NOTE D, attached to this Notice, refers to the procedures that will be followed by the San Diego Water Board in contested adjudicatory matters if a separate Hearing Procedures Document has not been issued for a particular agenda item. Parties requesting an alternate hearing process must do so in accord with the directions in NOTE D. Any such request, together with supporting material, must be received in the San Diego Water Board's office no later than noon on Monday, March 29, 2010.

Copies of the agenda items to be considered by the San Diego Water Board are posted on the San Diego Water Board's website at https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sandiego/board_info/agendas/
Except for items designated as time certain, there are no set times for agenda items. Items may be taken out of order at the discretion of the Chairman.

1. Roll Call and Introductions

2. PUBLIC FORUM: Any person may address the Board regarding a matter within the Board's jurisdiction that is not related to an item on this Meeting agenda and is not scheduled for a future Meeting. Comments will generally be limited to three minutes, unless otherwise directed by the Chair. Any person wishing to make a longer presentation should contact the Executive Officer at least ten days prior to the meeting.

3. POSTPONED Minutes of Board Meeting: February 10, 2010.

4. Chairman's, Board Members', State Board liaison's and Executive Officer's Reports: These items are for Board discussion only. No public testimony will be allowed, and the Board will take no formal action.

Consent Calendar: Items 5 through 10 are considered non-controversial issues. (NOTE: If there is public interest, concern or discussion regarding any consent calendar item or a request for a public hearing, then the item(s) will be removed from the consent calendar and considered after all other agenda items have been completed.)

5. POSTPONED Waste Discharge Requirements Revision: Barrett Lake Mobile Home Park, San Diego County (Ownership change) (Tentative Addendum No. 2 to Order No. 94-142) (Cathryn Henning)

6. POSTPONED NPDES Permit Recission: Mountain Water Ice Company, Oceanside, San Diego County - An Order Rescinding Order No. R9-2005-0015, NPDES Permit No. CA0108391 (Tentative Order No. R9-2010-0028) (Joann Cofrancesco)

7. POSTPONED NPDES Permit Reissuance: Waste Discharge Requirements for the Sweetwater Authority, Richard A. Reynolds Desalination Facility, discharge to the Lower Sweetwater Basin, San Diego County. (Tentative Order No. R9-2010-0012, NPDES Permit No. CA0108952) (Michelle Mata)

8. POSTPONED Administrative Civil Liability against the County of San Diego Municipal Storm Water Program. The San Diego Water Board will consider adoption of a tentative Order that would accept an offer to settle administrative civil liability proposed in Complaint No. R9-2009-0089 for violation of construction storm water "wet season" requirements within the San Diego Municipal Storm Water Permit, Order No. R9-2007-0001. The proposed settlement supports the assessment of $57,350. If the San Diego Water Board rejects the tentative Order, the matter may be rescheduled to a future public hearing at which time the San Diego Water Board will receive evidence and testimony and consider assessment of liability. (Tentative Order R9-2010-0025) (Frank Melbourn)

9. POSTPONED Administrative Civil Liability against the San Diego Unified School District, Bell Jr. High Landfill. The San Diego Water Board will consider adoption of a tentative Order that would accept an offer to settle administrative civil liability proposed in Complaint No. R9-2009-0175 for failure to submit semi-annual monitoring reports required by Order No. 97-11, General Waste Discharge Requirements for Post-Closure Maintenance of Inactive Nonhazardous Waste Landfills within the San Diego Region. The proposed settlement supports the assessment of $155,000. If the San Diego Water Board rejects the tentative Order, the matter may be rescheduled to a future public hearing at which time the San Diego Water Board will receive evidence and testimony and consider assessment of liability. (Tentative Order R9-2010-0020) (Rebecca Stewart)

10. POSTPONED Administrative Civil Liability against the City of Carlsbad, Agua Hedionda Creek Emergency Dredge Project. The San Diego Water Board will consider adoption of a tentative Order that would accept a settlement reached in response to Notice of Violation No. R9-2008-0099 for alleged violations of Water Quality Certification No. 06C-0007. The proposed settlement supports the assessment of $47,647 and requires the purchase of 3.58 acres of habitat mitigation. If the San Diego Water Board rejects the tentative Order, the matter may be rescheduled to a future public hearing at which time the San Diego Water Board will receive evidence and testimony and consider assessment of liability. (Tentative Order R9-2010-0008) (Frank Melbourn)

Remainder of the Agenda (Non-Consent Items):

11. Information Item: Hernando Durán Cabrera, Director of the Comisión Estatal de Servicios Públicos de Tijuana (CESPT) will provide an update on sewage treatment operations south of the international border. Located in Baja California, CESPT is Northern Mexico's public services utility for Tijuana and is responsible for sewage collection and treatment along the Tijuana River Valley. (Brian Kelley and Bart Christensen)

12. Information Item: Water Quality Protection in Dana Point Harbor (James Smith)

13. POSTPONED Waste Discharge Requirements: United States Marine Corps, Las Pulgas Landfill, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (Update of current waste discharge requirements in response to the design report for the Phase II lateral expansion of the landfill and in response to evidence of a release from the unlined portion of the landfill) (Tentative Order No. R9-2010-0004) (Amy Grove)

14. POSTPONED Adoption of Emergency, Abandoned, and Recalcitrant Annual Priority Site List: Former Santa Ysabel Chevron Service Station (Resolution No. R9-2010-0063) (Craig Carlisle)

15. Closed Session - Discussion of Ongoing Litigation [Authorized under Government Code Section 11126, subd. (e)]
The San Diego Water Board may meet in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation for the following cases:

Civil Actions

a. People of the State of California Ex Rel. the Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region v. Carlos Marin, an individual in his capacity as Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section, et al., Complaint for Violations of the Clean Water Act and Related State Law Claims. United States District Court, Southern District of California, Case No. 01-CV-027BTM(JFS) (filed February 2001). (David Gibson)

b. Surfrider Foundation v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board -- San Diego Region and California State Water Resources Control Board; (Cabrillo Power I, LLC, Real Party-in-Interest), Petition for Writ of Mandate. San Diego County Superior Court, Case No. 37 2007-00069621-CU-PT-CTL (filed July 2007). (Brian Kelley)

c. William G. Dickerson and Heidi Dickerson, Husband and Wife; Larry Gunning and Penelope L. Gunning, Husband and Wife; and Perry & Papenhausen, Inc., a California Corporation v. San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, a Public Entity, Petition for Writ of Mandate. San Diego County Superior Court, Case No. 37-2007-00075846-CU-WM-CTL (filed September 2007). (Frank Melbourn)

d. In re: Test Claim on California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region, Order No. R9-2007-001, (NPDES No. CAS0108758) Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges of Urban Runoff from the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) Draining the Watersheds of the County of San Diego, the Incorporated Cities of San Diego County, the San Diego Unified Port District, and the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority adopted on January 24, 2007. Test Claim filed by San Diego County, et al., with Commission on State Mandates, No. 07-TC-09 (filed June 2008). (Catherine George Hagan)

e. William and Lori C. Moritz v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region, Petition for Writ of Mandate. San Diego County Superior Court, Case No. 37-2009-00093097-CU-WM-CTL (filed June 2009) (Christopher Means)

Petitions for Review Pending Before State Water Resources Control Board

f. Petition of NRDC, Inc. (Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R9-2007-001 [NPDES No. CAS0108758] for Urban Runoff Discharges from the Municipal Storm Systems in the Incorporated Cities of San Diego, San Diego Unified Port District, and San Diego Regional Airport Authority, SWRCB/OCC File A-1830(c), filed February, 2007 (in abeyance).

g. Petition of City of San Marcos (Investigative Order No. R9-2008-0118 for City of San Marcos Discharge of Material into Upper Copper Creek, San Marcos, San Diego County), filed October, 2008 (in abeyance).

h. Petition of Natural Resources Defense Council and San Diego Coastkeeper (Executive Officer Approval of Countywide Model Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan for Development Applications), SWRCB/OCC File A-2010, filed April 2009 (in abeyance). (Eric Becker)

i. Petition of San Diego Coastkeeper and Petition of Surfrider Foundation (Order No. R9-2009-0038 (Poseidon Resources Corporation, Carlsbad Desalination Plant, Order Amending Waste Discharge Requirements No. R9-2006-0065 [NPDES No. CA0109223]), SWRCB/OCC File A-2024 and A-2024(a), filed June 2009. (Michelle Mata)

j. Petition of Department of the Navy (Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R9-2009-0081 [NPDES No. CA0109185] for the United States Department of the Navy, Naval Base Coronado, San Diego County), SWRCB/OCC File A-2032, filed July 2009. (Vicente Rodriguez)

k. Petition of South Coast Water District and South Orange County Wastewater Authority (Administrative Civil Liability Order No. R9-2009-0048 for South Orange County Wastewater Authority, South Coast Water District Groundwater Recovery Facility, San Diego County), SWRCB/OCC File A-2035, filed July 2009. (Jeremy Haas)

l. Petition of La Costa Town Square, LLC (Denial of Clean Water Act section 401 Water Quality Certification, La Costa Town Square Project, Application 09C-043, San Diego County), SWRCB/OCC File A-2039, filed August 2009 (in abeyance). (Chiara Clemente)

m. Petition of San Juan Capistrano (Revised Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R9-2009-0124 for Chevron USA, Inc.,and the City of San Juan Capistrano at Chevron Service Station No. 9-3417, 32009 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County), SWRCB/OCC File A-2051, filed October 2009 (in abeyance). (Barry Pulver)

n. Petition of South Coast Water District and South Orange County Wastewater Authority (Failure to Act to Modify NPDES Permit for Brine Discharge and Groundwater Recovery Facility, San Diego County), SWRCB/OCC File A-2072, filed January 2010. (Brian Kelley)

o. Petitions of the City of Laguna Hills, the City of Laguna Niguel, the City of San Juan Capistrano, the City of Mission Viejo, the City of San Clemente, the City of Dana Point, the City of Laguna Woods, the County of Orange and Orange County Flood Control District, the City of Aliso Viejo, the City of Lake Forest, and the City of Rancho Santa Margarita (Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R9-2009-0002 (NPDES No. CAS0108740), Orange County Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit), SWRCB/OCC Files A-2073(a)-(j), filed January 2010 (requests to hold in abeyance). (Ben Neill)

p. Petition of Chevron (Revised Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R9-2009-0124 for Chevron USA, Inc. at Chevron Service Station No. 9-3417, 32009 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County), SWRCB/OCC File A-2074, filed January 2010. (Barry Pulver)
q. Petitions of American Salvage Inc., and Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED) and Northbrook Properties, Inc. (NPI) (Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R9-2010-007), SWRCB/OCC Files A-2084 and 2084(a), filed February 2010 (requests to hold in abeyance). (Lynn Berlad)

r. Petition of Vulcan Materials Company (Reconsideration of Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification No. 08C-051 for Poway Mining Site, Vulcan Materials, San Diego County) SWRCB/OCC File A-2088, filed March 2010 (request to hold in abeyance). (Mike Porter)

16. Closed Session - Consideration of Initiation of Litigation or Discussion of Significant Exposure to Litigation
The San Diego Water Board may meet in closed session to initiate or consider initiating litigation against persons who are alleged to have violated the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act or the federal Clean Water Act or to discuss significant exposure to litigation [Authorized under Government Code Section 11126(e)] (David Gibson)

17. Closed Session - Deliberation on a Decision to be Reached Based on Evidence Introduced in a Hearing
The San Diego Water Board may meet in closed session to consider evidence received in an adjudicatory hearing and to deliberate on a decision to be reached based upon that evidence [Authorized under Government Code Section 11126(c)(3)]

18. Closed Session - Personnel
The San Diego Water Board may meet in closed session to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against that employee by another person or employee unless the employee requests a public hearing [Authorized under Government Code Section 11126(a)]

19. Arrangements for Next Meeting and Adjournment

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 9:00 a.m.
Water Quality Control Board
Board Meeting Room
9174 Sky Park Court
San Diego, California

Notifications

A. Public Participation 30-day Notice
The San Diego Water Board intends to issue a no further action letter for completion of cleanup of chlorinated hydrocarbons released from the Urban Cleaners site located in the Plaza Del Rio shopping center at 32301 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, California. The results from recent monitoring indicated that concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons in soil, and groundwater beneath the site have decreased significantly compared to results of sampling conducted before a soil removal conducted in 2002. Based upon the existing information, the residual concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons in soil, groundwater, and soil vapor do not pose a threat to human health or the environment and the unauthorized release case may be closed. Additional details about the case are available from the Geotracker website at https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/profile_report.asp?global_id=T10000001640. Provided no significant issues arise during the public notification period, the San Diego Water Board will issue a no further action letter after April 30, 2010. (Cheryl Prowell)

B. Public Participation 30-day Notice
 Stuart Mesa East Agricultural Fields - MCB Camp Pendleton
The San Diego Water Board intends to issue a no further action letter for completion of cleanup of legally applied residual pesticides on a 14.3 acre portion of the 376 acre Stuart Mesa East Agricultural Fields (SMEAF) redevelopment site. SMEAF is being closed in phases to facilitate reuse of the property. A 60 acre parcel referred to as Phase VI was closed in November 2009. This case consists of a utility corridor and small parcels adjoining Phase VI. Corrective actions on the remaining portion will be addressed in a third phase. The site is located between Stuart Mesa Road and Interstate 5 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA. Additional details about the case are available from the GeoTracker website at: https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/profile_report.asp?global_id=T10000001660. Provided no significant issues arise during the public notification period, the San Diego Water Board will issue no further action letter in May 2010. (Cheryl Prowell)

C. Public Participation 30-day Notice
Gary's Auto and RV Service, Oceanside
Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 11, Section 2728, the San Diego Water Board is providing public notification of its intent to issue a no further action letter for an unauthorized release of used oil from the Gary's Auto and RV Service located at 1540 South Coast Highway, Oceanside, California. Based upon the existing information, the residual concentrations of fuel constituents do not pose a threat to human health or the environment and the unauthorized release case may be closed. Additional details about the case are available from the GeoTracker website at: https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/profile_report.asp?global_id=T0607302642. Provided no significant issues arise during the public notification period, the San Diego Water Board will issue a no further action letter in May 2010. (Barry Pulver)

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING

From Downtown: I-15 north - take the Aero Drive exit - turn left (west). Proceed to the 3rd stoplight, which is Ruffin Road - turn right. Turn left on Sky Park Court (stoplight). Our building is located at the end of the court - veer to the right into the parking lot.

From the North: I-15 south - take the Balboa Ave. exit - turn right (west). Proceed to the 2nd stoplight, which is Ruffin Road - turn left. Turn right on Sky Park Court (stoplight). Our building is located at the end of the court - veer to the right into the parking lot.