BILL NUMBER: SB 2088 CHAPTERED 08/27/02 CHAPTER 291 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 27, 2002 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 27, 2002 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 14, 2002 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 8, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 5, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 29, 2002 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife (Senators Kuehl (Chair), Alpert, Bowen, Ortiz, Sher, and Torlakson) MARCH 4, 2002 An act to amend Section 71212 of, and to repeal Section 4121 of, the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 13396.9 of the Water Code, relating to resources. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 2088, Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife. Resource conservation. (1) The Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Bond Act of 1988 provides funding for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, protection, or restoration of park, wildlife, coastal, and natural lands in California. This bill would authorize the City of Goleta to convert to a different use up to 36 acres of the Santa Barbara Shores Park, which was partially acquired with those bond funds, in exchange for specified property, provided the exchange complies with the Public Park Preservation Act, the acquired property is adequately remediated, and the city submits to the Department of Parks and Recreation specified records relating to the acquisition. (2) Existing law requires the State Lands Commission, by September 1, 2002, in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Fish and Game, and the United States Coast Guard, to submit to the Legislature, and make available to the public, a report that includes a summary of the information provided in the ballast water discharge report forms submitted to the commission, monitoring and inspection information collected by the commission on ballast water in the state and an analysis of that information, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the measures taken to reduce or eliminate the discharge of nonindigenous species from vessels, and a summary of the research completed during the 2-year period that precedes the release of the report, and ongoing research, on the release of nonindigenous species by vessels in ballast water. This bill would instead require that report to be submitted to the Legislature on or before January 31, 2003. (3) Under existing law, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection provides fire prevention and suppression for timber, brush, grass, or range lands classified as state responsibility areas by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law further requires the department to conduct a research study on chaparral dieback on brushlands in southern California, to cooperate with other entities on the chaparral dieback problem, and to submit annual progress reports on the research study to the Joint Committee on Fire, Police, Emergency, and Disaster Services, and a final report to specified legislative committees by June 30, 1994. This bill would repeal the provisions described in the above paragraph. (4) Existing law requires the California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to jointly establish and participate in the multiagency Los Angeles Basin Contaminated Sediments Task Force. Existing law further requires the commission to develop, on or before January 1, 2003, a long-term management plan for the dredging and disposal of contaminated sediments in the coastal waters adjacent to the County of Los Angeles, as prescribed. This bill would instead require the commission to develop the long-term management plan on or before January 1, 2005. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Goleta may convert to a different use up to 36 acres of the Santa Barbara Shores Park, which was partially acquired with state grant funds made available for various purposes related to the acquisition, development, enhancement, rehabilitation, protection, or restoration of park, wildlife, coastal, and natural lands in California pursuant to Division 5.8 (commencing with Section 5900) of the Public Resources Code, in exchange for approximately 135 acres known as the Ellwood Mesa, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The exchange is carried out in accordance with the Public Park Preservation Act of 1991 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 5400) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code). (b) Any contamination on the property to be acquired is adequately remediated, to the satisfaction of the Department of Toxic Substances Control. (c) The City of Goleta submits to the Department of Parks and Recreation a copy of the recorded deed and the title for the acquired property. SEC. 2. Section 4121 of the Public Resources Code is repealed. SEC. 3. Section 71212 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 71212. On or before January 31, 2003, the State Lands Commission, in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Fish and Game, and the United States Coast Guard, shall submit to the Legislature, and make available to the public, a report that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) A summary of the information provided in the ballast water discharge report forms submitted to the State Lands Commission, including the volumes of ballast water exchanged, volumes discharged into state waters, types of ballast water treatment, and locations at which ballast water was loaded and discharged. (b) Monitoring and inspection information collected by the State Lands Commission pursuant to this division, including a summary of compliance rates, categorized by geographic area and other groupings as information allows. (c) An analysis of the monitoring and inspection information, including recommendations for actions to be undertaken to improve the effectiveness of the monitoring and inspection program. (d) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the measures taken to reduce or eliminate the discharge of nonindigenous species from vessels, including recommendations regarding action that should be taken to improve the effectiveness of those measures. (e) A summary of the research completed during the two-year period that precedes the release of the report, and ongoing research, on the release of nonindigenous species by vessels, including, but not limited to, the research described in Section 71213. SEC. 4. Section 13396.9 of the Water Code is amended to read: 13396.9. (a) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board shall establish and participate in the multiagency Los Angeles Basin Contaminated Sediments Task Force, in cooperation with all interested parties, including, but not limited to, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Port of Long Beach, and the Port of Los Angeles. (b) (1) On or before January 1, 2005, the California Coastal Commission shall, based upon the recommendations of the task force, develop a long-term management plan for the dredging and disposal of contaminated sediments in the coastal waters adjacent to the County of Los Angeles. The plan shall include identifiable goals for the purpose of minimizing impacts to water quality, fish, and wildlife through the management of sediments. The plan shall include measures to identify environmentally preferable, practicable disposal alternatives, promote multiuse disposal facilities and beneficial reuse, and support efforts for watershed management to control contaminants at their source. (2) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board shall seek to enter into an agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers for those federal agencies to participate in the preparation of the long-term management plan, and, on or before January 1, 1999, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a report indicating the status of that agreement. (c) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, in cooperation with the task force, shall conduct not less than one annual public workshop to review the status of the plan and to promote public participation.