Lauma Jurkevics, California Coastal Commission
Ralph Appy, Port of Los Angeles
Steven John, US Environmental Protection Agency
Stacey Crouch, Port of Long Beach
Terri Ely, US Army Corps of Engineers/Regulatory
Mitzy Taggart, Heal the Bay
David Moore, MEC Analytical
Michael Lyons, LA Regional Water Quality Control Board

Handouts on the Interim Contaminated Dredge Material Management Strategy (Interim Plan) with Attachments 1, 2, and 3 and the draft July meeting summary were passed along to members for review. Discussion revolved along the pros and cons on setting up a Dredge Material Management Office (DMMO) and what we expected from the Interim Advisory Committee. Ralph recommended we re-name the committee Contaminated Dredge Material Advisory Committee. However, others thought we should not limit our scope to contaminated sediments. We agreed that Ralph would revise the Interim Plan, including the name. We would then comment on the revised plan.

So Ralph will redraft the Interim Plan and send it out to the members at today’s meeting by August 31^st. The members would review the plan and discuss it at the September 8^th meeting (10-noon; Port of Los Angeles).

Issues discussed at today’s meeting included the following:

• There was a desire to have one contact person, a single coordinator. Recommendations included a permanent coordinator, or a rotating position, or the applicant as coordinator.
• Members agreed with having a single dredge application to be given to both federal and state agencies.
• For applicants with not much knowledge of the permitting process, it was recommended that an instruction booklet be developed.
• There was again concern about the lack of involvement from resource agencies.
• We should identify the resource issues up front.
• We should get the resource agencies to the meetings, even if by phone.
• We should design an application checklist that would remind the applicant about approvals from resource agencies.
• The way the current Interim Plan is written, the committee only deals with dredge disposal activities, not the dredging operations. We should consider expanding our role.
• Perhaps we should consider having a common Sampling Analysis Plan (SAP), having a standard form.
• When the applicant submits the application to all the agencies, he/she should also include a summary documenting the results of the Interim Advisory Committee meeting on the project.

1. Lauma will forward an electronic copy of the Interim Plan to Ralph.
2. Ralph will revise the Interim Plan and send it to the members by August 31^st.
3. Members will review the revised Interim Plan before September 8^th.
4. Members will meet again at the POLA on September 8^th, 10 a.m. – noon.
5. Ralph will present a summary of the committee’s meeting results at the September 21^st Task Force meeting.

Stacey will develop a draft single application