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CA Water Code § 13263.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13263.6.

13263.6.  (a) The regional board shall prescribe effluent limitations as part of the waste discharge requirements of a POTW for all substances that the most recent toxic chemical release data reported to the state emergency response commission pursuant to Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11023) indicate as discharged into the POTW, for which the state board or the regional board has established numeric water quality objectives, and has determined that the discharge is or may be discharged at a level which will cause, have the reasonable potential to cause, or contribute to, an excursion above any numeric water quality objective.(b) This section prevails over Section 13263.6, as added to the Water Code by Assembly Bill 1104 of the 1999–2000 Regular Session.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 93, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Water Code § 13263.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13263.7.

13263.7.  (a) Compliance with effluent limitations and any other permit or waste discharge requirements, as appropriate, for the release or discharge of recycled water determined to be suitable for direct potable reuse or surface water augmentation, as defined in Section 13561, into a conveyance facility may be determined at the point where the recycled water enters the conveyance facility but prior to commingling with any raw water.(b) Before the discharge may be allowed, consent must be obtained from the owner or operator of the conveyance facility that directly receives the recycled water.(c) This section does not limit or restrict the authority of the State Water Resources Control Board.(d) For purposes of this section, “raw water” means surface water or groundwater in its naturally occurring state prior to treatment.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 635, Sec. 4. (AB 803) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Water Code § 13264 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13264.

13264.  (a) No person shall initiate any new discharge of waste or make any material changes in any discharge, or initiate a discharge to, make any material changes in a discharge to, or construct, an injection well, prior to the filing of the report required by Section 13260 and no person shall take any of these actions after filing the report but before whichever of the following occurs first:(1) The issuance of waste discharge requirements pursuant to Section 13263.(2) The expiration of 140 days after compliance with Section 13260 if the waste to be discharged does not create or threaten to create a condition of pollution or nuisance and any of the following applies:(A) The project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).(B) The regional board is the lead agency for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, a negative declaration is required, and at least 105 days have expired since the regional board assumed lead agency responsibility.(C) The regional board is the lead agency for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, and environmental impact report or written documentation prepared to meet the requirements of Section 21080.5 of the Public Resources Code is required, and at least one year has expired since the regional board assumed lead agency responsibility.(D) The regional board is a responsible agency for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, and at least 90 days have expired since certification or approval of environmental documentation by the lead agency.(3) The issuance of a waiver pursuant to Section 13269.(b) The Attorney General, at the request of a regional board, shall petition the superior court for the issuance of a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction, or combination thereof, as may be appropriate, prohibiting any person who is violating or threatening to violate this section from doing any of the following, whichever is applicable:(1) Discharging the waste or fluid.(2) Making any material change in the discharge.(3) Constructing the injection well.(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys collected under this division for a violation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall be deposited in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund and separately accounted for in that fund.(2) The funds described in paragraph (1) shall be expended by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist regional boards, and other public agencies with authority to clean up waste or abate the effects of the waste, in cleaning up or abating the effects of the waste on waters of the state or for the purposes authorized in Section 13443.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 683, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Water Code § 13265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13265.

13265.  (a) Any person discharging waste in violation of Section 13264, after such violation has been called to his attention in writing by the regional board, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b). Each day of such discharge shall constitute a separate offense.(b) (1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (a) in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.(2) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court in accordance with Articles 5 (commencing with Section 13350) and 6 (commencing with Section 13360) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (a) in an amount which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.(c) Any person discharging hazardous waste, as defined in Section 25117 of the Health and Safety Code, in violation of Section 13264 is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (d). That liability shall not be imposed if the discharger is not negligent and immediately files a report of the discharge with the board, or if the regional board determines that the violation of Section 13264 was insubstantial.This subdivision shall not be applicable to any waste discharge which is subject to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 13370).(d) (1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (c) in an amount which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.(2) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court in accordance with Articles 5 (commencing with Section 13350) and 6 (commencing with Section 13360) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (c) in an amount which shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1541, Sec. 2.)
CA Water Code § 13266 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13266.

13266.  Pursuant to such regulations as the regional board may prescribe, each city, county, or city and county shall notify the regional board of the filing of a tentative subdivision map, or of any application for a building permit which may involve the discharge of waste, other than discharges into a community sewer system and discharges from dwellings involving five-family units or less.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 13267.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13267.5.

13267.5.  (a) In conducting an investigation pursuant to Section 13267 that includes collection of information about discharge of wastewater produced from an oil or gas field, a regional board or the state board may require that the applicable person or entity shall furnish to that board information relating to all chemicals in the discharged wastewater pursuant to the procedures set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 13267.(b) If a person or entity subject to the disclosure requirement in subdivision (a) is unable to obtain information about a chemical from the chemical’s supplier for any reason, including, but not limited to, assertion by the supplier of trade secret protections, the regional board or state board may require that the supplier shall furnish that information to that board pursuant to the procedures set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 13267.(c) The trade secret protections of subdivision (b) of Section 13267 shall apply to information disclosed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) when requested by a person or entity or a supplier, as applicable.(d) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the information collected by a regional board or the state board pursuant to this section shall be made available to the public on the internet website of the regional board or the state board.(e) In collecting information described in this section, a regional board or the state board may consult with the Geologic Energy Management Division regarding information collected by the division, pursuant to other disclosure requirements, that may be useful to the investigation.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 771, Sec. 24. (AB 1057) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Water Code § 13270 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13270.

13270.  Where a public agency as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 13400 leases land for waste disposal purposes to any other public agency, including the State of California, or to any public utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, the provisions of Sections 13260, 13263, and 13264 shall not require the lessor public agency to file any waste discharge report for the subject waste disposal, and the regional board and the state board shall not prescribe waste discharge requirements for the lessor public agency as to such land provided that the lease from the lessor public agency shall not contain restrictions which would unreasonably limit the ability of the lessee to comply with waste discharge requirements appurtenant to the leased property.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 207.)
CA Water Code § 13272 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13272.

13272.  (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any oil or petroleum product to be discharged in or on any waters of the state, or discharged or deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged in or on any waters of the state, shall, as soon as (1) that person has knowledge of the discharge, (2) notification is possible, and (3) notification can be provided without substantially impeding cleanup or other emergency measures, immediately notify the Office of Emergency Services of the discharge in accordance with the spill reporting provision of the California oil spill contingency plan adopted pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 8574.1) of Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(b) The notification required by this section shall not apply to a discharge in compliance with waste discharge requirements or other provisions of this division.(c) Any person who fails to provide the notice required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day for each day of failure to notify, or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both. Except where a discharge to the waters of this state would have occurred but for cleanup or emergency response by a public agency, this subdivision shall not apply to any discharge to land that does not result in a discharge to the waters of this state. This subdivision shall not apply to any person who is fined by the federal government for a failure to report a discharge of oil.(d) Notification received pursuant to this section or information obtained by use of that notification shall not be used against any person providing the notification in any criminal case, except in a prosecution for perjury or giving a false statement.(e) Immediate notification to the appropriate regional board of the discharge, in accordance with reporting requirements set under Section 13267 or 13383, shall constitute compliance with the requirements of subdivision (a).(f) The reportable quantity for oil or petroleum products shall be one barrel (42 gallons) or more, by direct discharge to the receiving waters, unless a more restrictive reporting standard for a particular body of water is adopted.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 184. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Water Code § 13272.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13272.1.

13272.1.  Each regional board shall publish and distribute on a quarterly basis to all public water system operators within the region of the regional board, a list of discharges of MTBE that occurred during the quarter and a list of locations where MTBE was detected in the groundwater within the region of the regional board.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 815, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 13273.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13273.1.

13273.1.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an operator of a solid waste disposal site may submit a solid waste assessment questionnaire to the appropriate regional board at least 24 months prior to the site’s solid waste water quality assessment test due date as established pursuant to Section 13273. The regional board shall require the operator to submit any additional information, as needed, or require onsite verification of the solid waste assessment questionnaire data in order to render a decision pursuant to subdivision (c).(b) Any solid waste disposal site which is larger than 50,000 cubic yards or is known or suspected to contain hazardous substances, other than household hazardous wastes, shall be prohibited from submitting a solid waste assessment questionnaire under this section.(c) The regional board shall complete a thorough analysis of each solid waste assessment questionnaire submitted pursuant to this section by a date 18 months prior to the solid waste assessment test due date. Based upon this analysis, the regional board shall determine whether or not the site has discharged hazardous substances which will impact the beneficial uses of water. If the regional board determines that the site has not so discharged hazardous substances, the regional board shall notify the operator that the operator is not required to prepare a solid waste water quality assessment test pursuant to Section 13273.(d) If the regional board does not make the determination specified in subdivision (c), the operator shall submit all, or a portion of, a solid waste water quality assessment test. The regional board shall notify the operator of this determination and indicate if all, or what portion of, a solid waste water quality assessment test shall be required. The operator shall submit the solid waste water quality assessment test, or a portion thereof, by the date established pursuant to Section 13273.(e) The state board shall develop a solid waste assessment questionnaire and guidelines for submittal no later than three months after the effective date of this statute adding this section. The questionnaire shall contain, but not be limited to, a characterization of the wastes, size of the site, age of the site, and other appropriate factors.(f) Those operators of solid waste disposal sites listed by the state board pursuant to Section 13273 in Rank 3 and seeking an exemption under this section shall submit their solid waste assessment questionnaire no later than July 1, 1988. If the regional board does not make the determination specified in subdivision (c), the regional board shall require the operator to submit all, or a portion of, a solid waste water quality assessment test by July 1, 1990.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 932, Sec. 2. Effective September 22, 1987.)
CA Water Code § 13273.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13273.2.

13273.2.  Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13273.1, a regional board may reevaluate the status of any solid waste disposal site ranked pursuant to Section 13273, including those sites exempted pursuant to Section 13273.1, and may require the operator to submit or revise a solid waste water quality assessment test after July 1, 1989. The regional board shall give written notification to the operator that a solid waste assessment test is required and the due date. This section shall not require submittal of a solid waste water quality assessment test by a date earlier than established in accordance with Section 13273.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 932, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1987.)
CA Water Code § 13273.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13273.3.

13273.3.  As used in Sections 13273, 13273.1, and 13273.2, “operator” means a person who operates or manages, or who has operated or managed, the solid waste disposal site. If the operator of the solid waste disposal site no longer exists, or is unable, as determined by the regional board, to comply with the requirements of Section 13273, 13273.1, or 13273.2, “operator” means any person who owns or who has owned the solid waste disposal site.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 932, Sec. 4. Effective September 22, 1987.)
CA Water Code § 13273.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13273.5.

13273.5.  Notwithstanding Section 13273, a small city which operates a Class III solid waste disposal site is not required to submit a solid waste water quality assessment test report pursuant to Section 13273 if the city has a population of less than 20,000 persons, the solid waste disposal site receives less than 20,000 tons of waste per year, the water table of the highest aquifer under the disposal site is 250 or more feet below the base of the disposal site and the water in the highest aquifer is not potable, and the site receives less than an average of 12 inches of rainfall per year.This section applies only if the disposal site is operational and has been granted all required permits as of January 1, 1991, if the site is located in Kings County, and if the city has completed an initial solid waste water quality assessment test and a solid waste air quality assessment test which establish that no significant air or water contamination has occurred, and, in that event, the city shall be exempted from conducting further assessment tests for seven years, or any longer time specified by the regional board, after the date of the initial assessment tests.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1361, Sec. 3.)
CA Water Code § 13275 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13275.

13275.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a public water system regulated by the state board pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116270) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code shall have the same legal rights and remedies against a responsible party, when the water supply used by that public water system is contaminated, as those of a private land owner whose groundwater has been contaminated.(b) For purposes of this section, “responsible party” has the same meaning as defined in Section 25323.5 of the Health and Safety Code.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 26. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Water Code § 13276 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements|Section 13276.

13276.  (a) The multiagency task force, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and state board pilot project to address the Environmental Impacts of Cannabis Cultivation, assigned to respond to the damages caused by cannabis cultivation on public and private lands in California, shall continue its enforcement efforts on a permanent basis and expand them to a statewide level to ensure the reduction of adverse impacts of cannabis cultivation on water quality and on fish and wildlife throughout the state.(b)  The state board or the appropriate regional board shall address discharges of waste resulting from cannabis cultivation under Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code and associated activities, including by adopting a general permit, establishing waste discharge requirements, or taking action pursuant to Section 13269. In addressing these discharges, the state board or the regional board shall include conditions to address items that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(1) Site development and maintenance, erosion control, and drainage features.(2) Stream crossing installation and maintenance.(3) Riparian and wetland protection and management.(4) Soil disposal.(5) Water storage and use.(6) Irrigation runoff.(7) Fertilizers and soil.(8) Pesticides and herbicides.(9) Petroleum products and other chemicals.(10) Cultivation-related waste.(11) Refuse and human waste.(12) Cleanup, restoration, and mitigation.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 217. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019. Note: This section was amended on Nov. 8, 2016, by initiative Prop. 64.)
CA Water Code § 13280 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 5 - Individual Disposal Systems|Section 13280.

13280.  A determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems or from community collection and disposal systems which utilize subsurface disposal should not be permitted shall be supported by substantial evidence in the record that discharge of waste from such disposal systems will result in violation of water quality objectives, will impair present or future beneficial uses of water, will cause pollution, nuisance, or contamination, or will unreasonably degrade the quality of any waters of the state.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1194.)