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Item 6.c.
CENTRAL SAN
November 2, 2020
TO: REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
FROM: LORI SCHECTEL, ENVIRONMENTALAND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
DIVISION MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: JEAN-MARC PETIT, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL
SERVICES
ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT: RECEIVE UPDATE ON THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE BAYAREA
CLEAN WATER AGENCIES (BACWA)
BACWA Meetings and Upcoming Events:
• Last BACWA Executive Board Meeting: October 16, 2020
• Next BACWA Executive Board Meeting: November 20, 2020
• Joint Meeting of BACWA and Regional Water Board: November 30, 2020
Key Discussion:
Air Related/Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD): There will be a meeting spearheaded
by BACWA's Air Committee consultant and BAAQMD upper management in December 2020. It will not
be a BACWA Board meeting. Lori Schectel will be one of two BACWA Board members participating in
this meeting. The goal of the meeting is to gain a better working relationship between BACWA and
BAAQMD.
Nutrients: As BACWA develops its strategy to negotiating the third Nutrient Watershed Permit, the Board
discussed the Regional Water Board's potential approach to nutrient load caps via the Antidegradation
Policy.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): BACWA has been working with the San Francisco Estuary
Institute on the sampling plan for the regional PFAS study. Sampling will begin in November 2020 as part
of the first phase of the regional study. In the representative study, 13 BACWA member agencies'
facilities will be participating, including Central San.
State Board Vulnerability Assessment Questionnaire: The State Water Board intends to send out a
13267 Letter to publicly owned treatment works across the state on sea level rise and climate change
vulnerability.
Toxicity: State Board will be considering adoption of the Toxicity Provisions on December 1, 2020. They
should be providing responses to comments by October 30, 2020.
November 2, 2020 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 48 of 51
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Additional Information/Monthly Bulletins: https://bacwa.org/bacwa-bulletins/
Strategic Plan re-In
GOAL TWO: Environmental Stewardship
Strategy 1—Achieve 100% compliance in all regulations
November 2, 2020 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 49 of 51