California Regional Water Quality Control Board
San Francisco Bay Region 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400 Oakland, California 94612 Phone (510) 622-2300 AGENDAWednesday, January 21, 2004 Approximate Time[1] 9:00 a.m. 1. Roll Call and Introductions 2. Election of Chair and Vice-Chair 3. 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. 4. Minutes of the December 3, 2003 Board Meeting 5. Chairman's, Board Members', and Executive Officer's Reports 6. Consideration of Uncontested Items Water Reuse Requirements *A. Presidio Trust of San Francisco, City and County of San Francisco - Issuance of Water Reuse Requirements [Richard Condit 622-2338] Adopted Order R2-2004-0001 Staff Summary Report SMP Attachment 1 Attachment 2 Attachment 4 Attachment 5 (Excel) Information Item Requiring No Board Action *B. LUST Cleanup Program - Case Closure Status Report [Donald Trembley 622-2350] Case Closure Status Report (Excel) 7. Shell Oil Products US, Martinez Refinery, Contra Costa County - Hearing to Consider Mandatory Minimum Penalty for Discharge of Partially Treated Wastewater to Waters of the State [Joseph Ernest 622-2456] Adopted Order R2-2003-0102 Mandatory Minimum Penalty 8. Union Sanitary District, Old Alameda Creek Intermittent Wet Weather Discharge, Union City, Alameda County - Reissuance of NPDES Permit [Jenny Chen 622-2405] Adopted Order R2-2004-0002 Response to comments Fact sheet SMP Figure 1 Figure 2 Infeasibility Study Report (Excel) E-2 Metals Table (Excel) RPA Table (Excel) WQBEL Limit Calculation (Excel) 9. Proposed Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for San Francisco Bay Region to Update Water Quality Objectives and NPDES Implementation Provisions - Hearing to Consider Adoption of Proposed Amendments [Steve Moore 622-2439] Adopted Order R2-2004-0003 Staff Summary Report, January 2004 Project Summary Staff Report Response to Comments May 2003 Response to Comments December 2003 Final Notice of Filing CEQA Checklist Revision A Text Changes Revision B Text Changes Revision C Text Changes Revision D Text Changes Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Dissolved Metal Trends Total Metal Trends 10. Hookston Station, 228 Hookston Road, Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County - Status Report [George Leyva 622-2379] Staff Summary Report Status Report Tasks Table (Excel) Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 5 Vapor figures 11. South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration - Status Report [Steve Moore 622-2439] (Continued from December meeting) Staff Summary Report 12. Correspondence 13. Closed Session - Personnel The Board may meet in closed session to discuss personnel matters. [Authority: Government Code Section 11126(a)]. 14. Closed Session - Litigation a. 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)]. 11:30 - 12:30 p.m b. The Board may meet in closed session to discuss San Francisco BayKeeper, a time certain Project of WaterKeepers Northern California v. SFRWQCB, Contra Costa Clean Water Program, San Mateo Clean Water Program, et al. (San Francisco Superior Court Consolidated Case No. 500527) [Authority: Government Code Section 1126(e)(2)(A)]. 2:00 p.m. 15. Adjournment to the next Board meeting - February 18, 2004 [1] The “approximate time” indicated is an estimate of the time when the agenda matter 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. (Discussion of litigation in closed session is time-certain.) NOTES ON REGIONAL 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 the item be removed from the Uncontested calendar and it will be taken up in the order indicated by the agenda. Adoption of enforcement items as uncontested will be deemed a waiver of the opportunity for a hearing. Conduct of Board Meetings - Items are numbered for identification purposes only, and will not necessarily be considered in this order. Regional 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 of voice line at 1-800-735-2922. Materials presented to the 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 person for that 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)] Availability of Agenda Items - Staff reports and tentative orders or resolutions for agenda items are available at www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay, one week before the Board Meeting. Copies of individual agenda items may also be obtained at the Board's office after 9 am on the Friday preceding the Board Meeting. The staff member indicated on the agenda listing will assist in answering questions. Petition of Regional Board Action - Any person adversely affected by a Regional Board decision may petition the State Water Resources Control Board to review the decision. Pursuant to section 2050© of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations, any petition of the Regional Board's action on any agenda item to the State Board shall be limited to those substantive issues or objections that were raised before the Regional Board at the public hearing or in timely submitted written correspondence delivered to the Regional Board. A petition must be received by the State Board within 30 days of the Regional Board meeting at which adverse action was taken. Copies of the law and regulations applicable to filing petitions for appeal 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 Regional 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 Regional 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 Regional Board are prohibited from making a contribution of $250 or more to any Board Member for 3 months following a Regional Board decision on a permit application. Water Quality Certification - To obtain information regarding pending Section 401 Certification applications, call 622-2300. Administrative Civil Liabilities and Mandatory Minimum Penalties - A discharger may waive its 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. Regional Board Members
CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD San Francisco Bay Region Summary of Board Actions Taken at the Regular Meeting December 3, 2003 Enforcement Action Mandatory Minimum Penalties Complaint Number R2-2003-0084 Mandatory Minimum Penalty for GTE Operations Support, Inc., 100 Ferguson Drive, Mountain View, Santa Clara County in the amount of $12,000. $12,000 will be used for a supplemental environmental project. Complaint Number R2-2003-0081 Mandatory Minimum Penalty for General Chemical Corporation, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Pittsburg, Contra Costa County in the amount of $24,000. $19,500 may be used for a supplemental environmental project. NPDES Permits Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0106 Rescission of NPDES Permit for Cargill Salt, Newark, Alameda County Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0107 Rescission of NPDES Permit for Landfill 26, Hamilton Army Airfield, Marin County Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0108 Rescission of NPDES Permit for Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District, Marin County Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0109 Amendment of NPDES Permit for Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District, Marin County Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0114 Reissuance of NPDES Permit for Delta Diablo Sanitation District, Antioch, Contra Costa County Waste Discharge Requirements Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0110 Adoption of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements for IT Vine Hill Complex, Class I Hazardous Waste Management Facility, Contra Costa County Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0111 Updated Waste Discharge Requirements and Rescission of Order No R2-2002-0022 for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco Bay Maintenance Dredging Program, 2004 through 2006 Waste Discharge Requirements/ Water Quality Certification Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0112 Adoption of New Waste Discharge Requirements and Section 401 Water Quality Certification for LBL - DUC Rancho Solano II LLC, Rancho Solano Phase 3 Development Project, Fairfield, Solano County Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0115 Adoption of New Waste Discharge Requirements and Section 401 Water Quality Certification for Santa Clara Valley Water District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Upper Guadalupe River Flood Control Project, San Jose, Santa Clara County Workshop/Public Hearing Workshop and Public Hearing on Application for New Waste Discharge Requirements and Section 401 Water Quality Certification for Montanera Project in Gateway Valley, Orinda Gateway, LLC (d.b.a. Montanera LLC), Orinda, Contra Costa County Site Cleanup Requirements Adopted Order No. R2-2003-0113 Adoption of Final Site Cleanup Requirements for Micrel, Inc., Siemens Microelectronics, Inc., and Pastoria Limited Partnership, for the property located at 639 North Pastoria Avenue, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County Information Item Information Only Case Closure Status Report on LUST Cleanup Program Item Continued Other Business South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration - Status Report |