Environmental Press # 120

Subj: OOG: LA Times Article, OMTS Meeting Wednesday, Oct 2, Plant 2, 5 PM
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 9:05:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Jon V3
To: Jon V3

Dear Ocean Outfall Group (OOG):

See link to LA Times article this past Friday, on how OCSD is going about converting to full secondary and interfacing with the regulatory agencies (RWQCB and EPA):

O.C. May Seek Shield Against Water Lawsuits

One of these days, the public will have to be brought into the loop, as business is now being done in closed session, where the public is excluded, such as last week's OCSD Steering Committee and full Board of Directors meeting, where highly placed brass from both the EPA and RWQCB attended both meetings, but out of view of the public. OCSD Director and Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook walked out of the Board of Director's meeting because she felt it was an illegal closed session meeting to exclude the public. Keep an eye on this saga.

Meanwhile, this next Wednesday, October 2, is OCSD's OMTS (Operations, Maintenance, Technical Services) Committee meeting and Thursday is the OCSD PDC