STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP AGENDA

Wednesday, November 1, 2000 – 9:00 a.m.

First-Floor Hearing Room

Paul R. Bonderson Building

901 P Street, Sacramento

Questions regarding this agenda call Maureen Marché (916) 657-0990 or fax 657-0932. This notice and associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov. (Note: agenda items should be available electronically on October 25, 2000.)

Workshop includes informal discussion of items to be presented for action at a future business meeting. People who are interested in items on the agenda are urged to attend workshops as they may miss valuable discussion that will not be repeated at the Board meeting. NOTE: There is no voting at workshops. Items requiring Board action must come to a Board meeting.

Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.

The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized.

Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure

that all comments will be included in the

record before the Board.*

ITEMS 1-16 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00 A.M., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2000

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board's jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board's agenda or pending before the Board or a Regional Board. Note: Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

 

WATER QUALITY

1. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Accept a Federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Grant, Approving the Project Priority List, and Authorizing Execution and Amendment of Contracts to Implement the Projects. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

2. Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the Santa Ana Region regarding Compliance Schedules in Discharge Permits. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the amendment to the basin plan.)

**3. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or his Designee to Negotiate, Execute and Amend, as Necessary, a Contract with the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project to Perform Laboratory Analyses on Samples Collected in the Anaheim Bay/Huntington Harbor Complex. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

**4. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or his Designee to Negotiate, Execute and Amend, as Necessary, a Standard Agreement with Plumas Corporation for a Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Project and Report. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

**5. Consideration of Approval of the Clean Water Act Section 205(j) Phase XV Water Quality Management Planning Project Priority List. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed priority list.)

**6. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or his Designee to Apply for and Accept a Grant of Approximately $600,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Region 9, and to Negotiate a Workplan to Continue Source Investigation Activities in the San Fernando Valley. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

**7. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or his Designee to Apply for and Accept a Grant of Approximately $500,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Region 9, and to Negotiate a Workplan to Continue Source Investigation Activities in the San Gabriel Valley. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

CLEAN WATER PROGRAM PETITION

8. In the Matter of the Appeal of Carroll Belcher, Paul Bergener, Alfredo Fajardo, Manuel Lovio, Christobal Marcos, Roy Cory Oviedo, Jordan Siplon, Rolando Umali, and Nicanor Valdejueza for Review of a Determination by the Division of Clean Water Programs Regarding Denial of Operator-In-Training Wastewater Treatment Plant Certificates. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order upholding the Division's decision.)

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

**9. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for Lake County Sanitation District’s Northwest Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements, SRF Loan Project No. C-06-4086-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the funding commitment for the project.)

**10. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for a City of Oceanside (City) for Construction of the San Luis Rey Wastewater Treatment Plant Interim Expansion Project, SRF Loan Project No. C-06-4161-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the SRF loan for the City.)

**11. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for the City of Piedmont (City), Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) Correction Program, Phases V, Vi, VII, and VIII, SRF Loan Project No. C-06-4655-110. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the funding commitment for this project.)

**12. Consideration of a Status Report Regarding Implementation of Proposition 13 Program for Water Recycling for Research. This is an Information Item. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed project.)

**13. Consideration of Approval of a Small Communities Grant (SCG) for the East Niles Community Services District, Edison Community Sewer: Project No. SCG 620-030. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the grant.)

ADMINISTRATION

**14. Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Amend a Reimbursable Contract with the Sonoma County Water Agency for Watershed Assessment and Information System for Streams in northern Marin, Sonoma and southern Mendocino Counties. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the proposed resolution.)

**15. Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Execute Amendments to a Contract for Laboratory Services With NEL Laboratories. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopted the proposed resolution.)

**16. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director, or his Designee, to Enter Into an Interagency Agreement With the Monterey County Water Resources Agency to Provide Funding for Continued Development of a Physical Solution and Completion of Environmental Documentation that Addresses Seawater Intrusion, in the Amount of $800,000 Over a Two-Year Period. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the agreement.)

 

Closed Session Items

(Please note Closed Sessions are not open to the public.)

WATER RIGHTS – The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed decision to be reached regarding the protection of fishery resources and other issues relating to the diversion and use of water from the lower Yuba River. This is authorized under Government Code section 11126(c)(3).

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, all written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., Monday, October 30. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; FAX 916-657-0932

**These items are expected to be routine and non controversial and there will be no discussion unless requested by a Board Member, staff or interested party. If such a request is made, the item will be considered separately.

Note: A quorum of the Board will be attending the ACWA Fall Conference, November 8-10, 2000 at the Hilton in Anaheim.


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