STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday,
February 19, 2002 – 10:00 a.m.
Coastal
Hearing Room – Second Floor
Joe Serna
Jr./Cal/EPA Building
1001 I Street, Sacramento
Questions
regarding this agenda - call Maureen Marché (916) 341-5600 or fax 341-5620.
Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.
Oral
Testimony: 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.*
Declaration
of Quorum
PUBLIC
FORUM
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.
The Board will consider the minutes
of the January 23 and February 6, 2002 Board Meetings.
UNCONTESTED ITEMS
1 – 13. The
Board will be asked to approve items 1-13 at one time.
BASIN PLAN AMENDMENTS Note: Comments on Items 14 & 15 are limited to
paragraphs 4 and 6 (as newly numbered) of the findings and Resolved 2 of the
proposed resolutions or any subsequent revisions. Written comments due Friday, February 15.
14. Consideration
of Approval of an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los
Angeles Region Incorporating a Total Maximum Daily Load for Trash for the
Los Angeles River. (The Board will
consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed
resolution.)
16. Consideration
of Approval of the Revised State Water Resources Control Board Water Quality
Enforcement Policy. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the
proposed resolution.) Note: Comments
on this item should be brief, not to exceed 5 minutes, and must be
confined to the February 8, 2002 revisions.
The revised Policy is available on our website at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov
(scroll down the main page to the heading regarding the Enforcement Policy.)
Reports by Board Members on Regional
Water Quality Control Board Meetings or Other Meeting or Conferences Where
Board Members Have Represented the Board. (Information
Item)
Summary of Major Board
Activities. (Information Item)
(Please note Closed Sessions are not
open to the public)
WATER
RIGHTS (Authorized under
Government Code section 11126(c)(3).)
The Board will
be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a decision to be reached
following a formal hearing it conducted in the Matter of the Petitions for
Reconsideration of Order 2001-04-DWR Regarding Diversions by
California-American Water Company from the Carmel River in Monterey County
Pursuant to Condition 6 of Order WR 95-10 as Modified by Order WR 98-04. (This item will be scheduled for a future
meeting. Interested parties will be
notified of the exact time, date and location.)
LITIGATION (Authorized under Government Code
section 11126(e)(1).)
The Board will be meeting in closed
session to discuss ongoing litigation in the case of San Francisco BayKeeper
et al v. State Water Resources Control Board. (Sacramento County Superior Court No. 99CS01929) and a proposed
Consent Agreement with Atlantic Richfield Company regarding underground storage
tank upgrade requirements.
The Board will be meeting 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 person or
employee unless the employee requests a public hearing.
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Uncontested items are expected to be routine and
non-controversial. They will be acted
upon by the Board at one time without discussion. If any Board Member, staff, or interested person requests that an
item be removed from the Uncontested Items Calendar, it will be taken up in the
regular agenda order.
WATER QUALITY
1. Consideration of a Resolution
Approving with Partial Remand an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan
for the Colorado River Basin Region to Establish the Alamo River Sedimentation/Siltation
Total Maximum Daily Load. (The Board
will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
2. Consideration of a Resolution
Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and
Amend a Contract With the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) to
Provide Funding for the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) Chino Basin
Facilities Improvements Project From the Southern California Integrated Watershed
Program (SCIWP) Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether to adopt
the proposed resolution.)
3. Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling
Construction Program Grant to the City of Redlands; Water Reclamation and
Treatment Plant Upgrade Project; WRCP Grant Project No. 3804-110. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the
proposed resolution.)
4. Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling
Construction Program Grant to the City of San Luis Obispo; Water Reuse Project;
WRCP Grant Project No. 3304-110. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
5. Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling
Construction Program Grant to the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District; Recycled
Water Line Extension-Parkway Calabasas Project; WRCP Grant Project No. 3405-110. (The Board will
consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
6. Consideration
of Approval of a Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant for the City of
Modesto, Northern San Joaquin Valley Water Reclamation Project. (The Board will
consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
7. Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches
Initiative Grant for the City of Coronado for Funding the Coronado Island
Dry/Wet Weather Diversion Structures and Devices Project From the Coastal
Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water
Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether
to adopt the proposed resolution.)
8. Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches
Initiative Grant for the City of Newport Beach for Funding the Newport Bay
Diversions and Surface Water Treatment Systems From the Coastal Nonpoint Source
Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.
(The Board will consider whether
to adopt the proposed resolution.)
9. Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches
Initiative Grant for the County of Los Angeles for Funding of the Marina Beach
Project to Reduce Contamination at Marina Beach From the Coastal Nonpoint
Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000. (The Board will consider whether
to adopt the proposed resolution.)
10. Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches
Initiative Grant for the County of Ventura for Funding of the Kiddie and Hobie
Beaches Project to Reduce Contamination at Channel Islands Harbor From the
Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado
Water Act of 2000. (The Board will
consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
11. Consideration
of Approval of a Proposed Resolution Amending the Underground Storage Tank
Cleanup Fund Priority List – Amendment No. 93.
(The Board
will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
ADMINISTRATION
12. Consideration of a Resolution
Authorizing the Executive Director to Negotiate, Execute and Amend if Necessary
a Contract for up to $484,800 to Conduct Rainbow Trout Toxicity Monitoring
in the Sacramento River Watershed.
(The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)
13.
Item Removed.
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*In order to be fully considered at the Board meeting,
written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 15, 2002. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA
95812-0100; FAX (916) 341-5620.
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