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1CITY OF SEAL BEACH
Environmental Quality Control Board
Minutes of January 24, 2007
Chairperson Voce called the Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) meeting of
Wednesday, January 24, 2007, to order at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was held In City
Council Chambers and began with the Salute to the Flag.
Roll Call
Present: Chairperson Voce, Members Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
Also
Present: Department of Development Services
Lee Whittenberg, Director
Absent: None
II Approval of Agenda
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Neal to approve the Agenda as presented.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
Member Hurley requested that Item Nos. 2, 4, and 8 be removed from the Consent
Calendar for further discussion.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Vineyard to approve the Agenda as amended.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
III Oral Communications
None.
1 These Minutes were transcnbed from an audiotape of the meeting
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IV Consent Calendar
1. Receive and File - Memorandum Re: Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station -
Installation Restoration Program - Status Report Re: RAB Project Update,
Dated December 11, 2006.
3. Receive and File - Memorandum Re: Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station -
Installation Restoration Program - Status Report Re: RAB Project Update,
dated January 12, 2007.
5. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: "Final 2006 San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air
Action Plan."
6. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: "Update On The Implementation of The
2005 ARB/Railroad Statewide Agreement. "
7. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: "Goods Movement Action Plan" and
"Emission Reduction Plan."
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Barton to approve the Consent Calendar as amended.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
2. Receive and File - Memorandum Re' Trust for Public Land Article Re: "Los
Cerntos Wetlands," dated January 2,2007.
Member Hurley referred to the articled entitled "Long Beach-Area Wetlands May Join
Southland's 'String of Pearls'," and requested clarification of where the Bryant Property
is actually located and specifics of negotiations for a future purchase of 1 00 acres of
wetlands on the Hellman Ranch Property within Seal Beach, which Mr. Whittenberg
provided using a map of the area in question
4. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: "Final Remedial Design (RD) For IR Site
70: Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach."
Member Hurley referred to the last page of the Staff Report and inquired whether the
Naval Weapons Station (NWS) had responded to the comment listed in the first
paragraph regarding listing "West Nile Virus" under AppendiX C-C, Section III,
"Biological Hazards," of the Final Report for IR Site 70. Mr. Whittenberg stated that the
NWS did respond to thiS comment in an earlier letter directed to the City of Seal Beach.
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8. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: Responses to Comments for the Los
Alamitos Pump Station Recirculated Initial Study/Mitigated Negative
Declaration.
Member Hurley asked if the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) had been approved
and if work on the pump station had begun. Mr. Whittenberg stated that he was not
certain whether the MND had been approved by the County of Orange, but once it is
approved, the County must submit its project application to the California Coastal
Commission (CCC) where approval might take anywhere from 6 months to one year.
He indicated that Staff would inform the Board when this item appears on the CCC
public hearing agenda. Member Hurley asked whether a new pump station would
replace the existing one. Mr. Whittenberg confirmed that a new pump station is to be
constructed to replace the old one.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Neal to Receive and File Consent Calendar Item Nos
2,4, and 8, as presented.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
V Scheduled Matters
9. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - October 25,2006.
Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
appropriate.
MOTION by Vineyard; SECOND by Hurley to approve the Meeting Minutes of October
25,2006 as presented.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
VI Staff Concerns
Mr. Whittenberg reported that the Port of Long Beach LNG Project is to be dropped and
the Board would see no further EIR documents for review on this project
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VII Board Concerns
Member Barton noted that now that most of the streets in Old Town have been
re-paved, she is waiting to see whether any of the streets will flood or if they will drain
properly when the next rain storm comes.
Chairperson Voce inquired about the new plastics facility to be located on the Boeing
property. He asked what guarantees Plastics Incorporated (PI) has provided to prevent
release of plastiC pellets into the environment. Mr Whittenberg stated that presently it
appears that the owner of the company will not proceed with this proposal and is looking
for another site on which to locate his company He noted that as far as dispersal of the
pellets, Staff had confirmed with the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB)
what PI had conveyed, which was that when transfer of these pellets occurs from a
truck to the storage location at the facility, there IS not the same amount of spillage as
would occur when the pellets are transferred via the connection at the bottom of a
railroad car.
Chairperson Voce then expressed his concern with fugitive dust occurring in the
afternoons from the Seal Beach Center reconstruction project. Mr. Whittenberg noted
that this should not be an issue for a while as the reconstruction and paving of the
parking lots is complete and the foundation for the new CVS Store is in place. He
indicated that this might become an issue again when the Pavilions bUilding is
demolished.
VIII Adjournment
Chairperson Voce adjourned at 6:55 p.m. to the regular meeting on February 28, 2007,
at 6:30 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Carmen Alvarez, Executive Secretary
Department of Development Services
The Board on February 28, 2007, approved the Minutes of the Environmental Quality
Control Board of Wednesday, January 24,2007. 0~.
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