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STEERING COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING
Orange County Sanitation District
A Special Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation
District was called to order by Chair Beamish on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at
3:30 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Tom Beamish, Chair
Greg Sebourn, Operations Committee
Chair
Keith Curry, Member-At-Large
Steve Jones, Member-At-Large
David Shawver, Member-At-Large
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
John Nielsen, Vice-Chair
John Withers, Administration
Committee Chair
PUBLIC COMMENT:
None.
STAFF PRESENT
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General
Manager
Kelly A. Lore, Acting Clerk of the Board
Jim Colston, Environmental Affairs
Manager
Norbert Gaia
Al Garcia
Roya Sohanaki
OTHERS PRESENT:
Kathy Jenson, Rutan and Tucker,
Independent Counsel to Steering
Committee
Melissa Thorme, Downey Brand
Special Prosecutor for OCSD
(via Teleconference)
Matthew Kaplan, Tucker Ellis LLP,
Counsel for Klean Waters, Tim
Miller and Shaun Miller
(via Teleconference)
Deborah Blanchet, Court Reporter,
GolkowT&C
Ms. Jenson, Rutan and Tucker, Independent Counsel to Steering Committee, stated
corrections to the Written Determination and Order of Steering Committee that was
delivered to the parties, were submitted by Ms. Thorme and Ms. Jenson. A copy of
the corrected brief was delivered to the Committee.
Minutes of the SPECIAL Steering Committee Meeting
April 16 , 2015
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Mr. Kaplan, Tucker Ellis LLP, Counsel for Klean Waters, Tim Miller and Shaun
Miller, noted for the record, that he had objected to the corrections being introduced
in an email delivered to Ms . Jenson .
The consensus of the Committee was to allow the suggested changes as introduced
by Ms. Thorme and Ms. Jenson.
NON-CONSENT ITEMS:
1. KLEAN WATERS APPEAL HEARING
MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED TO: Adopt the Written
Determination and Order of Steering Committee, as presented, pursuant to
Subpart D of Section 618 of Ordinance OCSD-39, on the appeal of the
December 11 , 2014 decision of the Sanitation District's General Manager
James D. Herberg, imposing: 1) a revocation of Industrial Wastewater
Discharge Permit No. 52-1-841, and 2) an administrative civil penalty in the
amount of $1, 190,000.
The original order was fully executed and filed with the Clerk of the Board .
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 3:45 p .m . to a regular Steering
Committee meeting to be held, April 22, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.
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