STATE OF CALIFORNIA

STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

ORDER WQO - 2002 - 0003

In the Matter of the Petition of the

CITY OF VACAVILLE

For Review of Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 5-01-044

[NPDES Permit No. CA0077691] for

Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant

Issued by the

California Regional Water Quality Control Board,

Central Valley Region

SWRCB/OCC FILE A-1375

BY THE BOARD:

The City of Vacaville (Vacaville) has petitioned for State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) review of waste discharge requirements in Order No. 5-01-044 for its Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board issued the requirements in March, 2001.

On May 11, 2001, the State Board notified Vacaville that its petition was complete. The State Board subsequently held an evidentiary hearing on September 11 through September 13, 2001 on issues raised in the petition. Under the State Board’s petition regulations, the State Board must take final action on the petition within 270 days of the date that the petition is complete.[1] If not, the petition is deemed denied. The time for final resolution in this case is February 5, 2002.

The State Board anticipates taking final action on the Vacaville petition after February 5, 2002. Therefore, the State Board has decided to review Order No. 5-01-044 on its own motion.[2]

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the State Board will review Order No. 5-01-044 on its own motion.

CERTIFICATION

The undersigned, Clerk to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of an order duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on January 23, 2002.

AYE:Arthur G. Baggett, Jr.

Peter S. Silva

Richard Katz

NO:None

ABSENT:None

ABSTAIN:None

/s/

Maureen Marché

Clerk to the Board

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[1] Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, § 2052(d).

[2] See Wat. Code § 13320(a). This section provides, in part, that “[t]he state board may, on its own motion, at any time, review the regional board’s action or failure to act . . . .”