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Home My WebLink AboutEQCB Min 1997-02-18 ... . . . .. Environmentnl Quality Control Board Min utes February 18, 1997 Call to Order at 6:32 p.m I. Pledge of Allegiance ll. Roll Call Present: Absent: Christ, Hurley, McGuire, Voce Rosenman Also Present: Barry Curtis, Associate Planner ID. Approval of Agenda Motion by Hurley; second by McGuire to approve the agenda, items 6, 7 and 8 moved before items 3, 4 and 5. Motion Ca....ied: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Ch..ist, 1-lm'ley, McGuire, Voce None Rosenman IV. Oral Communications -none. VI. Consent Calend~lr 1. Receive and File - City Coundl Staff Report dated Febnaa..y 10, 1997 re: Withdrawal of Environmental Assessment - Mission Conversion at AFRC 2. Receive and File - EQCB Response Letter d~lted J~lI1U:1I'y 23, 1997 re: ARAR's for lR Sites 7,8, and 19 - Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station Motion by Hurley; second by Christ to approve the consent calendar. Motion Ca....ied: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Christ, I-hlrley, McGuire, Voce None Rosenman C:\My Documents\EQCB Stuff\Minutes of February 18,1997 doc ~ . . . EQCB Minules of February /8, 1997 VII. Public Hearings - None VllI. Scheduled Mattei's 6. City Response Letter re: "Draft Environmental Assessment / Initial Study for Implementation of the Multiple Construction Project (MCP), Armed Forces Reserve Center, Los Alamitos" Boardmember Hurley asked what a van pOlt is? Mr, Curtis indicated it's a garage. Boardmember McGuire discussed the desired mission change at the base by the tenant, the National Guard, versus the need to update the infrastmcture of the base. She discussed potential conflicts between change in mission and new development at ends ofmnway. [Tape lost for several Minutes when power was disconnected] Motion by Hurley; second by Christ to accept the letter and authorize the Chairman to sign it. As amended with a request for location of the maintenance shop added to the map on page 2-5, a clarification whether the JP-8 fuel location is the same location discussed a couple of years ago and, if not, could the two sites be combined? These should be added as a sixth paragraph to Attachment A. Motion Ca....ied: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Christ, Hurley, McGuire, Voce None Rosenman 7. City Response Letter re: Naval Weapons Station Focused Site Inspection for Operable Units 4 and 5 Boardmember Hurley indicated there are two grammatical errors. First, on page 6, second paragraph from the top "were" should replace "was", Second, on Site Specific Comments, Site I - Clean Fill Area, in the second paragraph there's a split infinitive, it should read, "If there is a good reason not to undertake a hot spot removal action..." Boardmember Hurley asked what the City is asking the Navy to do in the third bullet under Site 1 - Clean Fill Area? Mr Curtis said he felt the "lost opportunity" discussed was the removal of the hot spot at this time. The City is asking the Navy to reconsider removal of the hot spot. Mr. Curtis suggested re-writing the sentence as follows, . n1e EQCH wishes 10 support allY ac:tivities c?f the lJ....\.. Fish alld Wlldl{fe SerVlc:e to restore upland habitat Oil this site. We would ellC:Ofll'(fKe the Navy to rec:ollsider this lost opportullity to undertake fha/type c?f res/om/ioll program if/his site is no/ remedia/ed. iflc:ludillK the./ifr/her /JIvestiga/ion alld ul/ima/e removal (~f ull.\pen/ ordllanc:e whic:h may exist Oil/his site. Page 2 Minutes of February 18,1997 . . . EQCH M1I1/1tes of February 18. 1997 Chairman Voce had a concern with several of the bullets in which the City concurred with no action items; second bullet for Site 8, last bullet for Site 21. He suggested removing any tacit approval by the City of "no nothing" determinations. Mr. Curtis indicated a final, revised copy of the letter would be attached to the Minutes of the meeting. Motion by Christ; second by McGuire to accept the response letter, as amended, and authorize the Chairman to sign. Motion Cu....ied: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Christ, Hurley, McGuire, Voce None Rosenllllln 8. City Response Letter re: "Ploe-Final Extended Removal Site Evaluation Worl< Plan, Ill. Sites 40 and 70, N~lval Weupons St~ltion, Seal Beach" Boardmember Hurley indicated a concern with the second sentence on page 6. He felt it should read, "Upon a review of the document by the Environmental Quality Control Beach and the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, the City has the following general and specific comments." Boardmember Hurley suggested the following changes to the response letter: . The phrase "would request" in the second sentence of the tirst bullet of Attachment A should be changed to "requests". . In the fifth bullet the word "approximately" at the end of the second sentence should be in quotes. . The second to last line of the sixth bullet should include the word "be". . The last sentence of the eighth bullet should read, "It would be helpful if another column was added to this table indicating EPA Residential Soil PRGs levels." . The last sentence of bullet 9 should read, "We seriously question the adequacy of using data fi'om one lR site to determine the entire station-wide background levels of these particular metals." Motion by Hurley; second by McGuire to accept the response letter, as amended, and authorize the Chairman to sign. Motion Ca....ied: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Christ, HllIoley, McGuire, Voce None RosC'nman 3. Minh!1~.~..QL!)_~_Q_~mb.~.LJ..Q.,---'.229. Page 3 Minutes of February 18,1997 . . . EQCB Minutes of February 18, 1997 The Board felt all members should be present to consider these Minutes, The Board agreed to continue this matter to allow consideration by the entire Board. The Board suggested several typographical and grammatical corrections for inclusion with the draft Minutes for review at the next meeting [The amendments will be integrated into the draft Minutes for future review and will be in redline/strikeout text] Motion by McGuire; second by Christ to continue this matter to the Board's next regular meeting, Motion C:lI'l'ied: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Christ, Hurley, McGuire, Voce None Rosenman 4. M.tm.H.S!.~_J>.LJ.g_mJ.n.r.Y__2J~.J.9.21 The Board felt all members should be present to consider these Minutes. The Board agreed to continue this matter to allow consideration by the entire Board. The Board suggested several typographical and grammatical corrections for inclusion with the draft Minutes for review at the next meeting, [The amendments will be integrated into the draft Minutes for future review and will be in redline/strikeout text] Motion by Hurley, second by Christ to continue this matter to the Board's next regular meeting, Motion Ca....ied: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Christ, I-harley, McGuire, Voce None Rosenman 5. M.tm!l~~..Qf.S.~p.J~I!.1R~r....L1,.__'--9._9..Q The Board felt all members should be present to consider these Minutes, The Board agreed to continue this matter to allO\." consideration by the entire Board The Board suggested several typographical and grammatical corrections for inclusion with the draft Minutes for review at the next meeting. [The amendments will be integrated into the draft Minutes for tilture review and will be in redline/strikeout text] Motion by McGuire; second by Hurley to continue this matter to the Board's next regular meeting. Motion Carried: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Christ, Hudey, McGuire, Voce None ROS(~1l1l11Hl IX. Staff Concerns Page 4 Minutes of February 18, 1997 . . . ~ .. X. XI. EQCB Mmutes 4February 18, 1997 Mr. Curtis asked the Board whether it would consider a policy regarding public requests that their statements be included verbatim in the record. Specifically, when someone reads a lengthy statement into the record, could the Board require that the written statement be provided to staff to be attached to the minutes? Board Concerns Boardmember Hurley discussed the wetlands within the Sunset Aquatic Park. He is still upset about the City's handling of this. He hopes that in the future the Board can hold a special meeting to consider such items. Mr. Curtis apologized for making the determination that since the City had already commented on the EIR and mitigation measures this item didn't warrant a special meeting. He indicated that in the future he'd consult with the Chairman before making such a determination Boardmember Christ indicated AQI'v1D made rulings regarding dust particulates and responsibilities local governments will have regarding street sweeping. He thought in 1999 cities would be required to replace sweepers with vacuums, The City should start preparing for this Chairman Voce indicated the tree advisory board would be providing a public presentation on February 271h in the City Council Chamber at 7:00 P.M. The owners of commercial properties will be personally invited. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 P M, Respectfully Submitted, Barry ClIItis, Secretary Environmental Quality Control Board Page 5 Minutes of February 18, 1997