Gerhardt Hubner

District Administrator at South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District

Experience
District Administrator at South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District
April 2016 - Present (11 months)

Deputy Director-Public Works, Water Resources Division at County of Ventura

November 2005 - April 2016 (10 years 6 months)
Chair of the Ventura Countywide Stormwater Program
Chair/Commissioner - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)
Chair and Director California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA)

Provide leadership and direction for the Water Resources Division including the County Groundwater
section, two Water Quality sections, and staff for the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency.
Supervise twenty (20) management, engineering, professional, technical, and clerical staff. Oversee annual
budget over $5 million.

Provide water resource assessment and management for surface and groundwater throughout Ventura
County, including streams, lakes and reservoirs, wetlands, and coastal marine/estuarine systems. Provide
management, coordination, and implementation for all ten Cities, the County and the District through
Countywide NPDES stormwater permit and TMDLs.

Provide direction and oversight to Districts environmental compliance program responsible for CEQA/
NEPA and regulatory permitting of Districts capital improvement and maintenance projects including ACOE
404 and CDFG Streambed Alteration permits, RWQCB 401 Certification, NOAA fisheries issues, and
Matilija Ecosystem Restoration Project.

Provide direction and oversight to the Districts groundwater program, and Fox Canyon Management Agency
(FCGMA) to ensure groundwater resources within the County are protected. Specific responsibilities include
compliance with the Districts recently updated Well Ordinance, abandoned well program, issuance of well
permits, and data acquisition and analysis leading to Countywide water resource (water supply & demand)
and groundwater assessment reports. Participate in various watershed committees building consensus with
local governments, water districts and other stakeholders within the County to resolve complex issues of
surface and groundwater water supply and quality.

Senior Engineering Geologist at State of California, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control
Board

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October 1995 - October 2005 (10 years 1 month)
Senior Southern Watershed and Permitting Unit All NPDES and WDR permitting in coastal San Luis
Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Member of the Executive Committee - Morro Bay National Estuary
Program. Provided oversight to high profile cases: permitting and entrainment/impingement issues at PG&E
Diablo Canyon, Duke Energy Moss Landing Power and Morro Bay Duke Power Plants; NPDES 301H
Waiver/Secondary WWTP Upgrade for Cities of Morro Bay and Goleta; Buena Vista and Klau mercury
mines; and Los Osos community wastewater project.

Central Coast Regions Nonpoint Source and Consolidated Grant Coordinator

Central Coast Regions Enforcement Coordinator
Central Coast Regions Health & Safety Coordinator

Senior of Department of Defense and Special Projects Unit - Department of Defense and Chapter 15/Landfill
Program Manager; remediation at former Casmalia Hazardous Waste Facility/Landfill; completed the
Abandoned Mine/EPA 205(j) grant.

Regional Board Project Manager, Unocal Avila Beach Cleanup Project - Developed cleanup strategy
leading to the Regional Board decision. Prepared enforcement orders, community/media outreach, and co-
lead agency on EIR/EIS preparation. Coordinated project with federal, state and local multi-agency task
force, and State Attorney General's Office in producing a $100 million cleanup & $18 million mitigation
settlement.

Associate Engineering Geologist at Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
February 1990 - October 1995 (5 years 9 months)
Planning Unit, & Site Cleanup Unit - Involved in regional environmental policy and permitting issues,
assessing the quality of the Regions coastal, surface and groundwaters, and remediation of contaminated
hazardous waste sites, including all DoD sites in Ventura County.

Revision of Los Angeles Regions Basin Plan (current Basin Plan, dated 1994; Bay/Delta hearings; Region-
wide surface water monitoring program. Contract/Project Manager for three studies:1) investigatation of
sources of nitrate in the community of Agua Dulce/Chair of technical Advisory Committee; 2) groundwater
quality assessment in the L.A. Region; and 3) inventory of the L.A. Regions waterbodies and their
beneficial uses.

Custodial Foreman at Disneyland

May 1983 - February 1990 (6 years 10 months)

Education
San Diego State University-California State University

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Bachelors Degree, Geological Science emphasis in Engineering Geology, 1987 - 1990
El Dorado High School
1976 - 1980
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Water, Environmental and Planning Law
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Civil Engineering

Volunteer Experience
City of Ventura's Water Commission (Commissioner) at City of Ventura
June 2015 - Present

Trustee and Board Member at Ventura Hillside Land Conservancy

Languages
English
German

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Gerhardt Hubner
District Administrator at South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District

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