NSMP Working Group
The NSMP Working Group consists of staff
level technical representatives of watershed stakeholders that
include state, county, and city agencies, water districts, and
private entities that have agreed to fund and implement a Work
Plan to address selenium and nitrogen groundwater-related
inflows in the Newport Bay watershed. The Working Group was
created in response to an NDPES permit issued by the Santa Ana
Regional Water Quality Control Board (R8-2004-0021) to regulate
short-term groundwater-related discharges. Since the adoption
of the Order in December 2004, the Working Group has met frequently
to launch the compliance effort, known as the Nitrogen and Selenium
Management Program (NSMP).
As of October 10, 2006, the NSMP Working Group consists of the
following twenty (20) members:
Additionally, the Working Group realizes
that public participation and input is an integral component
of the implementation of the Work
Plan.
Therefore, as part of its public participation strategy, the
Working Group also provides for "Participating Member"
positions. Participating members are not members of the Working
Group per se, but are involved in all discussions and decisions
of the Working Group, with the exception of funding decisions
related to the Work
Plan. Unlike Working
Group members, Participating Members are not required to financially
contribute to the Work
Plan.
As of October 1, 2005, the Participating Members include:
