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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Extend the termination date of the Memorandum of Agreement for the Central Coast Regional Areas of Special Biological Significance Dischargers Monitoring Program to December 31, 2016, at no additional cost beyond the adopted program budget; and
b. Authorize the Acting Director of the Resource Management Agency to execute the Memorandum of Agreement Amendment, Central Coast Regional Areas of Special Biological Significance Dischargers Monitoring Program with the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors Adopt a Resolution:
a. Extend the termination date of the Memorandum of Agreement for the Central Coast Regional Areas of Special Biological Significance Dischargers Monitoring Program to December 31, 2016, at no additional cost beyond the adopted program budget; and
b. Authorize the Acting Director of the Resource Management Agency to execute the Memorandum of Agreement Amendment, Central Coast Regional Areas of Special Biological Significance Dischargers Monitoring Program with the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
SUMMARY:
The County of Monterey is a designated Discharger of stormwater into the Carmel Bay Area of Special Biological Significance (ASBS), and water quality monitoring must be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the General Exception granted by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). Monterey County is a participating member of the Central Coast ASBS Regional Monitoring Program. Due to insufficient rainfall since 2013, the water quality monitoring mandated under the General Exception has not been completed. To complete the Central Coast ASBS Regional Monitoring Program, the termination date of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) must be extended 18 months to December 31, 2016. There is no additional cost beyond the adopted program budget.
DISCUSSION:
The County of Monterey is...
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