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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />To date, a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for perchlorate does not currently exists. <br />In April 2003, two of the U.S. lawmakers proposed a legislation, which requires that a federal MCL for <br />perchlorate be established by July 2004. The USEPA opposes this legislation because it would not <br />provide the time needed to develop a standard based on science. The California Department of Health <br />Services has proposed a Public Health Goal in the range of2 to 6 ppb for perchlorate in drinking water <br />and is required to adopt an MCL for perchlorate by January 1, 2004. <br /> <br />In California, as of April 2003, according to the DHS, over 300 surface water and groundwater <br />sampling points within the State have detected perchlorate (ranging from 4 ppb to 159 ppb). Two of <br />the State's lawmakers have sponsored legislation that would require companies to reveal whether they <br />have possessed large quantities of perchlorate in the State at any time since 1950. SB 1004 was <br />approved by the Senate last week. <br /> <br />California's Colorado River Water Use Plan <br /> <br />Status of the QSA Discussions and Activities <br /> <br />Included in the Board folder, as an information item, is a letter to Governor Davis and Secretary <br />Nichols, from the Salton Sea Coalition, providing a list of eight issues it wished to discussed at their <br />upcoming meeting to ensure that the Quantification Settlement Agreement and water transfer lead to <br />successful restoration of the Salton Sea. Listed below are the issues to be discussed: <br /> <br />I, The QSA agreements must be flexible enough to accommodate a restoration plan, <br />2. Both the QSA and related legislation must clarifY that the primary purpose of restoration funding <br />is to protect and restore wildlife habitat. <br />3. Interested stakeholders must be given the opportunity to participate in negotiations and receive <br />full disclosure of the terms of the water transfer and all related agreements. <br />4. Environmental documents must be recirculated because the proposed mitigation for the Salton Sea <br />impacts of the transfer has changed completely in the past year. <br />5, Proposition 50 funds must be used for restoration, rather than subsidizing the mitigation costs of <br />the water agencies. <br />6, The QSA must also provide mitigation funding for the growth-inducing effect of the water <br />transfer. <br />7, Any Joint Powers Authority established to oversee spending of state funds for mitigation must be <br />required to work in coordination with the Salton Sea Authority, tribes, wildlife agencies, and the <br />stakeholder advisory committee established by the Secretary of Resources pursuant to SB 482. <br />8. The QSA documents and related legislation must clarifY who will be liable for future mitigation <br />costs if Prop 50 funds are insufficient. <br /> <br />Adequacy of 1994 FEIR/EIR-All-American Canal <br /> <br />Included in the Board folder is a letter from Reclamation to DWR Director Tom Hannigan <br />certifYing the adequacy of the 1994 Record of Decision (ROD) for the All-American Canal Lining <br />Project. As part of the certification, before state funds could be expended for the project, Reclamation <br /> <br />6 <br />