My objection is this: that last year we worked to grant the city of San Diego the opportunity to apply under previously expired provisions to apply for a waiver. I thought we did that in good faith, with the city of San Diego also agreeing to certain conditions. Things like the need for alternative uses for their water and say that this would be a waiver that would only be good for a certain period of time. It is my understanding that the waiver is indefinite, except that there is a requirement for a report to be done every 5 years. And that to me is a reasonable kind of an approach. Also in terms of any waiver for the city of San Jose, I am not familiar with what the gentleman is referring to, because we are at tertiary treatment in terms of our discharge into San Francisco Bay.
Norman Mineta: “My objection is this: that last year we worked to grant the city of San Diego the opportunity to apply under previously…”
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Discussing waivers for water treatment regulations for San Diego and San Jose.
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