Agenda March 2007

California Regional Water Quality Control Board

San Francisco Bay Region

Internet Address: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/

1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400, Oakland, California 94612

Phone (510) 622-2300  FAX (510) 622-2460

AGENDA

March 13 - 14 , 2007

Elihu M. Harris Building
First Floor Auditorium
1515 Clay Street
Oakland, CA 94612

Tuesday,
March 13, 2007
Room 1505
Approximate Time¹

1:00 p.m. 1. Roll Call

2.  Closed Session – Personnel - The Board will meet to conduct the annual performance review of the Executive Officer.  [Authority:  Government Code Section 11126(a)]. 

3. Budget, Staffing, Workplans and Board Operations – The Board will discuss state budget, staffing, work plans, and board operations for fiscal years 2006-07 and 2007-08.  No Board action or voting will take place. 

Staff Summary Report (pdf)

Wednesday,
March 14, 2007
First Floor Auditorium

                                        
9:00 a.m.   4.  Roll Call and Introductions

5.  Public Forum

Any person may address the Water Board at the commencement of the meeting on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Board.  This should not relate to any item on the agenda.  The chair requests that each person addressing the Board limit the presentation to three minutes.

6. Minutes of the January 23, 2007 Board Meeting

Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Minutes of the January 23, 2007 Board meeting (Adopted as amended and supplemented) (pdf)
Supplemental Minutes Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Supplemental Minutes (pdf)
  
7. Chairman’s, Board Members’, and Executive Officer’s Reports

Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Executive Officer's Monthly Report (pdf)

8. Consideration of Uncontested Item Calendar (See Notes.) 

Staff Summary Report (pdf)

       Waste Discharge Requirements

*A.   U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco Bay Maintenance Dredging Program, 2007 through 2009 – Updated Waste Discharge Requirements and Rescission of Order No. R2-2003-0111 [Elizabeth Christian 622-2335, echristian@waterboards.ca.gov]

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0020 (pdf)
Staff Summary Report (pdf)

*B.   Waste Management of California, Inc. – Kirby Canyon Recycling and Disposal Facility, San Jose, Santa Clara County – Updated Waste Discharge Requirements and Rescission of Order Nos. 85-47, 93-055, 94-011, and 97-099 [Alec Naugle 622-2510, anaugle@waterboards.ca.gov]

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0021 (pdf)
Staff Summary Report (pdf)

        Site Cleanup Requirements

*C.   Ford Aerospace Corporation, Space Systems/Loral, Inc., and Far Western Land and Investment, Inc., for the property located at 3963 and 3977 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County – Adoption of Final Site Cleanup Requirements [Michelle Rembaum-Fox 622-2387, mrembaumfox@waterboards.ca.gov]

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0022 (pdf)
Staff Summary Report, Tentative Order, Correspondence, Location Map (pdf)

*D.  Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life, for the property located at 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County – Adoption of Site Cleanup Requirements [Michelle Rembaum-Fox 622-2387, mrembaumfox@waterboards.ca.gov]  

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0023 (pdf)
Staff Summary Report, Tentative Order, Correspondence, Location Map (pdf)

      NPDES PERMITS

9.  City of Pinole, Pinole-Hercules Water Pollution Control Plant and Its Collection System, Pinole, Contra Costa County – Reissuance of NPDES Permit [Robert Schlipf 622-2478, rschlipf@waterboards.ca.gov]

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0024 (pdf)
Attachment C (pdf)
Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Response to Comments (pdf)

10.  Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program, Alameda County – Amendment of NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit to Adopt Hydrograph Modification Management Standard [Janet O’Hara 622-5681, johara@waterboards.ca.gov]

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0025 (pdf)
Supplemental (pdf)
Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Response to Comments (pdf)
Joint Fact Sheet (pdf)

11.  Fairfield-Suisun Urban Runoff Management Program, Solano County – Amendment of NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit to Adopt Hydrograph Modification Management Standard [Janet O’Hara 622-5681, johara@waterboards.ca.gov]

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0026 (pdf)
Supplemental (pdf)
Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Response to Comments (pdf)
Joint Fact Sheet (pdf)

12.   San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program, San Mateo County – Amendment of NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit to Adopt Hydrograph Modification Management Standard [Janet O’Hara 622-5681, johara@waterboards.ca.gov]

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0027 (pdf)
Supplemental (pdf)
Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Response to Comments (pdf)
Joint Fact Sheet (pdf)

       Other Business

13.  Status Report on Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit – Status Report [Dale Bowyer 622-2323, dbowyer@waterboards.ca.gov and Shin-Roei Lee 622-2376, srlee@waterboards.ca.gov]

Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Save the Bay Technical Memo (pdf)
BASMAA MRP Presentation (pdf)
Friends of Five Creeks Memo (pdf)
Supplemental #1 (pdf)
Supplemental #2 Staff Summary Report (pdf)
Oakland Tribune Article (pdf)
Contra Costa Times Article (pdf)
Clean Water Action Correspondence (pdf)

14.  Correspondence

15.   Closed Session – Personnel

11:30 – 12:30 p.m.              The Board may meet in closed session to discuss personnel matters.  [Authority:  Government Code Section 11126(a)].

16.  Closed Session – Litigation 
                                           The Board may meet in closed session to discuss litigation, including significant exposure to litigation and whether to initiate litigation [Authority:  Government Code Sections 11126(e)(2)(B)(i) and 11126(e)(2)(C)(i)].

17.  Closed Session – Deliberation
                                           The Board may meet in closed session to consider evidence received in an adjudicatory hearing and deliberate on a decision to be reached based on that evidence [Authority:  Government Code Section 11126(c)(3)].

18.   Adjournment to the next Board meeting - April 11, 2007

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[1] The “approximate time” indicated is an estimate of the time when the agenda item is expected to be considered by the Board. The Board will follow these times as closely as possible. However, the estimates are provided for convenience and are not legally binding on the Board.

NOTES ON WATER BOARD AGENDA

Agenda Annotations - *Uncontested item, expected to be routine and non-controversial. Recommended action will be taken at the beginning of the meeting without discussion. Any interested party, Board member or the Executive Officer may request that an item be removed from the Uncontested Items Calendar, and it will be taken up in the order indicated by the agenda.

Availability of Agenda Items - Staff reports and tentative orders or resolutions are available one week before the meeting at www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/. Copies of agenda items may be obtained at the Board's office after 9 a.m. on the Thursday preceding the Board meeting from the staff member indicated on the agenda.

Conduct of Board Meetings - Items may not be considered in numerical order. Board meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals who require special accommodations should contact the Executive Assistant at least 5 working days before the meeting. TTY users may contact the California Relay Service at 1-800-735-2929 or voice line at 1-800-735-2922.

Materials presented to the Water Board as part of testimony that is to be made part of the record must be left with the Board. These include photographs, slides, charts, diagrams, etc. Anyone intending to make a presentation using slides, overheads, computer graphics, or other media should coordinate with the staff member for the agenda item in advance of the meeting.

Some Board members may attend a meeting by teleconference. At any time during the regular session, the Board may adjourn to a closed session to consider litigation, personnel matters, or to deliberate on a decision to be reached based on evidence introduced in a hearing. [Government Code section 11126(a), (d) and (q)]

Administrative Civil Liabilities and Mandatory Minimum Penalties - A discharger may waive the right to a hearing on an agenda item for an ACL or MMP. If there is a waiver, no hearing will be held unless new, substantial information is made available that was not considered during the public comment period.

Petition of Water Board Actions - Any person adversely affected by a Water Board action may petition the State Water Resources Control Board for review of that action. Pursuant to section 2050© of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations, such a petition of the Water Board's action on an agenda item shall be limited to those substantive issues or objections that were raised before the Water Board at the Board meeting or in timely submitted written correspondence delivered to the Water Board. A petition must be received by the State Board within 30 days of the Water Board meeting at which action was taken. Copies of the law and regulations applicable to filing petitions for review will be provided upon request. See Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations, sections 2050 - 2068.

Contributions to Board Members - All persons who actively support or oppose the adoption of waste discharge requirements or an NPDES permit before the Water Board must submit a statement to the Board disclosing any contribution of $250 or more to be used in a State, federal, or local election, made by the action supporter or opponent or his or her agent, to any Board member within the past 12 months.

All permit applicants and all persons who actively support or oppose adoption of waste discharge requirements or an NPDES permit pending before the Water Board are prohibited from making a contribution of $250 or more to any Board member for 3 months following a Board decision on a permit application.

Water Quality Certification - To obtain information regarding pending Section 401 Certification applications, call 622-2300.

 

CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD - San Francisco Bay Region

1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400, Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 622-2300 Fax (510) 622-2460

Internet Address: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/

Water Board Members

 

Water Board Staff

The primary responsibility of the Water Board is to protect and enhance the quality of regional surface water and groundwater for beneficial uses. This duty is carried out by formulating, adopting, and implementing water quality plans for specific water bodies, by prescribing and enforcing requirements on waste dischargers, and by requiring cleanup of water contamination and pollution. Specific responsibilities and procedures of the Board are outlined in the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act.

Meetings of the Water Board normally are held on the second Wednesday of each month in the Elihu M. Harris State Office Building, First Floor Auditorium, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland. They are scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m.

The purpose of the meetings is to provide the Board with an opportunity to receive testimony and information from concerned and affected parties and to make decisions after considering the evidence presented. A public forum is held at the beginning of each general meeting where persons may speak on matters within the Board's jurisdiction that are not specific agenda items. The Board welcomes information on pertinent problems, but comments at the meeting should be brief and directed to specifics of the case to enable the Board to take appropriate action. Written testimony must be received prior to the Board meeting by the date indicated by staff. Verbal comments made at the Board meeting should only summarize the written material.

Tape recordings are made of each Board meeting and these tapes are retained in the Board's office for two years. Anyone desiring copies of these tapes may, at their own expense, arrange to have duplicate tapes made by contacting the Executive Assistant at (510) 622-2399. A copy of the written transcript may be obtained by calling House of Scribes at (209) 478-8017.

 

CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
San Francisco Bay Region

Summary of Board Actions Taken at the Regular Meeting

January 23, 2007

Enforcement Action

Mandatory Minimum Penalties

Complaint No. R2-2006-0072                          Mandatory Minimum Penalty for City of Benicia Wastewater Treatment Plant, Benicia, Solano County in the amount of $6,000.  $6,000 may be used for a supplemental environmental project.

Complaint No. R2-2006-0080                          Mandatory Minimum Penalty for City of American Canyon, Wastewater Treatment Plant, American Canyon, Napa County in the amount of $66,000.  Up to $40,500 may be used for a supplemental environmental project.

NPDES Permits

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0002                   Rescission of NPDES Permit for International Business Machines Corporation, for the property located at 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, Santa Clara County

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0003                   Reissuance of NPDES Permit for Sewage Authority Mid-Coastside, Wastewater Treatment Plant and Intertie Pipeline System, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0006                   Reissuance of NPDES Permit for South Bayside System Authority, Wastewater Treatment Plant and Its Conveyance System, Redwood City, San Mateo County

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0007                   Reissuance of NPDES Permit for Central Marin Sanitation Agency, Wastewater Treatment Plant and Its Force Main, San Rafael, Marin County

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0008                   Reissuance of NPDES Permit for Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Wastewater Treatment Plant and Its Sewage Collection System, Martinez, Contra Costa County

Site Cleanup Requirements

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0004                   Amendment of Site Cleanup Requirements for International Business Machines Corporation, for the property located at 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, Santa Clara County

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0005                   Adoption of Final Site Cleanup Requirements for Honeywell International Inc., for the property located at 8333 Enterprise Drive, Newark, Alameda County

Adopted Order No. R2-2007-0009                   Adoption of Final Site Cleanup Requirements for Union Pacific Railroad Company, Daniel C. and Mary Lou Helix, Elizabeth Young, John V. Hook, Nancy Ellicock, Steven Pucell, and Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency, for the property referred to as Hookston Station and located at 228 Hookston Road, Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County
           
Planning

Adopted Resolution No. R2-2007-0010           Adopted Resolution Amending the Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the San Francisco Bay Region to Establish New Water Quality Objectives and a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Implementation Plan for Mercury in the Walker Creek Watershed

Adopted Resolution No. R2-2007-0011           Adopted Resolution Amending the Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the San Francisco Bay Region to Establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Sediment in the Napa River, and an Implementation Plan to Achieve the TMDL and Related Habitat Enhancement Goals
                                                                          
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