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Orange County Sanitation District
Meeting of the LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Monday, December 10, 2018 12:00 P.M. Administration Building Board Room
10844 Ellis Avenue Fountain Valley, CA (714) 593-7433
AGENDA
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
DECLARATION OF QUORUM:
PUBLIC COMMENTS: If you wish to address the Committee on any item, please complete a Speaker’s
Form (located at the table at the back of the room) and submit it to the Clerk of the Board or notify the Clerk of
the Board the item number on which you wish to speak. Speakers will be recognized by the Chairman and are requested to limit comments to three minutes.
REPORTS: The Committee Chair and the General Manager may present verbal reports on miscellaneous
matters of general interest to the Committee Members. These reports are for information only and require no action by the Committee. CONSENT CALENDAR: Consent Calendar Items are considered to be routine and will be enacted, by
the Committee, after one motion, without discussion. Any items withdrawn from the Consent Calendar for
separate discussion will be considered in the regular order of business.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board) RECOMMENDATION: Approve minutes for the Committee meeting held on November 5, 2018.
NON-CONSENT: None.
INFORMATION ITEMS: 2. LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE (Rebecca Long) 3. PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE (Jennifer Cabral)
4. ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT MEMBERSHIPS (Jennifer Cabral)
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OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY: ADJOURNMENT:
The next Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 11, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.
Accommodations for the Disabled: Meeting Rooms are wheelchair accessible. If you require any special disability related accommodations, please contact the Orange County Sanitation District Clerk of the Board’s office at (714) 593-7433 at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. Requests must specify the nature of the disability and the type of accommodation requested. Agenda Posting: In accordance with the requirements of California Government Code Section 54954.2, this agenda
has been posted outside the main gate of the Sanitation District’s Administration Building located at 10844 Ellis Avenue, Fountain Valley, California, and on the Sanitation District’s website at www.ocsd.com, not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting date and time above. All public records relating to each agenda item, including any public records distributed less than 72 hours prior to the meeting to all, or a majority of the Board of Directors, are available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk of the Board. Agenda Description: The agenda provides a brief general description of each item of business to be considered or discussed. The recommended action does not indicate what action will be taken. The Board of Directors may take any action which is deemed appropriate. NOTICE TO DIRECTORS: To place items on the agenda for the Committee Meeting, items must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board 14 days before the meeting. Kelly A. Lore, MMC Clerk of the Board (714) 593-7433 Klore@ocsd.com For any questions on the agenda, Committee members may contact staff at: General Manager James D. Herberg (714) 593-7300 jherberg@ocsd.com Assistant General Manager Rob Thompson (714) 593-7310 rthompson@ocsd.com
Assistant General Manager Lorenzo Tyner (714) 593-7550 ltyner@ocsd.com Director of Environmental Services James Colston (714) 593-7450 jcolston@ocsd.com
Public Affairs Supervisor Jennifer Cabral (714) 593-7581 jjcabral@ocsd.com Senior Public Affairs Specialist Rebecca Long (714) 593-7444 rlong@ocsd.com
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MINUTES OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District Monday, November 5, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.
A meeting of the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee was called to order by Committee Chair Peter Kim on Monday, November 5, 2018 at 12:01 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District. Committee Chair Kim led the pledge of allegiance.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Kim, Chair
Allan Bernstein, Vice-Chair
John Withers, Member-At-Large David Shawver, Board Vice-Chair Donald P. Wagner, Member-At-Large
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Chad Wanke, Member-At-Large Greg Sebourn, Board Chair
STAFF PRESENT: Jim Herberg, General Manager
Rob Thompson, Assistant General Manager
Lorenzo Tyner, Assistant General Manager Celia Chandler, Director of Human Resources Jim Colston, Director of Environmental Services Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Tina Knapp, Deputy Clerk of the Board Jennifer Cabral Tanya Chong Daisy Covarrubias
Marc Dubois
Alfredo Garcia Rebecca Long Jennifer Martin Kelly Newell
Thomas Vu
OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Hogin, General Counsel Eric Sapirstein, ENS Resources (via
teleconference) Eric O’Donnell, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA) Cori Williams, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA) Ms. Jessica Gauger, Director of Legislative Advocacy, CASA
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
ITEM NO. 1
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Committee Chair Kim did not provide a report, but advised that the agenda will be reordered today so that the Information Items will follow the Consent Calendar. Committee Chair Kim thanked staff for the State of the District event.
REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER: General Manager Jim Herberg indicated that staff will bring a list of District memberships to the Committee in December which will include potential membership
opportunities and current memberships. Jim Colston, Director of Environmental
Services, will provide an update on the Integrated Watershed Management Program that OCSD is a part of next month as agencies in Orange County have been looking at the way the funding is distributed and exploring the possibility of establishing a separate program.
CONSENT CALENDAR: 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED, SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED TO: Approve minutes for the Committee meeting held on October 8, 2018.
AYES: Bernstein, Kim, Shawver, Wagner, and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None ABSENT: Sebourn and Wanke
The Committee Chair reordered the agenda so that the Information Items were
reordered to follow the Consent Calendar.
INFORMATION ITEMS: 3. CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SANITATION AGENCIES (CASA) (Jennifer Cabral)
Jennifer Cabral, Public Affairs Supervisor, introduced this item, provided a brief
background of the item, and introduced Jennifer Gauger, Director of Legislative Advocacy, from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA). Ms. Gauger introduced herself and provided a PowerPoint presentation that gave an overview of CASA’s legislative priorities in 2018 which included
microplastics, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) fees, septic to sewer
conversions, biomethane procurement, and other legislation of interest. Ms. Gauger’s presentation also reviewed Federal priority issues which included the WRDA package, 10-year permit terms legislation, regulatory reform proposals,
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and low income water rate assistance proposals. Ms. Gauger also previewed
legislative priorities for 2019 and reviewed the potential impacts of the mid-term
elections. Ms. Gauger thanked OCSD for its participation and representation in CASA. Ms. Gauger also reviewed CASA staff and contact information. 4. LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE (Rebecca Long)
Committee Chair Kim, introduced Eric Sapirstein, ENS Resources, who updated the Committee on the following items: Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) was signed into law on October 23 and provides authorization for investment in harbor, waterway, flood protection, and other water infrastructure
improvements including the WaterSense program and streamlining of funding
programs. Mr. Sapirstein also provided an overview of the status of the EPA budget. Mr. Sapirstein also reported that language was recently introduced regarding low income water rate assistance.
Eric O’Donnell, TPA, provided a PowerPoint presentation that reviewed the
2018 legislative session and successes of 2018, a preview of 2019 priorities, and an update on the potential legislative concepts (below) for OCSD led legislation.
Bill Concept 1 – Bid advertising requirements
Bill Concept 2 – Job Order Contracting Bill Concept 3 – Video surveillance Bill Concept 4 – Raising the contract/bid threshold
5. DRAFT 2019 LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY PLAN (Jennifer Cabral)
Mr. O’Donnell continued his PowerPoint presentation with a review of the State 2019 legislative plan including how it was developed and suggested amendments. Mr. Sapirstein commented that the Federal draft legislative plan
was developed to build on current efforts and to focus on streamlining permit
timelines. 6. PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE (Jennifer Cabral)
Ms. Cabral reviewed outreach efforts made over the last month and provided
information on State of the District attendance and thanked the Directors for their attendance. Ms. Cabral also reported on a recent media interview. NON-CONSENT:
2. LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTS (Jennifer Cabral) Board Vice-Chair Shawver recused himself from this item due to a Levine Act conflict and departed the meeting (1:00 p.m.). Ms. Cabral provided brief
background information on this item. Committee Chair Kim made an alternate
recommendation for this item as indicated below.
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MOVED, SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board of
Directors to:
A. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. for State Legislative Services, Specification No. CS-2018-970BD, for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2022 at
a monthly rate of $6,000 per month and not to exceed $72,000 per year,
with (1) one-year renewal option. B. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with ENS Resources for Federal Legislative Services, Specification No. CS-2018-971BD, for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2022 at a monthly rate
of $7,700 per month and not to exceed $92,400 per year, with (1) one-
year renewal option. A. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. for State Legislative Services, Specification No.
CS-2018-970BD, for the period of January 1, 2019 through December
31, 2021 at a monthly rate of $6,000 per month and not to exceed $72,000 per year, with (2) one-year renewal options. B. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with ENS Resources for Federal Legislative Services, Specification No. CS-2018-971BD, for the
period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021 at a monthly rate
of $7,700 per month and not to exceed $92,400 per year, with (2) one-year renewal options.
AYES: Bernstein, Kim, Wagner, and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT:
Sebourn, Shawver (non-participant – Levine Act
Disclosure), and Wanke
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY:
ADJOURNMENT: Committee Chair Kim declared the meeting adjourned at 1:06 p.m. to the next Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting, Monday, December 10, 2018 at
12:00 p.m.
Submitted by:
_____________________ Tina Knapp, CMC Deputy Clerk of the Board
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Meeting Date 12/10/18 To Bd. of Dir. --
AGENDA REPORT Item Number 2 Item Number --
Orange County Sanitation District FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager Originator: Jennifer Cabral, Public Affairs Supervisor SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION Information Only.
BACKGROUND The Orange County Sanitation District’s (Sanitation District) legislative affairs program includes advocating the Sanitation District’s legislative interests, sponsoring legislation (where appropriate), and seeking Federal/State funding for projects.
Staff will provide an update on recent legislative activities. RELEVANT STANDARDS
• Maintain influential legislative advocacy and a public outreach program
• Build brand, trust, and support with policy makers and community leaders
• Maintain collaborative and cooperative relationships with regulators, stakeholders, and neighboring communities PROBLEM
Without a strong advocacy program, elected officials may not be aware that the Sanitation District is more than a wastewater treatment plant – treating and sending water to the ocean. The Sanitation District is an environmentally engaged organization which recycles more
than 50 percent of its wastewater. Additionally, to help meet the goal of 100 percent recycling, the Sanitation District uses the byproducts from the wastewater treatment process to produce biosolids to fertilize crops and energy used to help power the two plants in Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach.
PROPOSED SOLUTION Continue to work with Local, State, and Federal officials to advocate the Sanitation District’s legislative interests. Help to create/monitor legislation and grants that would benefit the Sanitation District, the wastewater industry, and the community as a whole.
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To assist in our relationship building activities, we will continue to reach out to our elected officials providing facility tours, one-on-one meetings, and trips to D.C. and Sacramento.
RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING ACTION
If we do not work with Local, State, and Federal elected officials, legislation could be passed that negatively affects the Sanitation District and the wastewater industry as a whole. Additionally, this could affect our chances of receiving grant funding.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION As part of our 2019 Legislative and Regulatory plan, the Sanitation District will be hosting tours and briefings for the newly elected officials and their staff. Additionally, all newly
elected officials will receive a welcome letter and an introduction to the Sanitation District
that will include information about the Sanitation District and an official invitation to visit our facilities. ATTACHMENT
The following attachment(s) are included in hard copy and may also be viewed on-line at the OCSD website
(www.ocsd.com) with the complete agenda package:
• Federal Update & Legislative Matrix - ENS Resources
• State Update & Legislative Matrix - Townsend Public Affairs
• Grant Matrix
M E M O R A N D U M TO: Rebecca Long FROM: Eric Sapirstein DATE: November 19, 2018 SUBJECT: Washington Update Congress returned to work on November 13, following a midterm election cycle that brought a seismic shift to the balance of power in Washington. Voters overwhelming signaled that divided government, rather than one-party power, is preferred as Democrats regained control of the House and Republicans maintained control in the Senate, picking up a net gain of two seats. In the House, the presumed majority will be 238 seats. Less than a month exists for lawmakers to finish legislative business for the 115th Congress, as adjournment is slated for December 14. A limited number of priorities exist that lawmakers must address in the days that remain. Funding of United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is at the top of the list, along with a handful of other federal agencies’ budgets. A summary of post-election results and issues of interest for OCSD is attached.
New California Congressional Delegation; New Orange County House Delegation The November mid-term elections brought forth major changes to Congress, especially in the House where Democrats will be the Majority party after almost a decade out of power. Democrats are expected to secure a total of 238 seats if all pending races are decided in favor of Democrats. A working majority in the House is 218 seats. This change in the balance of power for Democrats (the largest since the 1974 class) is due to Democrats flipping a number of seats in previously Republican-strong districts, including the District’s delegation. The new Orange County delegation is Example A. What was prior to the election an overwhelming Republican delegation will be 100% Democrat. Alan Lowenthal will be the dean of the delegation.
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Specifically, the District’s delegation on January 3, 2019 will be: Representatives-Elect Harley Rouda (D-CA-48), Katie Porter (D-CA-45), and Gil Cisneros (D-CA- 39), Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47), and Representative Lou Correa (D-CA-46). Committee assignments for these Members will be made as early as December. We anticipate that Representatives Lowenthal and Correa will remain on their current committees with Lowenthal sitting on the key Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that will develop infrastructure legislation.
Congressional Leadership for 116th Congress By early December, the entire House leadership should be in place. The parlor game that is occupying the Capitol is whether Representative Nancy Pelosi will secure the Speaker’s gavel. Sixteen Democrats have signed a letter vowing to vote against Pelosi. Under the expected Democratic majority, if more than this number of Members vote no, the Pelosi would lack a majority of Democrats to win on the House floor. Most congressional handicappers still give Pelosi the odds to win. If this happens, California will be in the enviable position of having Members as the senior leaders of both parties, since Representative Kevin McCarthy was elected to be the Republican Leader. In the Senate, the leadership is essentially unchanged since control did not flip. With regard to committee and subcommittee chairmanships, California’s Representatives Grace Napolitano and Jared Huffman will chair the subcommittees with jurisdiction over wastewater infrastructure and water recycling respectively. In the Senate, Senator Dianne Feinstein will remain as a senior member of the Committee on Appropriations, sitting in judgement on funding of water infrastructure programs.
USEPA Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Unresolved When Congress returns after the Thanksgiving Recess, it will only have two weeks to finalize the budget for a handful of federal agencies, which includes USEPA’s budget. Similar to when Congress recessed in October, the debate over USEPA is an effort to address a handful of policy initiatives through the spending bill. From a spending perspective, it appears that there is bipartisan and bi-cameral agreement on how to address water infrastructure programs. Specifically, the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) is slated to receive at least $1.3 billion. Similarly, the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)program is likely to secure $60 million to support innovative funding of projects. It is important to note, that if the SRF funding level is to be realized, it would permit the use of funding to support the new WIFIA SRF Loan Program authorized under the enacted America’s Water Infrastructure Act (S. 3021). If funding is appropriated, this new program could fund 100% of a project’s costs.
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However, it is unclear when USEPA would issue rules to implement the new program. In addition to the core infrastructure programs, the anticipated agreement should maintain funding of regional water quality programs like the BEACH Act and National Estuary Program. Congress must reach an agreement on a final USEPA spending bill by December 7 to avoid a shutdown of the agency or extend the stopgap funding.
USBR Commissioner Announces new Deputy Commissioner United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) Commissioner Brenda Burman has announced the appointment of a Deputy Commissioner. The appointment of Shelby Hagenauer provides Burman with staff to manage the myriad of issues on a day-to-day basis as Burman continues to address pressing issues such as California Water Fix, power and other power matters. Hagenauer is a veteran of water policy issues debates having worked in Congress and the private sector for twenty years. Her tenure in the Congress included working for then Representative Bill Thomas (R-CA) and the present Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) where she worked on California water issues and was the lead on the 2008 Farm Bill for McCarthy.
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R.1071 Paul Tonko (D-NY)Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2017. Amends
the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase assistance for States,
water systems, and disadvantaged communities; to encourage
good financial and environmental management of water
systems; to strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency’s
ability to enforce the requirements of the Act; and for other
purposes.
House - 2/13/17
Referred to the
House Committee
on Energy and
Commerce 2/15/17 Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 465 Bob Gibbs (R-OH)Water Quality Improvement Act. Amends the Clean Water
Act to allow for integreated plan permits for CSO's and related
wet weather compliance needs in association with traditional
discharge mandates to allow for priority setting
House - 1/12/2017
Referred to
Committee on
Transportation &
Infrastructure Watch
NACWA
Supports/Could
become vehicle
for permit term
extensions to ten
years from five
years
H.R.1068 Frank Pallone (D-NJ)Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017. To enable
needed drinking water standards, reduce lead in drinking water,
plan for and address threats from climate change, terrorism,
and source water contamination, invest in drinking water
infrastructure, increase compliance with drinking water
standards, foster greater community right to know about
drinking water quality, and promote technological solutions for
drinking water challenges.
House - 2/15/17,
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Environment
2/17/17 Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 1663 Robert Wittman (R-VA)Water Resources Research Amendments Act. Amends the
Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants
for and require applied water supply research regarding the
water resources research and technology institutes established
under that Act.
House - 3/21/17
Referred to
Committee on
Natural Resources Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
Proposed Federal Legislation 2017-2018
Priority
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 1579 Scott H. Peters (D-CA)Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act. To require drinking
water systems to assess and address their vulnerabilities to
climate change, source water degradation, and intentional acts
to ensure secuity and resiliency.
House - 3/16/17,
referred to
Committee on
Energy and
Commerce
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 434 Jeff Denham (R-CA)New WATER Act. Authorizes the Department of the Interior,
for 15 years after this bill's enactment, to provide financial
assistance, such as secured loans or loan guarantees, to
entities that contract under federal reclamation law to carry out
water projects within the 17 western states served by the
Bureau of Reclamation, other states where the Bureau is
authorized to provide project assistance, Alaska, and Hawaii.
House - 1/11/17
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Water, Power, and
Oceans - 2/7/17 Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 448 Jared Huffman (D-CA)Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act. Amends the
Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for energy
conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to exclude
from gross income subsidies provided: (1) by a public utility to a
customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of
such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any
water conservation or efficiency measure; and (2) by a storm
water management provider to a customer, or by a state or
local government to a resident of such state or locality, for the
purchase or installation of any storm water management
measure.
House - 1/11/2017
Referred to
Committee on Ways
and Means
Support ACWA and
CASA Support
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
S. 692 Deb Fischer (R-NE)Water infrastructure Flexibility Act. Provides for integrated
plan permits, to establish an Office of the Municipal
Ombudsman, to promote green infrastructure, and to require
the revision of financial capability guidance.
Approved by Senate
without objection on
Unanimous Consent
on 10/10/17 and
referred to House
Committee on
Transportation &
Infrastructure
Support NACWA
Supports
H.R. 1654 Tom McClintock (R-CA)Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act. To authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and permitting
processes related to the construction of new surface water
storage projects on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate
the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit
processing, and for other purposes.
House - 6/26/17
Passed House and
referred to Senate
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R.998 Jason Smith (R-MO)SCRUB Act. SCRUB would institutionalize a process to identify
those regulations that are eligible to be repealed. Under the
measure, a bipartisan review commission would examine rules
fifteen years or older that are determined to be not necessary
and should be repealed immediately, or given to the
appropriate agency for the purposes of prioritizing the rule for
repeal.
Passed House
3/1/17 240-185,
Received in Senate
- referred to
Committee on
Homeland Security
and Governmental
Affairs
Support No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 1653 Robert E. Latta (R-OH)Drinking Water Affordability Act. Amends certain provisions
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
House - 3/21/2017
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Environment
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 1807 Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of
2017. Amends the Lacey Act and the Lacey Act Amendments
of 1981 by exempting certain water transfers between public
water supplies located on, along, or across the boundaries of
Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal
trade of plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not
apply to covered water transfers containing a prohibited
species if: (1) the species are present in both public water
supplies before the transfer and the water is transferred directly
between them; or (2) the water is transferred in a closed
conveyance system (a closed system that collects, contains,
and transports the flow of water, such as pipe systems) and
sent directly to treatment facilities where the species will be
destroyed.
House - 8/25/17
Placed on Union
Calendar
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 896 Richard Burr (R-NC)A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water
Conservation Fund. This bill amends the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the
authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The
greater of 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10
million shall be used for projects that secure recreational public
access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and
other recreational purposes.
House - 4/07/17
referred to
Committee on
Energy and Natural
Resources Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 1971 Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act. To provide for integrated
plan permits, to establish an Office of the Municipal
Ombudsman, to promote green infrastructure, and to require
the revision of financial capability guidance.
House - 4/07/17
referred to
Subcommittee on
Water Resources
and Environment
Support NACWA
Supports
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
S. 880 Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)Made In America Water Infrastructure Act. To ensure the
use of American iron and steel in public water systems, and for
other purposes
House -4/6/17
referred to the
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 2116 Stephen Knight (R-CA) Perchlorate Reclamation and Water Replenishment Act.
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
participate in a series of water reclamation projects to provide a
new water supply to communities previously impacted by
perchlorate contamination plumes.
House - 4/25/2017
Referred to
Committee on
Natural Resources Watch NACWA
Supports
H.R. 1647 Earl Blumenauer (D-
OR)Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017. To establish a
Water Infrastructure Trust Fund, and for other purposes
House - 3/21/2017
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Environment, 3/24/7 Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 2510 Peter DeFazio (D-OR)Clean Water and Jobs Creation Act of 2017. To renew the
Clean Water SRF Program and to provide grants to support
resiliency needs
House - 5/18/2017.
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Water Resources
and Environment,
5/19/18
Support CASA Supports
S. 1137 Ben Cardin (D-MD)Clean Safe Reliable Water Infrastructure Act. Provides for a
robust funding of SRF programs and to establish a
WaterSense Program to promote water efficiency
Senate - 5/16/2017
Referred to
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
S. 21 Paul Rand (R-KY)Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of
2017. This bill will provide for congressional approval of
regulations with impacts of $100 million or greater
Senate - 10/16/17
Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 1696 Tom Udall (D-NM)Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act. Provides for
language protecting against certification of technologies that
migh impair water treatment or increase costs.
Senate - 8/1/17 and
referred Committee
on Energy and
Natural Resources Watch
No supporters of
note for OCSD
but anticipate
CASA and
WateReuse will
support
H.R. 3275 Jerry McNerney (D-CA)Water and Energy Sustainability through Technology Act.
Provides for assistance to support innovation in water treatment
and water use efficiency.
House - 7/17/17
referred to
Committees on
Energy and
Commerce, Natural
Resources,
Transportation and
Infrastructure,
Science Space and
Technology,
Agriculture.
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Energy (5/22/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 1622 Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Beach Act of 2017. This bill amends the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water
Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2021 a grant program
for monitoring, and notifying the public of, any pathogens in
coastal recreation waters bordering public beaches.
Senate - 07/24/2017
Read twice and
referred to the
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works.
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 2755 Frank Pallone (D-NJ)Beach Act of 2017. Amends the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to
revise and reauthorize through FY2021 a grant program for
monitoring, and notifying the public of, any pathogens in
coastal recreation waters bordering public beaches.
House - 05/26/2017
Referred to the
Subcommittee on
Water Resources
and Environment.
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 2510 Peter DeFazio (D-OR)Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017.
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize
appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds,
and for other purposes.
House - 05/18/2017
Referred to the
Subcommittee on
Water Resources
and Environment
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 1464 Dianne Feinstein (D-
CA)
Water Conservation Tax Parity Act. Amends the Internal
Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for energy
conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to exclude
from gross income subsidies provided (directly or indirectly): (1)
by a public utility to a customer, or by a state or local
government to a resident of such state or locality, for the
purchase or installation of any water conservation or efficiency
measure; and (2) by a storm water management provider to a
customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of
such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any
storm water management measure.
Senate - 6/28/2017
Referred to the
Committee on
Finance
Watch WateReuse
Supports
S. 1700 Tom Udall (D-NM)Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017. Amend the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish a WaterSense
program within the Enivronmental Protection Agency, and for
other purposes.
Senate - 8/2/2017
Referred to
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 2799 Jerry McNerney (D-CA)Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act. Amends
the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and
Facilities Act to authorize the Department of the Interior to
participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled
water system facilities in California.
House - 6/7/2017
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Water, Power and
Oceans, 6/16/17
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 3533 Salud Carbajal (D-CA)Coastal State Climate Preparedness Act of 2017. Amends
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the
Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change
adaptation preparedness and response program, and for other
purposes.
House - 7/28/2017
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Energy and Mineral
Resources, 8/14/17
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 3906 Denny Heck (D-WA)Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017.
Establishes centers of excellence for innovative stormwater
control infrastructure, and for other purposes.
House - 7/16/18
Passed House by
voice vote.
Received in Senate
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 4177 Matt Cartwright (D-PA)PREPARE Act of 2017. Enhances the Federal Government’s
planning and preparation for extreme weather and the Federal
Government’s dissemination of best practices to respond to
extreme weather, thereby increasing resilience, improving
regional coordination, and mitigating the financial risk to the
Federal Government from such extreme weather, and for other
purposes.
Hosue - 4/12/18
Ordered to
Reported out of
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure by
voice vote
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 4492 Brian Mast (R-FL)Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Reauthorization Act of 2017. Reauthorizes and amends the
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014.
House -11/30/2017
Referred to the
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure and
Committee on
Energy and
Commerce
***SEE S. 3021***
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 2917 Bob Gibbs (R-OH)Regulatory Certainty Act of 2017. Amends the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to clarify when the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to prohibit
the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of
a defined area for specification, as a disposal site under section
404 of such Act, and for other purposes.
House - 6/15/2017
Referred to the
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 1996 Cory Booker (D-NJ)Environmental Justice Act of 2017. Requires Federal
agencies to address environmental justice, to require
consideration of cumulative impacts in certain permitting
decisions, and for other purposes.
Senate - 10/24/2017
Referred to
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 4114 Raul Ruiz (D-CA)Environmental Justice Act of 2017. Requires Federal
agencies to address environmental justice, to require
consideration of cumulative impacts in certain permitting
decisions, and for other purposes.
House - 10/24/2017
Referred to
Committee on
Energy and
Commerce,
Committee on
Natural Resources,
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure, and
Committee on
Judiciary
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 4397 Mimi Walters (R-CA)California Wildfire Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017. Provides
tax relief with respect to California wildfires.
House - 11/15/2017
Referred to the
Committee on Ways
and Means
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 3131 Bill Hiuzenga (R-MI)Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act.
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the
current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney
fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for
awarding costs to a prevailing party.
House - 2/15/18
Placed on Union
Calendar Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 4460 Lou Barletta (R-PA)Disaster Recovery Reform Act. Improves the provision of
disaster and mitigation assistance to eligible individuals and
households and to eligible State, local, Tribal, and territorial
governments and certain private nonprofit organizations, and
for other purposes.
House - 11/28/2017
Referred to
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure and
Committee on
Financial Services.
Ordered to be
Reported Out
(amended) by voice
vote (11/30/17)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 2364 John Boozman (R-AR)SRF WIN Act. Amends the Water Infrastructure Finance and
Innovation Act of 2014 to provide to State infrastructure
financing authorities additional opportunities to receive loans
under that Act to support drinking water and clean water State
revolving funds to deliver water infrastructure to communities
across the United States, and for other purposes.
Senate -1/30/18
Referred to
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
***SEE S. 3021***
Watch
CASA, NACWA
Support . ACWA
Watch Position.
Senator Dianne
Feinstein(D-CA)
Original Co-
Sponsor
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 4902 John Katko (R-NY)SRF WIN Act. Amends the Water Infrastructure Finance and
Innovation Act of 2014 to provide to State infrastructure
financing authorities additional opportunities to receive loans
under that Act to support drinking water and clean water State
revolving funds to deliver water infrastructure to communities
across the United States, and for other purposes.
House - 1/30/18
Referred to
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure and
Committee on
Energy and
Commerce
***SEE S. 3021***
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 5127 Grace Napolitano (D-
CA)Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act. To
establish a grant program for the funding of water recycling and
reuse projects, and for other purposes.
House - 2/27/18
Referred to
Committee on
Natural Resources
and Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure.
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Water, Power and
Oceans (3/6/18)
Support No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 2563 Jeff Flake (R-AZ)A bill to improve the water supply and drought resilience
of the United States, and for other purposes.
Senate - 3/15/18
Referred to
Committee on
Energy and Natural
Resources.
Hearings held
3/22/18
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
S. 2727 Kirsten Gillibrand (D-
NY)PIPE Act. A bill to require the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency to establish a discretionary
grant program for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
projects, and for other purposes.
Senate - 4/23/18
Introduced and
referred to
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 5596 Salud Carbajal (D-CA) Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of
2018. Authorize the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency to establish a program of awarding grants to
owners or operators of water systems to increase resiliency or
adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted
changes to the hydrologic conditions of a region of the United
States.
House - 4/24/18
Referred to
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure,
Committee on
Natural Resources.
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Water, Power and
Oceans (5/1/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 2800 John Barrasso (R-WY) America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. Provides for the
conservation and development of water and related resources,
to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United
States, and for other purposes.
Senate - 5/8/18
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
Hearing held.
***SEE S. 3021***
Watch CASA, ACWA, &
NACWA Support
H.R. 8 Bill Shuster (R-PA) Water Resources Development Act of 2018. Provides for
improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to
provide for the conservation and development of water and
related resources, and for other purposes.
House - 5/18/18
Passed House 408-
2. Received in the
Senate.
***SEE S. 3021***
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 6147 Ken Calvert (R-CA)Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FY19
Appropriations Bill. Makes appropriations for the Department
of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2019 and for other purposes.
House - 7/19/18
Passed House 217-
199. Senate -
8/1/18 Passed
Senate 96-2.
Conference
negotiations
underway.
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 5895 Mike Simpson (R-ID) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies,
Legislative Branch, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations
Act FY2019. Makes appropriations for energy and water
development and related agencies, Legislative Branch, and
Veterans Affairs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019,
and for other purposes.
House - 9/12/18
Passed Senate 92-
5. Sent to House,
passed House 377-
20 9/13/18. Bill sent
to President for
signing.
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 3073 Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Department of the Interior, Environment and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act FY2019. Makes appropriations
for the Department of the Interior, Enivironment, and Related
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 and for
other purposes.
Senate - 6/14/18
Passed the
Committee on
Appropriations
unanimously and
placed on Senate
Calendar.
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 3015 Kamala Harris (D-CA) Water Affordability Act. A bill to amend the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to establish a low-income sewer and
drinking water assistance pilot program, and for other
purposes.
Senate - 6/6/18
Referred to
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works.
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 6356 Andy Biigs (R-AZ)LIST Act. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for
improved precision in the listing, delisting, and downlisting of
endangered species and potentially endangered species.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to Committie
on Natural Resources.
Hearings Held
(9/26/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6345 Steve Pearce (R-NM)EMPOWERS Act. Povides for greater county and State
consultation with regard to petitions under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to
Committie on
Natural Resources
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6344 Scott Tipton (R-CO) LOCAL Act. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
encourage voluntary conservation efforts.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to
Committie on
Natural Resources.
Ordered to be
Reported 20-12
(9/27/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6355 Bruce Westerman (R-
AR)
PETITION Act. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973
to define petition backlogs and provide expedited means for
discharging petitions during such a backlog.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to
Committie on
Natural Resources.
Ordered to be
Reported
(amended) 19-14
(9/27/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6364 Don Young (R-AK) LAMP Act. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
increase State and local involvement in management plans.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to
Committie on
Natural Resources.
Hearings Held
(9/26/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 6360 Ralph Norman (R-SC) PREDICTS Act. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973
to provide for greater certainty and improved planning for
incidental take permit holders.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to
Committie on
Natural Resources.
Hearings Held
(9/26/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6346 Mike Johnson (R-LA) WHOLE Act. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
provide for consideration of the totality of conservation
measures in determining the impact of proposed Federal
agency action.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to
Committie on
Natural Resources.
Ordered to be
Reported 20-11
(9/27/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6354 Paul Gosar (R-AZ) STORAGE Act. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973
to prohibit designation as critical habitat of certain areas in
artificial water diversion or delivery facilities.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to
Committie on
Natural Resources.
Hearings Held
(9/26/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 3608 Tom McClintock (R-CA)Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness
Act. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require
publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that
species are endangered species or threatened species, and for
other purposes.
House - 7/12/18
Referred to
Committie on
Natural Resources.
Ordered to be
Reported 19-12
(9/27/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6290 Devin Nunes (R-CA) Public Employee Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA).
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for
reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee
retirement pension plans.
House - 6/28/18 -
Referred to
Committee on Ways
and Means
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
S. 3303 John Barrasso (R-WY) Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2018.
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make
changes with respect to water quality certification, and for other
purposes.
Senate - 8/16/18
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
hearings held.
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6727 Gwen Moore (D-WI)Water Technology Acceleration Act. Establishes an
innovative water technology grant program and to amend the
Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act to encourage the use of emerging and innovative
water technology, and for other purposes.
House - 9/6/18
Referred to
Committees on
Energy and
Commerce,
Transportation and
Infrastructure, and
Natural Resources.
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Water, Power and
Oceans (9/13/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6787 Jody Hice (R-GA)To provide for reforming agencies of the Federal
Government to improve efficiency and effectiveness, and
for other purposes.
House - 9/12/18
Referred to
Committee on
Oversight and
Government Reform
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 6782 Mak DeSaulnier (D-CA)To determine the feasibility of additional agreements for
long-term use of existing or expanded non-Federal storage
and conveyance facilities to augment Federal water
supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits in
certain areas, and for other purposes.
House - 9/12/18
Referred to
Committee on
Natural Reosurces.
Referred to
Subcommittee on
Water, Power and
Oceans (9/20/18)
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 3021 Amy Klobuchar (D-MI) To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of
the United States, to provide for the conservation and
development of water and related resources, to provide for
water pollution control activities, and for other purposes.
Passed House and
Senate, sent to the
President (10/12/18) Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6835 Fred Upton (R-MI) PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018.
Encourages Federal agencies to enter into or amend coop-
erative agreements with States for removal and remedial
actions to address PFAS contamination in drinking
water, surface water, ground water, sediment, and soil,
and for other purposes.
House - 9/17/18
Referred to the
Committee on
Energy and
Commerce Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 3381 Debbie Stabenow (D-
MI)
PFAS Accountability Act of 2018. Encourages Federal
agencies to expeditiously enter into or amend cooperative
agreements with States for removal and remedial actions to
address PFAS contamination in drinking, surface, and ground
water and land surface and subsurface strata, and for other
purposes.
Senate - 8/23/18
Referred to
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 6727 Gwen Moore (D-WI)Water Technology Acceleration Act. Establishes an
innovative water technology grant program and to amend the
Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act to encourage the use of emerging and innovative
water technology, and for other purposes.
House - 9/06/18
Referred to
Committees on
Transportation &
Infrastructure,
Energy &
Commerce, and
Natural Resources
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 6889 David McKinley (R-WV)Water Quality Certification Improvement Act. Amends the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make changes with
respect to water quality certification, and for other purposes.
House - 9/25/18
Referred to
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 6944 Denny Heck (D-WA)Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act. Establishes
centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control
infrastructure, and for other purpose
House 9/27/18
Referred to
Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 3564 Ben Cardin (D-MD)A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish pilot
programs to assist low-income households in maintaining
access to sanitation services and drinking water, and for
other purposes.
Senate - 10/10/18
Referred to
Committee on
Environment and
Public Works
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
Legend:
ACC-OC- Association of California Cities, Orange County
LOCC- League of California Cities
NYC- Not Yet Considered
CASA- California Association of Sanitation Agencies
NACWA - National Association of Clean Water Agencies
ACWA- Association of California Water Agencies
CSDA- California Special Districts Association
To: Orange County Sanitation District
From: Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Date: November 19, 2018
Subject: Legislative and Public Affairs Agenda Report
State Political Update
With the Legislature having adjourned, and the Governor having taken action on all pending legislation, most of the focus in the Capitol for the past month has been on the upcoming
November 6 General Election. Legislative leadership were also focused on a handful of races across the State that determined whether the Democrats will hold a two-thirds super-majority when they begin the new session in December.
Although not all election results have been certified, the Democrats have regained their two-thirds supermajority in the Senate and the Assembly heading into the first year of a new two-year legislative session. New members of the Senate and the Assembly will be sworn in on December 3 and will reconvene again on January 7 to start the new year. Furthermore, the Legislature will be working in this legislative session with a new Governor’s Administration for the first time in eight years. Newly elected Governor Gavin Newsom will lay out his priorities for 2019 in January during his State of the State address. Below is a list of upcoming dates in the Legislature:
• December 3 – Swearing-in of Newly Elected Legislators
• January 10 – Governor’s Budget Request Due to the Legislature Election Results Below are lists of the newly elected members of the Assembly and the Senate:
Assembly: District Name
Assembly District 15 (Oakland) Buffy Wicks - D
Assembly District 16 (Orinda) Rebecca Bauer-Kahan - D
Assembly District 30 (Hollister) Robert Rivas - D
Assembly District 38 (Santa Clarita) Christy Smith - D
Assembly District 40 (Rancho Cucamonga) James Ramos - D
October/November 2018 Report 2
Assembly District 72 (Westminster) Tyler Diep - R
Assembly District 74 (Laguna Beach) Cottie Petrie-Norris - D
Assembly District 76 (Encinitas) Tasha Boerner Horvath - D
Senate:
District Name
Senate District 8 (Sonora) Andreas Borgeas - R
Senate District 12 (Salinas) Anna Caballero - D
Senate District 14 (Sanger) Melissa Hurtado - D
Senate District 16 (Bakersfield) Shannon Grove - R
Senate District 22 (Baldwin Park) Susan Rubio - D
Senate District 24 (Los Angeles) Elena Durazo - D
Senate District 32 (Pico Rivera) Bob Archuleta - D
Senate District 38 (Santee) Brian Jones - R
Ballot Initiative Results
Name Results
Proposition 1 Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018 Passed
Proposition 2 No Place like Home Act of 2018 Passed
Proposition 3 Authorizes Bonds for Water Supply and Quality, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Water Conveyance, and Groundwater Sustainability and Storage. Did not pass
Proposition 4 Authorizes Bonds Funding Construction at Hospitals Providing Children’s Health Care. Passed
Proposition 5 Changes Requirements for Certain Property Owners to Transfer Their
Property Tax Base to Replacement Property
Did not pass
Proposition 6 Gas Tax Repeal Did not pass
Proposition 7 Daylight Savings Time Repeal Passed
October/November 2018 Report 3
Proposition 8 Authorizes State Regulation of Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Limits Charges for
Patient Care. Initiative Statute.
Did not pass
Proposition 10 Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property Did not pass
Proposition 11 Requires Private-Sector Emergency Ambulance Employees to Remain on Call During Work Breaks Passed
Proposition 12 Establishes New Standards for Confinement of Certain Farm Animals; Bans Sale of Certain Non-Complying Products Passed
State Economic Update In October, the California Department of Finance released its latest economic and revenue report.
The report indicated that the State’s unemployment rate remained at a record-low 4.2 percent for the fifth-straight month. The U.S unemployment rate dropped to 3.7 percent, the lowest it has been since 1969. Contributing to the low unemployment, the State added 44,800 jobs,
representing more than 20 percent of all jobs added in the U.S last month. Growing industry sectors include educational and health services, professional and business services, government, construction, and trade. California personal income for the first half of 2018 grew at 4.5 percent, mirroring slight wage growth. General Fund agency cash for the first three months of the fiscal year was $1.032 billion higher than the forecast of $27.51 billion based on higher than expect revenues. Personal income tax revenues for the first three months of the fiscal year were $990 million above forecast. Corporate tax revenues were $66 million above forecast. Sales and use tax receipts for the first three months of the fiscal year were $61 million below forecast, suggesting a slight decline in consumer spending.
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE PLAN OTHER POSITIONS
AB 1250 Jones-Sawyer [D]Counties: contracts for personal services Would establish specific standards for the use of personal services contracts by counties. The bill would allow a county or county agency to contract for personal services currently or customarily performed by employees, as applicable, when specified conditions are met. The bill would exempt certain types of contracts from its provisions, and would exempt a city and county from its provisions. By placing new duties on local government agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill also would provide that its provisions are severable. This bill was amended to exclude cities, and does NOT apply to special districts.
AB 1250 is dead Oppose Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support legislation and regulation that allow public agencies to procure goods and services in manners similar to private industry, thereby reducing overall costs of
delivery
ACC-OC - Removed
Opposition
LOCC - Removed
Opposition
CASA - Refer to
Leg Committee
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Watch
AB 1933 Maienschein [R]Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: appropriations: recycling
infrastructure projects. Would specify that activities that expand and
improve waste diversion and recycling include food rescue, waste
prevention, and organic waste recycling. The bill would additionally
specify that eligible infrastructure projects that reduce greenhouse gas
emissions include the expansion of facilities for processing recyclable
materials and projects to improve the quality of recycled materials.
Signed by the Governor Support State Priorities: Support funding through grants and legislation for a Food Waste/Organic Co-Digestion facility at OCSD
ACC-OC - NYC
LOCC - Support
CASA - Support
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Watch
Proposed State Legislation 2017-2018
High Priority
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE PLAN OTHER POSITIONSAB 2003 Daly [D]Public contracts: sanitation districts: notice Current law authorizes
a sanitation district to make and perform any agreement with a public or
private corporation of any kind or a person for the joint construction,
acquisition, disposition, or operation of any property or works of a kind
that might be constructed, acquired, disposed of, or operated by the
district. Current law requires a district, when an expenditure for work exceeds $35,000, to contract with the lowest responsible bidder after notice. Current law requires the notice to be published, as specified. This bill would instead require the notice to be published in a manner that the district board determines to be reasonable, which may include, but is not limited to, newspapers, Internet Web sites, radio, television, or other means of mass communication.
Pulled by the Author. Dead Sponsor Legislative and
Regulatory Policies: Support
legislation and regulation that allow public agencies to procure goods and services in manners similar to private industry, thereby reducing overall costs of delivery
ACC-OC - NYCLOCC - NYCCASA -SupportNACWA - NYCCSDA - Support
SB 1263 Portantino [D]Ocean Protection Council Statewide Microplastics Strategy: Would
require the Ocean Protection Counci, to the extent funds are available
from bonds or other sources, to adopt and implement a Statewide
Microplastics Strategy related to microplastic materials that pose an
emerging concern for ocean health and that includes specified
components, as provided. The bill would authorize the council, in
collaboration with the State Water Resources Control Board, the Office
of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and other interested
entities, to enter into one or more contracts with marine research
institutes in the state for the provision of research services that would contribute directly to the development of the Statewide Microplastics Strategy.
Signed by the Governor Watch/Rec Support State Priorities:
Support legislation
or regulations that
restrict the use of
microplastics in
any product that is
disposed of
through the sewer
system
ACC-OC - NYCLOCC - WatchCASA - Support NACWA - NYCCSDA - NYC
AB 2411 McCarthy [D]Solid waste: use of compost: planning. Would require the
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, on or before
December 31, 2019, to develop and implement a plan to maximize the
use of compost for slope stabilization and establishing vegetation in the
course of providing debris removal services following a fire and, in coordination with the Department of Transportation, to identify best practices of each of the Department of Transportation’s 12 districts regarding the cost-effective use of compost along roadways and develop a plan to expand the identified best practices to the other districts.
Signed by the Governor Watch/Rec Support if Amended to include biosolids compost
State Tactics:
Development and
implementation of
a statewide
biosolids land application management policy
ACC-OC - NYCLOCC - SupportCASA - SupportNACWA - NYCCSDA - NYC
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE PLAN OTHER POSITIONSSB 623 Monning [D]Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Would establish the Safe
and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury and would
provide that moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
State Water Resources Control Board. The bill would require the board
to administer the fund to secure access to safe drinking water for all
Californians, while also ensuring the long-term sustainability of drinking water service and infrastructure. The bill would authorize the state board to provide for the deposit into the fund of federal contributions, voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, and settlements from parties responsible for contamination of drinking water supplies. The bill was amended on August 21 to include a public goods charge on water, identified as $0.95 per month fee for customers with water meters up to one inch or customers without water meters. The feees increase depending on the size of the water meter, up to $10 per month for customers with water meters greater than four inches. The policy and fees set forth by this bill have been included in the Governor's January Budget proposal.
SB 623 is dead Watch State and Federal
Tactics: Work with CASA in support of continued use of tax-exempt financing and
feasibile innocating
financing
approaches
ACC-OC - NYCLOCC - Oppose unless amendedCASA - Watch CloselyNACWA - NYCCSDA - Oppose
unless amended
SB 844 Monning [D]Water quality: agricultural safe drinking water fees Current law
requires every person who manufactures or distributes fertilizing
materials to be licensed by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture and to
pay a license fee that does not exceed $300. This bill, during calendar
years 2019 to 2033, inclusive, would require a licensee to pay to the
secretary a fertilizer safe drinking water fee of $0.008 per dollar of sale
for all sales of fertilizing materials intended for farm use and $0.004 per
dollar of sale for all sales of fertilizing materials intended for
noncommercial use. The bill, beginning calendar year 2034, would
reduce the fee to $0.004 per dollar of sale intended for farm use and
$0.002 per dollar of sale intended for noncommercial use. This is one
of the two bills that seek to add funding to the Safe and Affordable
Drinking Water Fund
SB 844 is dead Watch State and Federal
Tactics: Work with CASA in support of continued use of tax-exempt financing and feasibile innocating financing approaches
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - WatchCASA - NYCNACWA - NYCCSDA - Oppose
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE PLAN OTHER POSITIONSSB 845 Monning [D]Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Would establish the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury and would provide that moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the state board. By creating a new continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require the state board to administer the fund to secure access to safe drinking water for all Californians, while also ensuring the long-term sustainability of drinking
water service and infrastructure. SB 845 requires that retail water
providers invoice and collect a “voluntary donation” from each
customer. The amount of the donation would be based upon service connection size. This is one of the two bills that seek to
add funding to the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund
SB 845 is dead Watch State and Federal
Tactics: Work with CASA in support of continued use of tax-exempt financing and
feasibile innocating
financing
approaches
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - WatchCASA - NYCNACWA - NYCCSDA - Oppose
SCA 4 Hertzberg [D]Water conservation. The California Constitution requires that the water
resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable and that the waste or unreasonable use or
unreasonable method of use of water be prevented.This measure would
declare the intent of the Legislature to amend the California Constitution
to provide a program that would ensure that affordable water is
available to all Californians and to ensure that water conservation is
given a permanent role in California’s future.
SCA 4 is dead Watch Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support
legislation and
regulation that
necessitate the
responsible use of
water in
residential,
commercial, and
industrial areas
ACC-OC -NYC
LOCC - WatchCASA - Work with AuthorNACWA - NYCCSDA - Watch
AB 1884 Calderon [D]Solid waste: single-use plastic straws. Would prohibit a food facility, as specified, where food may be consumed on the premises, from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer. The bill would specify that the first and 2nd violations of these provisions would result in a warning and any subsequent violation would be an infraction punishable by a fine of $25 for each day the food facility is in violation.
Signed by the Governor Watch State Priorities: Support legislation or regulations that restrict the use of microplastics in any product that is disposed of
through the sewer
system
ACC-OC -NYC
LOCC - Support
CASA - NYC
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - NYC
Additional Legislation
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE PLAN OTHER POSITIONSAB 1981 Limon [D]Organic waste: composting. Current law requires, until January 1,
2021, the California Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination
with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the State
Water Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, and
the Department of Food and Agriculture, to develop and implement
policies to aid in diverting organic waste from landfills by promoting the composting of specified organic waste and by promoting the appropriate use of that compost throughout the state. This bill would revise and recast this and related provisions, including, among other changes, imposing additional duties on those state agencies relating to promoting the application of compost and additionally including the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the state agencies in coordination with which the California Environmental Protection Agency is required to develop and implement the above-specified policies.
Signed by the Governor Watch State Priorities:
Support funding
through grants and
legislation for a
Food
Waste/Organic Co-Digestion facility at OCSD
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - WatchCASA - WatchNACWA - NYCCSDA - NYC
AB 1989 Mathis [R]Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Program.Current law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to establish the Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Program, to the extent funding is made available, to provide funding to eligible applicants for specified purposes relating to drinking water and wastewater treatment.This bill would appropriate $50,000,000 from the General Fund to the board for
the program.
AB 1989 is dead Watch State Priorities: Where appropriate, pursue State funding for critical aging
infrastructure,
through funding
sources made
available through
any agency
including but not
limited to the State
Water Resources
Control Board and
the Department of
Water Resources
ACC-OC -NYC
LOCC - Watch
CASA - Watch
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Watch
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE PLAN OTHER POSITIONSAB 2249 Cooley [D]Public contracts: local agencies: alternative procedure. Would
authorize public projects of $60,000 or less to be performed by the
employees of a public agency, authorize public projects of $200,000 or
less to be let to contract by informal procedures, and require public
projects of more than $200,000 to be let to contract by formal bidding
procedures. These measures only apply to the public agency if their Board elects to participate in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act.
Signed by the Governor Watch Legislative and
Regulatory Policies: Support
legislation and regulation that allow public agencies to procure goods and services in manners similar to private industry, thereby reducing overall costs of delivery
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - SupportCASA - SupportNACWA - NYCCSDA - Support
AB 2447 Reyes [D]California Environmental Quality Act: land use: environmental
justice CEQA requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA prohibits a lead agency from approving or carrying out a project for which a certified EIR
identifies one or more significant effects on the environmental unless
the lead agency makes certain findings. This bill would require the
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, by June 30, 2019,
to publish a list of subject land uses, as specified, and a map that
identifies disadvantaged communities and areas within a 1/2 mile radius
of the disadvantaged communities.
Vetoed Seek Amendments State Priorities:
Support efforts to
reform the
California
Environmental
Quality Act
(CEQA) to streamline current procedures and regulations for projects to refurbish or replace existing infrastructure facilities
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - WatchCASA - NYCNACWA - NYCCSDA - Oppose
SB 212 Jackson [D]Medical waste. Current law, the Medical Waste Management Act,
administered by the State Department of Public Health, regulates the
management and handling of medical waste, as defined.This bill add to
the act a definition of “home-generated pharmaceutical waste” as a
prescription or over-the-counter human or veterinary home-generated
pharmaceutical that is waste and is derived from a household, including,
but not limited to, a multifamily residence or household. This bill is a follow-up/cleanup bill for Senator Jackson's SB 1229 (2016), which provides that certain collectors who are authorized under federal law to engage in drug take-back collection with limited protection from civil and criminal liability.
Signed by the Governor Support State Priorities:
Support legislation
or regulations that
would prevent the
disposing of drugs
down the drain
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - SupportCASA - SupportNACWA - NYCCSDA - Support
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE PLAN OTHER POSITIONSSB 929 McGuire [D] Special districts: Internet Web sites. The California Public Records
Act requires a local agency to make public records available for
inspection and allows a local agency to comply by posting the record on
its Internet Web site and directing a member of the public to the Web
site, as specified. This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2020, require every independent special district to maintain an Internet Web site that clearly lists contact information for the special district, except as provided. Because this bill would require local agencies to provide a new service, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Signed by the Governor Watch State Priorities:
Actively monitor
the Little Hoover
Commission
hearings and
reports related to climate change adaptation, special districts and other topics as it relates to OCSD
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - WatchCASA - SupportNACWA - NYCCSDA - Sponsor
SB 966 Wiener [D]Onsite treated nonpotable water systems Would, on or before December 1, 2022, require the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with the California Building Standards Commission, to adopt regulations for risk-based water quality standards for the onsite treatment and reuse of nonpotable water, as provided. The bill would authorize the state board to contract with public or private entities regarding the content of the standards and would exempt those contracts from, among other provisions, review and approval of the Department of General Services.
Signed by the Governor Watch Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support measures that promote and provide for the use of reclaimed water
ACC-OC -NYC
LOCC - Support
CASA - Work w/
author
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Watch
SB 1077 Wilk [R]Construction contracts: wrap-up insurance and indemnification
Current law regulates the use of wrap-up insurance or other consolidated insurance programs in connection with specified
construction projects. Current law distinguishes, in this regard, between
residential construction projects, private residential works of
improvement, as specified, and public works and other projects that are
not residential, as specified. This bill would recast the wrap-up
insurance or other consolidated insurance program requirements for
public and other works of improvement that are not residential
construction, entered into or amended on and after January 1, 2019, to
track generally the requirements that apply to residential projects.
SB 1077 is dead Oppose Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support
legislation and
regulation that
allow public
agencies to
procure goods and
services in
manners similar to
private industry,
thereby reducing
overall costs of
ACC-OC -NYC
LOCC - OpposeCASA - WatchNACWA - NYCCSDA - Oppose unless amended
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE PLAN OTHER POSITIONSSB 1215 Hertzberg [D]Drinking water systems and sewer systems: consolidation and
extension of service. This bill would authorize the state board to set timeline and performance measures to facilitate completion of extension of service of drinking water. This bill would authorize the state board to order consolidation with a receiving sewer system for, or extension of sewer service to, a disadvantaged community under specified
circumstances. The bill would require the state board to take certain
actions before ordering consolidation or extension of service that are
similar to those required for the consolidation or extension of water
systems and would additionally require the state board to find that at
least 75% of the households in the community potentially subject to
extension or consolidation of service have agreed to receive sewage
service from the receiving sewer system.
Signed by the Governor Watch Legislative and
Regulatory Policies: Oppose
legislation consolidating special districts that fail to address the concerns of cities affected by the proposed consolidation
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - WatchCASA - Oppose unless amendedNACWA - NYCCSDA -Oppose unless amended
SB 1440 Hueso [D]Energy: biomethane: biogas and biomethane procurement
program.SB 1440 requires the California Air Resources Board (ARB), in consultation with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), to adopt a biomethane procurement requirement for gas corporations with over 100,000 customers. Specifically, this bill requires the overall procurement mandate across all commercially available sectors to be initially set at 32 billion cubic feet (bcf). SB 1440 also requires the CPUC to allow recovery in rates of the cost of utility investment for prudent and reasonable investments for infrastructure that provide direct benefits to the ratepayers.
Signed by the Governor Support State Tactics:
Monitor and advise
on energy or other
resource recovery
related funding
opportunities
ACC-OC -NYCLOCC - WatchCASA - Support NACWA - NYCCSDA - Watch
SB 1422 Portantino [D]California Safe Drinking Water Act: microplastics. Would require the
State Water Resources Control Board to adopt regulations requiring annual testing for, and reporting of, the amount of microplastics in drinking water, including public disclosure of those results.
Signed by the Governor Watch State Priorities:
Support legislation or regulations that restrict the use of
microplastics in
any product that is
disposed of
through the sewer
system
ACC-OC -NYC
LOCC - Watch
CASA - Watch
NACWA - NYCCSDA - Oppose
Legend:ACC-OC - Association of California Cities, Orange County
LOCC - League of California Cities
NYC - Not Yet ConsideredCASA - California Association of Sanitation AgenciesNACWA - National Association of Clean Water AgenciesACWA - Association of California Water Agencies CSDA - California Special Districts Association
Name of Grant/Loan Synopsis of Grant/Loan Amount of Grant/Loan Amount
Applying for Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Match Deadline Category Rcvd Grant/
Financing Y/N
California Infrastructure and Economic
Development Bank CA0272
Infrastructure State Revolving Fund (ISRF) Program
The purpose of this program is to provide accessible low-cost financing to eligible borrowers for a wide range of infrastructure and economic expansion projects. Eligible activities generally include designing, acquiring, planning, permitting, entitling, constructing, improving, extending,
restoring, financing, and generally developing eligible
facilities within the state of California.
Program funding is available in amounts
ranging from $50,000 to $25 million, with loan
terms for the useful life of the project up to a maximum of 30 years.
TBD Evaluating Multiple (possible projects).
Evaluating the program.Might be for smaller projects.N/A, loan program Rolling Water/Energy/
Infrastructure TBD
Cap and Trade Funding
$1.25 billion from the Cap and Trade program (Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Fund) was proposed to be appropriated in
the Governor's January Budget. A Cap and Trade Expenditure plan will be considered later this legislative session.
$20 million - Waste Diversion Projects. Specifics TBD TBD TBD TBD
The Cap and Trade Expenditure Plan will need to go through the legislative process. It is uncertain how much funding will be available for the District's projets, or what the funding
will be used for.
TBD Unknown at this time Energy/Recycling TBD
2018 Integrated Regional Water
Management (IRWM) Grant
Program
The Proposition 1 IRWM Grant Program, administered by
DWR, provides funding for projects that help meet the long
term water needs of the state, including:
Assisting water infrastructure systems adapt to climate change;Providing incentives throughout each watershed to collaborate in managing the region's water resources and setting regional priorities for water infrastructure
TBD TBD TBD TBD
TPA and OCSD are monitoring the
grant program development from the
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA). Once the solicitation for bids is available, we can determine if an application is warranted.
Yes. Details TBD Unknown at this
time Water TBD
2018 Proposed Park Bond (Proposition
68)
Prop 68 included $290 million for Drought, Groundwater,
and Water Recycling programs TBD, based on grant guidelines.TBD Proposition 68 passed by a
statewide vote.N/A If funding becomes available, TPA
and staff will evaluate the opportunity.TBD TBD Water No
The Water Infrastructure Improvements
Act (S. 612/Public Law #114-322/WIIN)
The enactment of the Water Infrastructure Improvements Act (S. 612/Public Law #114-322/WIIN) contained important assistance for water recycling and desalination.
Senator Feinstein included $50 million to support construction of projects that have a final and deemed feasible study of a recycling project. In securing this new competitive grants program at the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation, Senator Feinstein highlighted
the identification of several water and
wastewater agencies that would benefit from the assistance. OCSD is one of these agencies.
$1.5 Million Yes Final Expansion of GWRS (planning, design and construction) Headworks
The Sanitation District is applying for Headworks Segregation project that
will help to bring more water to the
GWRS.
Title 16 will pay up to 25 percent of the available money 8/15/2017 Water/
Infrastructure
Received notification of award on 11/27/17 for $1,325,000.00
The Water Infrastructure Improvements Act (WIIN)
The Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects funding opportunity allows for sponsors of water reclamation and reuse projects that are congressionally authorized or are eligible under section 4009(c) of the
WIIN Act to request cost-shared funding for planning,
design and/or construction of those Projects. Water
reclamation and reuse projects provide improved efficiency, flexibility during water shortages and diversifies the water supply.
Reclamation is making up to $20 million available for those projects authorized under the WIIN Act and $34 million for the congressionally authorized Title XVI projects.
$550,000 Yes Final Expansion of GWRS Headworks (P2-122)
The Sanitation District is applying for Headworks Segregation project that will help to bring more water to the GWRS.
Title 16 will pay up to
25 percent of the
available money
7/27/2018 Water/ Infrastructure TBD
OCSD's Grant and Loan Funding Tracker 2017-2018
STATE
FEDERAL
Updated 11/21/2018
Name of Grant/Loan Synopsis of Grant/Loan Amount of Grant/Loan Amount
Applying for Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Match Deadline Category Rcvd Grant/
Financing Y/N
OCSD's Grant and Loan Funding Tracker 2017-2018
The USEPA Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund The fund addresses petroleum releases from regulated underground storage tanks.
The LUST program receives approximately $100 million annually to prevent, detect, and clean up releases. Assistance is provided through grants. Eligible activities include removal of tanks and cleanup of contaminated
areas.
TBD Evaluating Cleanup of contaminated soils at Plant No. 1 We will review the grant to determine if it is a fit for the project. TBD Infrastructure TBD
US Department of Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture through its health watersheds program offers public-owned wastewater agencies funding through collaboration with agricultural interests where funding would be provided to the agricultural entity that would contribute to efforts to protect the watershed and minimize regulatory burdens
on the point source.
A total of $100 million is funded annually and
the opportunity to design a watershed program
might offer OCSD with the chance to advance
its priority to reduce regulatory burdens.
TBD TBD
Reviewing the funding
opportunity to see if there is a
fit for OCSD. (Restoration of
beaches and estuaries)
We will review the possible funding opportunity to determine if it is a fit for the Sanitation District. TBD Water TBD
The Department of Energy (DOE), USBR and USEPA
The DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency is likely to continue to be funded by Congress to support such efforts as
biogas, biosolids and green energy.
A minimum of $20 million to as much as $100 million based upon prior years’ budgets. USBR could receive as much as $130 million in support of the WaterSmart (due to increased funding under WIIN) during the next
several years. USBR will issue solicitations for
innovative approaches to managing water and
water treatment through technology and processes.
TBD TBD. We will monitor for possible funding opportunities
Project Funding Opportunity:
Energy production to reduce
costs of recycled water through
innovative technologies like
Aquacritox, Innovative water monitoring technology that can produce efficient real time monitoring and data analysis, Biogas Management and Use Improvements.
We will review the possible funding opportunity to determine if it is a fit for
the Sanitation District.
TBD Energy TBD
Smart Cities and Security
It is unclear how the incoming administration may revise
existing programs that address energy and water
efficiency needs. However, the effort to support communities develop approaches that improve the quality of life in communities might continue to receive funding. OCSD might be able to leverage such program assistance to support innovative approaches to security. Funding may also be available through Department of
Homeland Security to assist communities to protect
against cyber-threats.
TBD TBD
TBD. Based on the funding
opportunities and OCSD's
projects/needs.
Project Funding Opportunity:
SCADA System and Network
Upgrades, Seismic Hazard
Evaluation (FEMA Mitigation Assistance)
If funding becomes available we will evaluate the opportunity.Unknown at this time Energy/Water TBD
WIFIA
The WIFIA program accelerates investment in our nation’s water infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental loans for regionally and nationally significant projects. To qualify for funding assistance a
project must cost at least $20 million. The USEPA has
expressed an interest in projects that deliver multiple
benefits that might capture water recycling as well as projects that address stormwater and other “large project” needs.
$2 billion N/A No
Possible projects: GWRS Final Expansion, District 6 Trunk Sewer Relief Project, Headworks Rehabilitation/Expansion
Headquarters Complex, Site
and Security/Entrance
Realignment, Western Regional Sewers—Planning and design and construction
The Sanitation District does not plan to borrow funds to complete projects. The
Water District might qualify for these
loans and OCSD will support them if
they choose to do so.
4/10/2017 Water/ Infrastructure N/A
Updated 11/21/2018
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Meeting Date 12/10/18 To Bd. of Dir. --
AGENDA REPORT Item Number 3 Item Number --
Orange County Sanitation District FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager Originator: Jennifer Cabral, Public Affairs Supervisor SUBJECT: PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION Information Only.
BACKGROUND
Staff will provide an update on recent public affairs activities. RELEVANT STANDARDS
• Maintain influential legislative advocacy and a public outreach program
• Build brand, trust, and support with policy makers and community leaders
• Maintain collaborative and cooperative relationships with regulators, stakeholders, and neighboring communities
• Listen to and seriously consider community input on environmental concerns
PROBLEM Many Californians are not aware of the Orange County Sanitation District (Sanitation District) and the important work we do to keep the environment clean by using the
wastewater byproducts to create energy, clean water, and the use of biosolids.
In general, the community and businesses do not realize that when they improperly dispose of waste into the sanitation system, it can negatively affect the work we do and the quality of water we supply for the Groundwater Replenishment System.
PROPOSED SOLUTION By providing tours, community outreach education, and general communication via the Sanitation District’s website, social media outlets, and mainstream media, we have the
ability to educate the community, local agencies, and businesses on the What2Flush
program, energy production, water recycling, biosolids, and our source control program. This, in turn, results in a better quality of wastewater. TIMING CONCERNS
N/A
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RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING ACTION If we do not educate the community, local agencies, and area businesses about the
Sanitation District, we lose an opportunity to educate thousands of people about our
plants, source control, and the wastewater industry as a whole. PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS
N/A ADDITIONAL INFORMATION November 2018
Activity # # of Guests
OCSD/OCWD Tours 5 95
OCSD Tours 13 204
Speaking Engagements 1 20
Outreach Booth 1 200 During this month staff attended:
• Orange County Business Council Infrastructure Committee Meeting
• Association of California Cities of Orange County Thanksgiving Reception
• City of Irvine Outgoing City Council Reception & Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation
• City of Huntington Beach Southeast Area Council Committee
• Coast Odor Committee Meeting
• Orange County Business Council Turning Red Tape into Red Carpet Award Ceremony Orange County Business Council Award At the end of November, staff, along with Board Member Tim Shaw, attended the OCBC’s
Turning Red Tape into Red Carpet event. The Sanitation District submitted the Interim Food Waste Station which will receive, store, and feed pre-processed food waste to an existing wastewater processing system at the Sanitation District’s Plant No. 2 in Huntington Beach to generate methane gas for on-site power production, turning a waste product into green renewable energy.
Media General Manager Jim Herberg and staff conducted a walk and talk with TechKnow about the Sanitation District, the wastewater process, and the Sanitation District’s partnership with Orange County Water District for the Groundwater Replenishment System.
TechKnow is a show about science, technology, and innovation and how these tools are
being used to solve the world’s big problems. TechKnow airs on Voice of America (VOA), an international multimedia broadcaster with service in more than 40 languages. Serving an estimated weekly global audience of 236.8 million, VOA provides news, information,
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and cultural programming through the Internet, mobile and social media, radio, and television. VOA is funded by the U.S. government through the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Publication date not yet available.
OC Eco Challenge Event at Honda Center This month, the Sanitation District participated at the OC Eco Challenge event held at the Honda Center and put on by the County of Orange’s Waste and Recycling Department. Staff and volunteers manned a booth and talked to residents about the importance of
recycling and also handed out Sanitation District promotional items. CEQA N/A
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS N/A
ATTACHMENTS
The following attachments are attached in hard copy and may also be viewed on-line at the OCSD website
(www.ocsd.com) with the complete agenda package:
• Outreach Report November 2018
• Media Clips November 2018
Outreach November 2018
Date Event Attendees
11/1/18 Korean Delegation Tour 5
11/1/18 HR job Shadowing Tour 6
11/2/18 Jacobs Project Management Team Tour 11
11/5/18 Fairmont HS Tour 32
11/5/18 Career Day Presentation 8
11/5/18 Korean Delegation Tour 1
11/7/18 Speaking Engagement ‐ UCI 20
11/8/18 CSUF Tour 14
11/8/18 Peter Kim and Guests Tour 5
11/9/18 CSULB Science Tour 20
11/10/18 EcoChallenge 200
11/13/18 CSULB Nursing Tour 11
11/14/18 Redondo HS Tour 27
11/14/18 Ad Hoc Committee Headquarters Tour 15
11/15/18 CWEA Meeting and Tour 22
11/16/18 Mount San Antonio Tour 11
11/20/18 Cornelia Connelly HS Tour 18
11/26/18 ECO Club Tour 20
11/27/18 New Employee/Open Tour 25
11/28/18 CSUF Nursing Tour 13
11/28/18 Coastal Odor Committee Tour 10
11/29/18 Saddleback College Tour 23
OCSD Public Affairs Office
Monthly News Clippings
November 2018
Table of Contents
HUMAN INTEREST…………………………………………… ................. PAGE 1
October 22, 2018 Your poop is probably full of plastic
By: Robbie Gonzalez
Wired
November 7, 2018 OCWD renames world-class laboratory to honor former Director
Philip L. Anthony
Water Online
SMELLS…………………………………………… ............................... PAGE 6
November 9, 2018
The mysterious rotten-egg odor smelled from Redondo Beach to Newport Beach? It might be coming from Long Beach By: Martin Wisckol
Orange County Register
SPILLS…………………………………………… ................................. PAGE 9
November 14, 2018 Newport settles claim over sewage spills into bay and other local
waters By: Hillary Davis
Daily Pilot
TWITTER POSTINGS …………………………………………… ............. PAGE 12
FACEBOOK POSTINGS ……………………………………………………PAGE 14
1
YOUR POOP IS PROBABLY FULL OF PLASTIC
AUTHOR: ROBBIE GONZALEZ
10.22.18
GETTY IMAGES
EVERY MINUTE, A dump truck full of plastic plops into the world's oceans. That's eight
million metric tons every year1. Once waterborne, whatever doesn't wash ashore
eventually breaks down into itty bits. The puniest pieces—the ones smaller than 5
millimeters wide—are called microplastics, and their fates are numerous. Some glob
onto an Alaska-sized gyre of plastic debris swirling in the Pacific Ocean. Others sink to
a variety of depths, according to their densities, perfusing the world's waters. Still
others get ingested by marine life, including fish and shellfish, which are in turn
ingested by other animals, like birds and humans.
All of this is a mess, from an ecological perspective. But it's that last bit—the
microplasticine infiltration of food webs—that worries not just ecologists but
Wired
October 22, 2018
2
gastroenterologists. If microplastics are invading the things we eat, it's possible that
they're invading our stomachs and intestines, too. But while the matryoshka-nature of
food chains certainly suggests that human guts harbor microplastics, nobody's really
bothered to look in a systematic way.
Until now! Today at the United European Gastroenterology meeting in Vienna,
researchers announced they have detected microplastics in stool samples from every
single one of a small group of international test subjects. "Plastics are pervasive in
everyday life and humans are exposed to plastics in numerous ways," said Philipp
Schwable, a gastroenterologist at the Medical University of Vienna, who led the study,
via email. And yet, even he did not expect that every poo would test positive.
The pilot study tested eight subjects from eight different countries: Austria, Italy,
Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, and the UK. Each maintained a food
diary the week before donating their stools, which they deposited in glass jars,
wrapped in biohazard bags, and shipped in cardboard boxes marked "Biological
Substance, Category B" to the Environment Agency Austria for analysis. It's the first
study of its kind—"maybe because it is not the most pleasant material to work with,"
Schwable says, but also because it required close collaboration between doctors and
analytical chemists, the latter of whom identified the plastics with a method called
Fourier-transform infrared micro-spectroscopy.
Every participant's poop tested positive for plastics, from polyethylene (commonly
found in plastic bags) to polypropylene (bottle caps) to polyvinyl chloride (the "PVC"
in PVC pipe). In fact, of the ten types of plastic that the researchers screened for, nine
were detected. On average, the researchers turned up 20 particles of microplastic per
quarter pound of poop.
Their findings raise many questions, chief among them being: How did the plastic get
in the poop, and is it harmful?
The small number of study participants and the sheer number of ways a person could
ingest microplastics make the first question tough to answer. "Everywhere we look
for microplastics we find them," says Stephanie Wright, who studies the potential
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impacts of microplastics on human health at King's College London and was
unaffiliated with the study. The test subjects' food logs showed that all of the
participants—none of whom are vegetarians and six of whom consumed fish the week
before collecting their samples—also consumed plastic-wrapped foods and drank
from plastic bottles. Whether the plastic in their stools came from the seafood, the
packaging, or something else entirely (microplastics have been found in everything
from beer to table salt) remains unclear. "Now that we know there is microplastic
present in stool, and we know how to detect it, we aim to perform a larger study
including more participants," Schwable says.
Wright says future studies would also benefit from a closer look. The microscopy
method Schwable and his colleagues used is common in microplastic analysis, but
can't detect particles smaller than 20 microns—about the size of a human skin cell.
Wright says a different method, called Raman spectroscopy, could resolve
microplastics as small as one micron wide.
It's also tough to say how harmful the microplastics are to humans, because no studies
on microplastic toxicity in humans have been performed. Animal studies have shown
that microparticles can infiltrate an affected critter's bloodstream, lymphatic system,
and perhaps their liver, all while collecting in their guts with potentially harmful
consequences for their organs, intestines, and hormone regulation.
What the study does suggest is that microplastics, which have already infiltrated the
world's oceans and many of its organisms, appear to have infiltrated our insides, as
well.
1Update 10-23-18 8:23 am EDT: This story has been updated to accurately reflect
the amount of plastic estimated to enter the oceans annually. It is 8 million metric
tons, not 8 billion.
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News | November 7, 2018
OCWD Renames World‐Class Laboratory To
Honor Former Director Philip L. Anthony
Recently, prior to its board of directors’ meeting, Orange County Water District (OCWD, the
District) directors and staff gathered for a ceremony with local, state and federal
representatives to rename OCWD’s lab in honor of its former director, Philip L. Anthony.
Joined by Director Anthony’s family and United States Congressman, Jose Luis Correa (CD
46), the ceremony concluded with the unveiling of a plaque and new lab sign to officially
dedicate the Philip L. Anthony Water Quality Laboratory. Director Anthony passed away on
July 26, 2018.
“The entire water industry, especially OCWD, has been mourning the loss of this visionary
leader and we wanted a way to acknowledge Phil’s nearly 37 years of service on the board,”
said OCWD President Denis Bilodeau. “The lab is critical to OCWD’s mission and its
sophisticated analysis and testing ensures that water is safe for the more than 2.5 million
people we serve. We are forever grateful to Phil for his service and leadership. After serving
nearly four decades on the OCWD board, he played an important role in pioneering projects
that have now become the industry standard.”
“Phil Anthony was a strong and knowledgeable leader who will be greatly missed,” said
Congressman Correa. “I am honored to join his colleagues in memorializing his contribution
to Orange County and to the Orange County Water District. Phil was a scientist through and
though. I can think of no better tribute to his legacy than to name a world-class laboratory
after him. He will be missed.”
Director Anthony held a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, a Master of Science degree in
physical chemistry and was a champion of building the new laboratory, which was dedicated
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in October 2009. The state-of-theart facility replaced a 35-year-old building and several add-
on portable trailers that OCWD had outgrown. The lab is an internationally recognized leader
in water quality testing and performs more than 400,000 analyses of approximately 20,000
water samples each year. It is one of three public agency labs in the nation to provide a full
Unregulated Contaminants Monitoring Rule (UCMR) 3 program, which is certified by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for seven EPA methods, which include
28 trace contaminants and chemicals of emerging concern (CECs).
Director Anthony is OCWD’s longest-serving board member. He was first elected to the
OCWD Board of Directors in 1981 to represent division four which includes the cities of Los
Alamitos and Seal Beach and parts of Buena Park, Cypress, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach,
Stanton, and Westminster. Director Anthony served as president of OCWD from 1993
through 1995 and again from 2005 through 2007. In addition to leading efforts to build
OCWD’s lab, Director Anthony was a strong proponent behind the construction of the
Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS), the world’s largest advanced water
purification project of its kind. He had the vision to see wastewater as a resource and was
confident that OCWD and the Orange County Sanitation District, OCWD’s partner in the
project, could safely transform this resource into a reliable water supply for the region. The
GWRS came online in 2008 and was expanded in 2015 to produce 130 million gallons of
water per day.
Director Anthony also served as a director of the National Water Research Institute (NWRI)
(1991 to 2018), commissioner of the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (2003 to 2018)
and was formerly chair of the Association of California Water Agencies Region 10. Director
Anthony also co-founded the Water Advisory Committee of Orange County in 1983, was a
founding member of OCWD’s Groundwater Guardian Team in 1997 and served on the Santa
Ana River Flood Protection Agency since 1988. Director Anthony received numerous honors
for his leadership in the water industry, including the 2002 E. Benjamin Nelson Government
Service Award from the Groundwater Foundation.
Director Anthony’s legacy lies in the profound impact he had through nearly half a century of
public service. He started as a councilmember for the city of Westminster and later went on to
serve on the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Water District
Board of Directors. “OCWD directors and staff are privileged to have worked with such a
consummate professional and community servant,” added Bilodeau. “His legacy is layered
through the many District projects and programs that are in place today and truly would not
have been possible without his leadership.”
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The mysterious ‘rotten‐egg’ odor smelled from Redondo
Beach to Newport Beach? It might be coming from Long
Beach
November 9, 2018 at 3:06 pm
By: Martin Wisckol
A crude oil tanker berthed in the Port of Long Beach, seen here, was cited for
hydrocarbon leaks that could be the source of rotten‐egg odors along the coast.
(Courtesy Port of Long Beach)
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November 9, 2018
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After years of trying to track down the source of mysterious rotten‐egg odors that
periodically waft along the coast from Huntington Beach to Long Beach, air quality
officials say they’ve identified and cited one possible culprit this week.
The Nave Photon crude‐oil tanker berthed in Long Beach was found to have seven
pressure release devices that were leaking excessive levels of hydrocarbon vapors,
which can contain sulfur gases that smell like rotten eggs.
Using gas‐imaging technology, the SCAQMD had identified fumes coming from
tankers and had become increasingly suspicious that they could be the source of the
smell.
“For the past two years, we have devoted extensive resources to finding the sources
of the periodic foul odors in Long Beach, Seal Beach and Huntington Beach,” said
Wayne Nastri, executive officer of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
“Now for the first time we have confirmed one potential source of these odors.”
Agency officials began tracking the Nave Photon after receiving complaints of odors
on Oct. 26 and detected vapor leaks coming from the Hong Kong‐flagged tanker,
which transports oil from the Middle East to the West Coast.
A subsequent inspection of the ship confirmed the source of the leaks and a notice
of violation was issued to GAC North America, the Long Beach‐based shipping agent
for the tanker.
Tesoro, operator of the terminal where the ship was berthed, will contact the ship
owner to ensure the valves are repaired, according to SCAQMD.
“At some point, we’ll seek a settlement out of court for a monetary penalty or for
an environmental project they would otherwise not be required to do,” said
spokesman Sam Atwood.
Atwood said tankers will continued to get the agency’s scrutiny.
“Now that we know this is a problem that occurred on one crude‐oil tanker, we’ll be
keeping our eyes open and our instruments tuned to see if there are other
occurrences,” he said.
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While the elusive odors are most commonly reported from Huntington Beach to
Long Beach, complaints have also come from Newport Beach and Redondo Beach.
SCAQMD reports that more than 2,000 complaints have come from that stretch of
coast since 2016 alone – including more than 400 from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. However,
the problem existed for years before that.
While some have thought the problem could be a “methane plume” or natural gas
leak, that has not been the primary culprit suspected by SCAQMD. Methane – also
known as natural gas – in its natural state is odorless although hydrogen sulfide can
also be present and cause the odor. Natural gas piped into homes and businesses
typically has an additive, the sulfur‐like smelling of mercaptan, so that leaks can be
quickly identified.
Besides targeting tankers, SCAQMD uses its infrared cameras to determine if
significant levels of emissions are coming from refineries, offshore oil rigs and
petroleum‐loading terminals. It has tested the oil rigs offshore of Long Beach and
found they complied with all regulations, Atwood said.
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Newport settles claim over sewage
spills into bay and other local
waters
By HILLARY DAVIS
NOV 14, 2018 | 5:50 PM
Shorebirds dot the marshy Upper Newport Bay, a natural estuary designated as an
ecological reserve and state marine conservation area. It is susceptible to sewage from
spills. (File Photo)
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Newport Beach has agreed to replace sections of damaged sewer lines and improve
its regulatory reporting to avoid a possible lawsuit alleging violations of the federal
Clean Water Act.
The offer came Wednesday in response to a claim filed in January by California
River Watch, an environmental group that said 14 failures of Newport’s municipal
sewer system between 2013 and 2018 sent a total of at least 6,400 gallons of raw
sewage into Newport Bay, Buck Gully Creek, Semeniuk Slough and the open ocean.
The city will repair about 20 cracked and worn segments of sewer lines within 200
feet of surface water, issue additional public notice of spills, beef up its water
sampling and reporting to the state and pay $50,000 in attorney fees, said City
Attorney Aaron Harp.
A city statement called the spills minor but said it is settling to “see its limited fiscal
resources spent making Newport Beach’s water quality even better.”
City Utilities Director Mark Vukojevic said the repairs will be spot fixes based on
images from live video feeds from mobile remote-control cameras lowered into the
pipes through manholes.
Those types of fixes generally would be addressed during routine maintenance, but
the settlement agreement reprioritizes the patches closest to shore, Vukojevic said.
The city typically sets aside about $500,000 per year for planned routine
maintenance and an additional $150,000 for other repairs as they crop up.
Newport’s wastewater travels to Orange County Sanitation District reclamation and
treatment plants in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley. But sometimes —
either because of root intrusion, grease clogs, construction debris and accidents or
structural failures of the pipes — the effluent goes awry, bubbling to the surface and
into gutters and storm drains that flow directly into local waterways.
Citing state records, California River Watch said 25 Newport sewer system failures
from 2013 to 2018 combined to spill 17,755 gallons, though much of that was
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intercepted before hitting bodies of water. Fourteen of the spills reached water,
according to the claim, considered a precursor to a possible lawsuit.
They included a siphon failure in February 2015 in Corona del Mar that dumped
1,500 gallons of sewage into the ocean and led the county health department to
close Little Corona beach for five days.
In December 2015, root intrusion triggered a 2,000-gallon spill near City Hall, with
1,800 gallons entering a storm drain.
In February 2016, a structural failure of a force main pipe beneath 62nd Street sent
200 gallons into the saltwater marsh of Semeniuk Slough.
In its claim, River Watch suggested that recorded spill volumes were conservative
because spills tend not to be reported immediately.
Vukojevic said the city has had only one incident this year — a 100-gallon spill in
February in Newport Heights.
Though the state defines a sewage spill as “significant” at 1,000 gallons, any spill is
too much, Vukojevic said.
“We don’t want any, we shouldn’t have any, but they do happen,” he said.
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Meeting Date 12/10/18 To Bd. of Dir. --
AGENDA REPORT Item Number 4 Item Number --
Orange County Sanitation District FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager Originator: Jennifer Cabral, Public Affairs Supervisor SUBJECT: ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT MEMBERSHIPS
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION Information Only.
BACKGROUND The Orange County Sanitation District (Sanitation District) has memberships with various associations, joint power agencies, and professional organizations. Some of the memberships are for the agency, while others are for individual staff members. The
attached document provides a list of approximately 30 agencies, associations, and organizations of which Sanitation District staff are currently members. RELEVANT STANDARDS
• Build brand, trust, and support with policy makers and community leaders
• Maintain collaborative and cooperative relationships with regulators, stakeholders,
neighboring communities
• Provide professional growth and development PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS
September 2017 - Informational presentation to the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee that included agency memberships, individual memberships, sponsorships, and Joint Power Authorities.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This informational item provides a review of memberships in preparation for the budget update.
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS This request complies with authority levels of the Sanitation District's Purchasing Ordinance. These memberships have been budgeted in FY 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 (Section 6, within each relevant division budget).
The total cost for the Sanitation District to have memberships with the organizations on the attached list is approximately $1 million, which includes the Joint Power Authority
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membership with the Southern California Coast Water Research Project for approximately $450,000.
ATTACHMENT
The following attachment(s) are included in hard copy and may also be viewed on-line at the OCSD website
(www.ocsd.com) with the complete agenda package:
• Agency Memberships
Organization Purpose Level of Participation
American Academy of
Environmental
Engineering and Science
(AAEES)
AAEES is a nonprofit serving the
Environmental Engineering and
Environmental Science professions by
providing Board Certification to those who
qualify through experience and testing.
Agency
Membership/Committee
Member
American Public Works
Assocation (APWA)
The APWA is a nonprofit, professional
association of public works agencies, private
companies, and individuals dedicated to
promoting professional excellence and public
awareness through education, advocacy and
the exchange of knowledge.
Member
American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE)
ASCE is the oldest engineering society and
represents more than 150,000 members of
the civil engineering profession in 177
countries.
Member
American Society of
Safety Engineers (ASSE)
ASCE supports occupational safety and health
(OSH) professionals in their efforts to prevent
workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities.
ASCE provides education, advocacy,
standards development and a professional
community to members in order to advance
careers and the OSH profession as a whole.
ASCE has 38,000 members in 80 countries
around the world.
Member
American WaterWorks
Assocation (AWWA)
AWWA is an international non-profit,
scientific and educational association
founded to improve water quality and supply.
AWWA has a membership of around 50,000
members worldwide.
Member
Association of California
Cities-Orange County
(ACC-OC)
The mission of ACC-OC is to protect and
restore local control to the governments
taxpayers trust most – cities.
Member/Committee
Member
General OCSD Agency Memberships
Organization Purpose Level of Participation
General OCSD Agency Memberships
California Assocation of
Public Procurement
Officials (CAPPO)
CAPPO is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to maintaining the highest standards of
professional behavior and ethical conduct in
public procurement. CAPPO works to provide
tools to buyers in the public sector that will
help them develop their professional skills for
their benefit and the benefit of their
agencies.
Member
California Association of
Sanitation Agencies
(CASA)
CASA provides leadership, advocacy and
information to members, legislators and the
public, and promotes partnerships on clean
water and beneficial reuse issues that protect
public health and the environment.
Agency Membership
California Coastal
Coalition
Non-profit advocacy group comprised of 35
coastal cities; five counties; SANDAG,
BEACON and SCAG; private sector partners
and NGOs, committed to protecting and
restoring California's coastline through beach
sand restoration, increasing the flow of
natural sediment to the coast, wetlands
recovery, improved water quality, watershed
management and the reduction of marine
debris and plastic pollution.
Member
California Special Districts
Association (CSDA)
CSDA provides education and training,
insurance programs, legal advice, industry-
wide litigation and public relations support,
legislative advocacy, capital improvement
and equipment funding, collateral design
services, and, most importantly, current
information that is crucial to a special
districts management and operational
effectiveness.
Member
Organization Purpose Level of Participation
General OCSD Agency Memberships
California Water
Environment Assocation
(CWEA)
CWEA a nonprofit public benefit association
of 10,000-plus water quality professionals
who work for public agencies and collection
systems, engineering firms, and equipment
and service suppliers.
Agency Membership/ Seat
on Board of Directors
Construction
Management Assocation
of America (CMAA)
CMAA is an industry association dedicated to
the practice of professional construction
management. CMAA represents more than
16,000 members including federal/state/local
government and private sector owners,
construction consultants, technology
suppliers, academia, and legal
organizations all with a common goal/to
improve our nation's infrastructure.
Member
CSUF Center for
Demographic Research
CDR is a nonprofit research center dedicated
to the development and support of
demographic research. The mission of CDR is
to provide accurate and timely information
regarding population, housing, and
employment characteristics in an efficient
and cost-effective manner
Agency Membership
Government Financial
Officers Association
(GFOA)
GFOA represents public finance officials
throughout the United States and Canada.
The association's more than 19,400 members
are federal, state/provincial, and local finance
officials deeply involved in planning,
financing, and implementing thousands of
governmental operations in each of their
jurisdictions.
Member
Organization Purpose Level of Participation
General OCSD Agency Memberships
International Technology
Approval Group (ITAG)
ITAG is a technology and innovation
consultancy specializing in cleantech. ITAG
has a proven track record in accelerating the
development and commercialization of
emerging technologies through their
Technology Approval Group “TAG” – the
industry forum that drives innovation. Isle
brings together the optimal blend of
technical and commercial specialists.
Active Member/ Host
Municipal Information
System Association of
California (MISAC)
MISAC membership includes IT professionals
from cities, towns, public safety, special
districts and other local governmental
agencies/districts. MISAC’s over 700
members benefit from collaboration, data
sharing, and networking opportunities at
both regional and state-wide gatherings.
Member
National Association of
Clean Water Agencies
(NACWA)
NACWA is a nationally-recognized leader in
environmental policy and a sought-after
technical resource on water quality and
ecosystem protection issues. Through a
Committee structure NACWA is active in the
areas of collections, treatment, re-use and
also storm water issues.
Agency Membership
National Safety Council
(NSC)
NSC is a nonprofit, chartered by Congress,
with local Chapters, global networks and
more than 50,000 members, NSC is
committed to helping keep people safe
wherever they are.
Member
National Water Research
Institute (NWRI)
NWRI sponsors projects and programs
focused on ensuring safe, reliable sources of
water now and for future generations.Member/ Seat on Board of
Directors
Organization Purpose Level of Participation
General OCSD Agency Memberships
Orange County Business
Council (OCBC)
OCBC is the leading voice of business on
important issues locally, regionally and
nationally. The organization works to
enhance Orange County’s economic
development and prosperity to preserve a
high quality of life.
Member
Orange County Council of
Governments (OCCOG)
OCCOG convenes jurisdictions throughout
the County to address land use, energy,
mobility, air quality, and water issues facing
our residents and ensure our county is
represented in regional decision-making.
Agency Membership/ Seat
on Board of Directors
Project Management
Institute (PMI)
PMI delivers value for more than 2.9 million
professionals working in nearly every country
in the world through global advocacy,
collaboration, education and research.Member
Santa Ana River Flood
Protection Agency
(SARFPA)
SARFPA is designed to provide flood
protection to the growing urban communities
in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino
Counties.
Member/ Seat on Board of
Directors
Southern California
Alliance of POTWs (SCAP)
SCAP is a nonprofit organized to ensure that
regulations affecting wastewater treatment
plants and collection systems are reasonable
and in the public’s best interest. They also
provide low cost training to members and
CWEA contact hours.
Agency Membership/ Seat
on Board of Directors and
Committees
Organization Purpose Level of Participation
General OCSD Agency Memberships
Southern California
Coastal Water Research
Project (SCCWRP)
SCCWRP is a leading U.S. environmental
research institute that works to develop a
scientific foundation for informed water-
quality management in Southern California
and beyond. Since its founding as a public
agency in 1969, SCCWRP has been a
champion of sound interdisciplinary
approaches to solving complex challenges in
water management. The agency investigates
not only how to more effectively monitor and
protect Southern California’s ocean and
coastal watersheds, but also how to bridge
the gap between water-quality research and
the management community that relies on
this science.
Member/ Seat on
Comission
Southern California
Salinity Coalition (SCSC)
c/o NWRI
SCSC is a coalition of water and wastewater
agencies in Southern California dedicated to
managing salinity in our water supplies.Member/ Seat on Board of
Directors
University of California
Irvine Civil &
Environmental
Engineering Affiliates
(CEE)
UCI-CEE offers a means through which Senior
executives representing leading civil,
environmental engineering firms and public
agencies can offer support and guidance to
the University's Engineering Department, its
programs and students, and to act as an
interface between the professional civil and
environmental engineering community in
Southern California, particularly in Orange
County, and the University. Helps students
develop knowledge, skills and abilities
needed in the workplace through externship
and internship and informal mentoring
programs. Also helps coordinate the
Infrastructure Report Card effort in Orange
County and Statewide in conjunction with
ASCE.
Member
Organization Purpose Level of Participation
General OCSD Agency Memberships
Utility Branding Network
(UBN)
UBN is designed to help water and
wastewater agencies better understand
branding principles and to help them build a
strong, positive brand that clearly
communicates the value they provide to their
communities.
Member
Water Emergency
Response Orange County
(WEROC)
WEROC administered by the Municipal Water
District of Orange County, supports and
manages countywide emergency
preparedness, planning, response, and
recovery efforts among Orange County water
and wastewater utilities.
Agency Membership
Water Environment
Research Foundation
(WERF)
WERF is America’s leading independent
scientific research organization dedicated to
wastewater and storm water issues.
Membership provides opportunities to
propose Targeted Collaborative Research
Projects which OCSD utilizes.
Agency Membership
Water Information
Sharing & Analysis Center
(WaterISAC)
The U.S. water and wastewater sector’s
leading national associations and research
foundations established WaterISAC in
coordination with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. WaterISAC is the
designated information sharing and
operations arm of the Water Sector
Coordinating Council.
Member
WateReuse Association The WateReuse Association serves to
advance the beneficial and efficient uses of
high-quality, locally produced, sustainable
water sources for the betterment of society
and the environment through advocacy,
education and outreach, research, and
membership.
Member
ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
COMMON ACRONYMS
ACWA Association of California
Water Agencies LAFCO Local Agency Formation
Commission RWQCB Regional Water Quality
Control Board
APWA American Public Works
Association LOS Level Of Service SARFPA Santa Ana River Flood
Protection Agency
AQMD Air Quality Management
District MGD Million Gallons Per Day SARI Santa Ana River
Interceptor
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers MOU Memorandum of Understanding SARWQCB Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand NACWA National Association of Clean Water Agencies SAWPA Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
CARB California Air Resources
Board NEPA National Environmental
Policy Act SCADA Supervisory Control And
Data Acquisition
CASA California Association of Sanitation Agencies NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations SCAP
Southern California
Alliance of Publicly Owned
Treatment Works
CCTV Closed Circuit Television NPDES National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality
Management District
CEQA California Environmental
Quality Act NWRI National Water Research
Institute SOCWA South Orange County
Wastewater Authority
CIP Capital Improvement
Program O & M Operations & Maintenance SRF Clean Water State
Revolving Fund
CRWQCB California Regional Water
Quality Control Board OCCOG Orange County Council of
Governments SSMP Sewer System
Management Plan
CWA Clean Water Act OCHCA Orange County Health Care Agency SSO Sanitary Sewer Overflow
CWEA California Water Environment
Association OCSD Orange County Sanitation
District SWRCB State Water Resources
Control Board
EIR Environmental Impact Report OCWD Orange County Water District TDS Total Dissolved Solids
EMT Executive Management Team OOBS Ocean Outfall Booster Station TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
EPA US Environmental Protection
Agency OSHA Occupational Safety and
Health Administration TSS Total Suspended Solids
FOG Fats, Oils, and Grease PCSA
Professional
Consultant/Construction Services Agreement WDR Waste Discharge
Requirements
gpd gallons per day PDSA Professional Design Services
Agreement WEF Water Environment
Federation
GWRS Groundwater Replenishment
System POTW Publicly Owned Treatment
Works WERF Water Environment &
Reuse Foundation
ICS Incident Command System ppm parts per million WIFIA Water Infrastructure
Finance and Innovation Act
IERP Integrated Emergency
Response Plan PSA Professional Services
Agreement WIIN
Water Infrastructure
Improvements for the
Nation Act
JPA Joint Powers Authority RFP Request For Proposal WRDA Water Resources
Development Act
ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS – A secondary biological wastewater treatment process where bacteria reproduce at a high rate with the introduction of excess air or oxygen and consume dissolved nutrients in the wastewater.
BENTHOS – The community of organisms, such as sea stars, worms, and shrimp, which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD) – The amount of oxygen used when organic matter undergoes decomposition by microorganisms. Testing for BOD is done to assess the amount of organic matter in water.
BIOGAS – A gas that is produced by the action of anaerobic bacteria on organic waste matter in a digester tank that can be used
as a fuel.
BIOSOLIDS – Biosolids are nutrient rich organic and highly treated solid materials produced by the wastewater treatment process. This high-quality product can be recycled as a soil amendment on farmland or further processed as an earth-like product for
commercial and home gardens to improve and maintain fertile soil and stimulate plant growth.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) – Projects for repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of assets. Also includes treatment improvements, additional capacity, and projects for the support facilities.
COLIFORM BACTERIA – A group of bacteria found in the intestines of humans and other animals, but also occasionally found elsewhere, used as indicators of sewage pollution. E. coli are the most common bacteria in wastewater.
COLLECTIONS SYSTEM – In wastewater, it is the system of typically underground pipes that receive and convey sanitary wastewater or storm water.
CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION (COP) – A type of financing where an investor purchases a share of the lease revenues of a program rather than the bond being secured by those revenues.
CONTAMINANTS OF POTENTIAL CONCERN (CPC) – Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants.
DILUTION TO THRESHOLD (D/T) – The dilution at which the majority of people detect the odor becomes the D/T for that air sample.
GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG) – In the order of relative abundance water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone gases that are considered the cause of global warming (“greenhouse effect”).
GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM (GWRS) – A joint water reclamation project that proactively responds to Southern California’s current and future water needs. This joint project between the Orange County Water District and the Orange County
Sanitation District provides 70 million gallons per day of drinking quality water to replenish the local groundwater supply.
LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS) – Goals to support environmental and public expectations for performance.
N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE (NDMA) – A N-nitrosamine suspected cancer-causing agent. It has been found in the
Groundwater Replenishment System process and is eliminated using hydrogen peroxide with extra ultra-violet treatment.
NATIONAL BIOSOLIDS PARTNERSHIP (NBP) – An alliance of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and Water Environment Federation, with advisory support from the US Environmental Protection Agency. NBP is committed to developing and advancing environmentally sound and sustainable biosolids management practices that go beyond regulatory compliance and promote public participation to enhance the credibility of local agency biosolids programs and improved communications that lead to public acceptance.
PLUME – A visible or measurable concentration of discharge from a stationary source or fixed facility.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) – A municipal wastewater treatment plant.
SANTA ANA RIVER INTERCEPTOR (SARI) LINE – A regional brine line designed to convey 30 million gallons per day of non-reclaimable wastewater from the upper Santa Ana River basin to the ocean for disposal, after treatment.
SANITARY SEWER – Separate sewer systems specifically for the carrying of domestic and industrial wastewater. Combined sewers carry both wastewater and urban runoff.
SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SCAQMD) – Regional regulatory agency that develops plans and regulations designed to achieve public health standards by reducing emissions from business and industry.
SECONDARY TREATMENT – Biological wastewater treatment, particularly the activated sludge process, where bacteria and other microorganisms consume dissolved nutrients in wastewater.
SLUDGE – Untreated solid material created by the treatment of wastewater.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) – The amount of solids floating and in suspension in wastewater.
TRICKLING FILTER – A biological secondary treatment process in which bacteria and other microorganisms, growing as slime on the surface of rocks or plastic media, consume nutrients in wastewater as it trickles over them.
URBAN RUNOFF – Water from city streets and domestic properties that carry pollutants into the storm drains, rivers, lakes, and oceans.
WASTEWATER – Any water that enters the sanitary sewer.
WATERSHED – A land area from which water drains to a particular water body. The Orange County Sanitation District’s service area is in the Santa Ana River Watershed.