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REGIONAL BOARD MEETING | |||
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| Item 1. Introductions | |||
| Item 2. Linda Ackerman Resolution of Appreciation {Hope A. Smythe 951-782-4493 [email protected]} | |||
| Item 3. Public Forum - Any person may address the Regional Board at the beginning of the meeting on any matter within the Regional Board's jurisdiction and not related to an item that is to be considered separately. | |||
| Item 4. State Water Resources Control Board Liaison Report - This item is for information only. No public testimony will be allowed, and the Regional Board will take no formal action. | |||
| Item 5. Regional Board Meeting Minutes of September 13, 2019 - The Board will consider approval of the Minutes of the regular Board meeting of. {Felipa Montes 951-782-3285 [email protected]} Motion and Vote | |||
| Consideration of the Consent Calendar - Items below, marked with an !, are expected to be routine and non-controversial. The Board will be asked to consider these items at one time without discussion. If any interested party, Board Member or staff requests that an item be removed from the consent calendar, it will be taken up in the order shown. Motion and Vote | |||
| Item !6. Appeal of Staff's Denial of an Exemption from the Minimum Lot Size Requirement Alfredo Perez, 6268 Cooper Avenue, Fontana, San Bernardino County, APN 1108-071-23. {Julio Lara 951-782-4901 [email protected]} | |||
| Item !7. Waste Discharge Requirements for Lennar Homes of California, Inc., Highland park 2 Residential Development Project, City of Jurupa Valley, Riverside County - Authorizing discharges of 0.02 acre of fill to ephemeral earthen drainages that are tributary to Sunnyslope channel, that are waters of the State. The discharge of fill is associated with a residential development of 34 single family homes on 7.74 acres of land. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not take jurisdiction over the proposed discharges. Order Number R8-2019-0063 {Dave Woelfel 951-782-7960 [email protected]} | |||
| Item !8. Waste Discharge Requirements for Nichols Road Partners, LLC, Nichols Ranch Project, City of Lake Elsinore, Riverside County - Authorizing the discharge of 0.40 acre of fill, and 0.023 acre of permanent shading impacts to Stovepipe Creek, tributary to Temescal Creek, Reach 5 from construction of a vehicular crossing and arched culvert. Order Number R8-2019-0067 {Dave Woelfel 951-782-7960 [email protected]} | |||
| Item !9. Waste Discharge Requirements for Countryview Estates, Tracts 37533 and 29322 Development Project, located in the Homeland/Romoland Community, Riverside County - Authorizing permanent fill of 0.54 acres non-riparian ditches located within Reach 3 of the San Jacinto River, that is a water of the State. The discharge of fill is associated with the development of the Countryview Estates development. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not take jurisdiction over the proposed discharges. Order Number R8-2019-0070 {Dave Woelfel 951-782-7960 [email protected]} | |||
| Item !10. Renewal/Update of Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Specific Types of Discharges - This Resolution will continue to conditionally waive waste discharge requirements for certain types of discharges that do not contain a significant amount of pollutants and have no significant effect on the quality and beneficial uses of the waters of the State, per California Water Code CWC Section 13269. Resolution Number R8-2019-0062 {Xinyu (Cindy) Li 951-782-4906 [email protected]} | |||
| Item !11. Amendment of Order R8-2013-0017 for Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District - Discharge of treated wastewater through their newly constructed Discharge Point DP-002A from their Regional Facility to Lake Elsinore. Order Number R8-2019- 0054 {Julio Lara 951-782-4901 [email protected]} | |||
| Item !12. Local Agency Management Program for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, City of Redlands, San Bernardino County - The Regional Board will consider adoption of a Resolution, approving the City of Redland's proposed Local Agency Management Program under the State Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Policy. Resolution Number R8-2019-0058 {Julio Lara 951-782-4901 [email protected]} | |||
| Item 13. Cleanup and Abatement Order, Los Alamitos Race Course - This order proposes to require Los Alamitos Race Course and Edward Allred to assess, clean up, and abate waste discharge to Waters of the State, pursuant to California Water Code Sections 13267 and 13304 at 4961 Katella Avenue, Cypress, California. Order Number R8-2019-0037 {Michelle R. Beckwith 951-782-4433 [email protected]} Motion and Vote | |||
| Item 14. Update of Region 8 Supplemental Environmental Program (SEP) - Board staff will provide the Regional Board with a recommended list of SEP projects consistent with the SEP Policy. Board staff will request the Regional Board to approve the list, and once approved, the list will be posted on the Board's Web Page and submitted for inclusion on the State Board's SEP page Resolution Number R8-2019-0074 (action item). {Chuck Griffin 951-782-4996 [email protected]} Motion and Vote | |||
| Item 15. Proposed Board Meeting Dates for 2000 - The Regional Board will discuss the tentative calendar of meeting dates and locations for 2020. The calendar dates will be considered for adoption at the next Board meeting (information item). {Hope A. Smythe 951-782-4493 [email protected]} | |||
| Item 16. Executive Officer's Report {Hope A. Smythe 951-782-4493 [email protected]} | |||
| Item 17. Regional Board Member and Executive Officer Communications The Regional Board Members and the Executive Officer may discuss meetings, communications, correspondence or other items of general interest, relating to matters within the Board's jurisdiction. There will be no voting or formal action taken. | |||
| Item 18. Closed Session - At any time during the regular session, the Regional Board may adjourn to a closed session to: | |||
| a. | Consider evidence received in an adjudicatory hearing and deliberate on a decision to be reached based on that evidence (Government Code Section 11126(c)(3)); | ||
| b. | consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against a public employee, (Government Code Section 11126(a)(1)); | ||
| c. | discuss significant exposure to litigation (Government Code Section 11126(e) (2)(B)(i)); | ||
| d. | discuss whether to initiate litigation (Government Code Section 11126(e)(2) (C)(i)); and | ||
| e. | discuss pending litigation in the following matters (Government Code, §11126, subdivision (e)): | ||
| (1) | Goodrich Corporation vs. California State Water Resources Control Board et al. (Los Angeles Superior Court Case Number BS 110389, [consolidated with BS110390 and BS110391]); | ||
| (2) | In re Petitions of Kwikset Locks, Inc. (SWRCB/OCC File Numbers A1732, 1732(a), 1732(b), 1732(c), and 1732(d)); | ||
| (3) | In re Own Motion Review of Rialto-Area Perchlorate Contamination (SWRCB/OCC File Number A-1824). | ||
| (4) | United El Segundo, Inc. & Rapid Gas, Inc. vs. Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, Riverside County Superior Court, Case Number RIC 1722363 [Challenging Cleanup and Abatement Order Number R8-2016-0048] | ||
| (5) | Orange County Water District vs. Sabic Innovative Plastics US, LLC et al., Orange County Superior Court, Case No. 30-2008-00078246-CU- TT-CXC [cross-complaints against Regional Board seeking declaratory relief]. | ||
| (6) | Edwards Lifesciences LLC et al. vs. Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region, Orange County Superior Court, Case No. 30-2019-01083704-CU-WM-CXC [challenging investigative order issued under Water code section 13267 on August 30, 2018]. | ||
| Adjournment to the regular Board Meeting of October 25, 2019, at 9:00 am, at the City of Huntington Beach, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. | |||
| NOTICES: | |||
| Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this Regional Board Meeting should contact Felipa Montes at [email protected] , or at 951/782-3285, no later than ten (10) days prior to the meeting. If you need interpreter services, contact Felipa Montes at least ten business days prior to the date of the Board meeting at [email protected] Any person interested in obtaining information and/or providing input regarding pending applications for Water Quality Standards Certification under Section 401 of the Federal Clean Water Act, may do so by contacting Jason Bill at 951/782-3295 [email protected]. | |||
