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. known as North Tustin and in the City of Tustin, where OCSD also provides the local collector sewer service; and WHEREAS, the 2000-01 Orange County Grand Jury ("Grand Jury") investigated SSOs County-wide and published its Findings in April, 2001 in a Report entitled, Sewage Spills, Beach Closures-Trouble in Paradise, The Grand Jury identified as the main cause of SSOs, sewer pipes clogged with grease from restaurants and high-density residential areas (e.g" apartment complexes), The Grand Jury also suggested that a regional coalition be formed to resolve the SSO problems and develop a regional, consolidated approach to controlling grease, which, if implemented, would encompass areas outside of the jurisdiction of the RWQCB-SA and within the jurisdiction of the Regional Water Quality Control Board-San Diego ("RWQCB-SD"); and WHEREAS, to address a portion of the County-wide SSO incidents, the RWQCB-SA has adopted its Order No. R8-2002-0014, General Waste Discharge Requirements (the "Order"), requiring cities and local wastewater agencies within its jurisdiction in northern and central Orange County to monitor and control SSOs, The Order names OCSD as one of 31 Co-Permittees and as a facilitator agency to assist in obtaining regional compliance with the Order by all Co-Permittees, The Co-Permittees include 16 cities and 13 local wastewater agencies that provide sewer service in northern and central Orange County (although the City of Los Alamitos is named in the Order, the RWQCB-SA is expected to remove it from the Order because it does not provide sewer service in its jurisdiction; sewer service in Los Alamitos is provided by the Rossmoor-Los Alamitos Area Sewer District), Agency is one of the Co-Permittees, 170479_1 2