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Stakeholders press board over Sackett‑driven staffing BCP and possible fee impacts
Summary
Stakeholders pressed the State Water Resources Control Board on a Sackett‑related BCP that requests 12 permit positions, asking for regional breakdowns and warning that passing costs to already‑strained local governments could be inequitable; staff said fee impacts are unknown until May/June data are available.
Stakeholders at the State Water Resources Control Board’s Water Quality Fee Stakeholder meeting focused several questions on a BCP the board described as necessary to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court Sackett decision.
Cassandra White, fee and revenue branch manager, and Phil Crater, board staff, said the Sackett BCP requests roughly $2.6 million and 12 permit positions to cover work no longer handled via federal section‑401 certifications. Phil told stakeholders the package includes four positions to issue state waste discharge requirements in waters that are no longer…
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