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2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 78145 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 258, Sec. 125. (AB 2327) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 130 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 258.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 5 - Individual Disposal Systems › Section 13281.

13281. (a) In making a determination pursuant to Section 13280, except as specified in subdivision (b), the regional board shall consider all relevant evidence related to the discharge, including, but not limited to, those factors set forth in Section 13241, information provided pursuant to Section 117435 of the Health and Safety Code, possible adverse impacts if the discharge is permitted, failure rates of any existing individual disposal systems whether due to inadequate design, construction, maintenance, or unsuitable hydrogeologic conditions, evidence of any existing, prior, or potential contamination, existing and planned land use, dwelling density, historical population growth, and any other criteria as may be established pursuant to guidelines, regulations, or policies adopted by the state board.
(b) (1) To the extent that resources are available for that purpose, the regional board shall prohibit the discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems on parcels of less than one-half acre that overlie the Mission Creek Aquifer or the Desert Hot Springs Aquifer in Riverside County, if a sewer system is available.
(2) For parcels of one-half acre or greater that overlie the aquifers described in paragraph (1), the maximum number of equivalent dwelling units with individual disposal systems shall be two per acre. For the purpose of this paragraph, the term “equivalent dwelling unit” means a single family dwelling as defined in Section 221.0 of the 1997 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials.
(3) For the purposes of this subdivision, a sewer system is available if a sewer system, or a building connected to a sewer system, is within 200 feet of the existing or proposed dwelling unit, in accordance with Section 713.4 of the 1997 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials.
(4) To the extent that resources are available for the purposes of this subdivision, the regional board shall achieve compliance with this subdivision on or before January 1, 2004.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 437, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 5 - Individual Disposal Systems › Section 13282.

13282. (a) If it appears that adequate protection of water quality, protection of beneficial uses of water, and prevention of nuisance, pollution, and contamination can be attained by appropriate design, location, sizing, spacing, construction, and maintenance of individual disposal systems in lieu of elimination of discharges from systems, and if an authorized public agency provides satisfactory assurance to the regional board that the systems will be appropriately designed, located, sized, spaced, constructed, and maintained, the discharges shall be permitted so long as the systems are adequately designed, located, sized, spaced, constructed, and maintained.
(b) An authorized public agency shall notify the regional board if the systems are not adequately designed, located, sized, spaced, constructed, and maintained.
(c) For purposes of this section, “authorized public agency” means a public agency authorized by a water quality control board and having authority to ensure that systems are adequately designed, located, sized, spaced, constructed, and maintained.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1177, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 5 - Individual Disposal Systems › Section 13283.

13283. In reviewing any determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems should not be permitted, the state board shall include a preliminary review of possible alternatives necessary to achieve protection of water quality and present and future beneficial uses of water, and prevention of nuisance, pollution, and contamination, including, but not limited to, community collection and waste disposal systems which utilize subsurface disposal, and possible combinations of individual disposal systems, community collection and disposal systems which utilize subsurface disposal, and conventional treatment systems.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1194.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 5 - Individual Disposal Systems › Section 13285.

13285. (a) A discharge from a storage tank, pipeline, or other container of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), or of any pollutant that contains MTBE, that poses a threat to drinking water, or to groundwater or surface water that may reasonably be used for drinking water, or to coastal waters shall be cleaned up to a level consistent with subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25296.10 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) (1) A public water system, or its customers, shall not be responsible for remediation or treatment costs associated with MTBE, or a product that contains MTBE. However, the public water system may, as necessary, incur MTBE remediation and treatment costs and include those costs in its customer rates and charges that are necessary to comply with drinking water standards or directives of the state board or other lawful authority. A public water system that incurs MTBE remediation or treatment costs may seek recovery of those costs from parties responsible for the MTBE contamination, or from other available alternative sources of funds.
(2) If the public water system has included the costs of MTBE treatment and remediation in its customer rates and charges, and subsequently recovers all, or a portion of, its MTBE treatment and remediation costs from responsible parties or other available alternative sources of funds, it shall make an adjustment to its schedule of rates and charges to reflect the amount of funding received from responsible parties or other available alternative sources of funds for MTBE treatment or remediation.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not prevent the imposition of liability on any person for the discharge of MTBE if that liability is due to the conduct or status of that person independently of whether the person happens to be a customer of the public water system.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 27. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 5 - Individual Disposal Systems › Section 13286.

13286. (a) On and after January 1, 2012, the appropriate regional board shall prohibit the discharge of wastewater into the ground through the use of individual subsurface disposal systems in the Cove area of Cathedral City in Riverside County for the purposes of protecting the health and safety of the residents consuming the groundwater of the Upper Coachella Valley Groundwater Basin and achieving the applicable water quality objectives.
(b) The appropriate regional board shall revise its water quality control plan to reflect the prohibition set forth in subdivision (a).
(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), the appropriate regional board, prior to January 1, 2012, may prohibit the discharge of wastewater through the use of individual subsurface disposal systems in the Cove area of Cathedral City in Riverside County, and if so prohibited, that board shall revise its water quality control plan to reflect the prohibition.
(d) To ensure that the purposes of this section are fulfilled, the state board, using existing resources, shall assist Cathedral City to identify and obtain state and federal funds to establish a sanitary public domestic and commercial wastewater disposal system.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 700, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 5 - Individual Disposal Systems › Section 13286.9.

13286.9. On and after the date determined by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, or January 1, 2013, whichever is earlier, all wastewater discharged by the Orange County Sanitation District into the Pacific Ocean shall be subject to at least secondary treatment requirements pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section 301 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311(b)(1)(B)), and any more stringent requirements determined to be appropriate by the state board or that regional board.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1019, Sec. 1. Effective September 28, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.3 - Sewer Service › Section 13288.

13288. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Affected residence” means a residence within a disadvantaged community that may be subject to provision of sewer service pursuant to this chapter.
(b) “Affected resident” means a resident or a property owner of an affected residence.
(c) “Annexation” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 56017 of the Government Code.
(d) “Disadvantaged community” means a disadvantaged community as defined in Section 79505.5.
(e) “Extension of service” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 56133 of the Government Code.
(f) “Inadequate onsite sewage treatment system” means an onsite sewage treatment system that has the reasonable potential to cause a violation of water quality objectives, to impair present or future beneficial uses of water, or to cause pollution, nuisance, or contamination of waters of the state.
(g) (1) “Onsite sewage treatment system” means an onsite sewage treatment system, as defined in Section 13290, that is not operated by a local agency, as defined in Section 56064 of the Government Code, or a utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
(2) “Onsite sewage treatment system” includes, but is not limited to, a septic tank, cesspool, leach field, and seepage pit.
(h) “Provision of sewer service” means the provision of sanitary sewer service, including the collection or treatment of sewage, to a disadvantaged community by any of the following processes:
(1) Annexation where the receiving sewer system is a special district.
(2) Extension of service where the receiving sewer system is a city, county, or special district.
(3) Additional sewer service provided within city, county, or special district boundaries.
(i) “Receiving sewer system” means the sewer system that provides service to a disadvantaged community pursuant to this chapter.
(j) “Special district” means a special district as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 982, Sec. 2. (SB 1215) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems › Section 13290.

13290. For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Local agency” means any of the following entities:
(1) A city, county, or city and county.
(2) A special district formed pursuant to general law or special act for the local performance of functions regarding onsite sewage treatment systems within limited boundaries.
(b) “Onsite sewage treatment systems” includes individual disposal systems, community collection and disposal systems, and alternative collection and disposal systems that use subsurface disposal.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 781, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems › Section 13291.

13291. (a) On or before January 1, 2004, the state board, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, the California Coastal Commission, the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health, counties, cities, and other interested parties, shall adopt regulations or standards for the permitting and operation of all of the following onsite sewage treatment systems in the state and shall apply those regulations or standards commencing six months after their adoptions:
(1) Any system that is constructed or replaced.
(2) Any system that is subject to a major repair.
(3) Any system that pools or discharges to the surface.
(4) Any system that, in the judgment of a regional board or authorized local agency, discharges waste that has the reasonable potential to cause a violation of water quality objectives, or to impair present or future beneficial uses of water, to cause pollution, nuisance, or contamination of the waters of the state.
(b) Regulations or standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Minimum operating requirements that may include siting, construction, and performance requirements.
(2) Requirements for onsite sewage treatment systems adjacent to impaired waters identified pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 303 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d)).
(3) Requirements authorizing a qualified local agency to implement those requirements adopted under this chapter within its jurisdiction if that local agency requests that authorization.
(4) Requirements for corrective action when onsite sewage treatment systems fail to meet the requirements or standards.
(5) Minimum requirements for monitoring used to determine system or systems performance, if applicable.
(6) Exemption criteria to be established by regional boards.
(7) Requirements for determining a system that is subject to a major repair, as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(c) This chapter does not diminish or otherwise affect the authority of a local agency to carry out laws, other than this chapter, that relate to onsite sewage treatment systems.
(d) This chapter does not preempt any regional board or local agency from adopting or retaining standards for onsite sewage treatment systems that are more protective of the public health or the environment than this chapter.
(e) Each regional board shall incorporate the regulations or standards adopted pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) into the appropriate regional water quality control plans.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 26. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems › Section 13291.5.

13291.5. It is the intent of the Legislature to assist private property owners with existing systems who incur costs as a result of the implementation of the regulations established under this section by encouraging the state board to make loans under Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 13475) to local agencies to assist private property owners whose cost of compliance with these regulations exceeds one-half of one percent of the current assessed value of the property on which the onsite sewage system is located.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 781, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems › Section 13291.7.

13291.7. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the land use authority of any city, county, or city and county.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 781, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.7 - Fairness and Due Process › Section 13292.

13292. (a) It is the responsibility of the state board to provide guidance to the regional boards in matters of procedure, as well as policy and regulation. In order to ensure that regional boards are providing fair, timely, and equal access to all participants in regional board proceedings, the state board shall undertake a review of the regional boards’ public participation procedures. As part of the review process, and upon request by the state board, the regional boards shall solicit comments from participants in their proceedings. Upon completion of the review, the state board shall report to the Legislature regarding its findings and include recommendations to improve regional board public participation processes.
(b) (1) The state board shall provide annual training to regional board members to improve public participation and adjudication procedures at the regional level.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall be implemented only during fiscal years for which funding is provided for the purposes of that paragraph in the annual Budget Act or in another statute.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 404, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement and Implementation › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Enforcement and Remedies › Section 13300.

13300. Whenever a regional board finds that a discharge of waste is taking place or threatening to take place that violates or will violate requirements prescribed by the regional board, or the state board, or that the waste collection, treatment, or disposal facilities of a discharger are approaching capacity, the board may require the discharger to submit for approval of the board, with such modifications as it may deem necessary, a detailed time schedule of specific actions the discharger shall take in order to correct or prevent a violation of requirements.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1288.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement and Implementation › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Enforcement and Remedies › Section 13301.

13301. When a regional board finds that a discharge of waste is taking place, or threatening to take place, in violation of requirements or discharge prohibitions prescribed by the regional board or the state board, the board may issue an order to cease and desist and direct that those persons not complying with the requirements or discharge prohibitions (a) comply forthwith, (b) comply in accordance with a time schedule set by the board, or (c) in the event of a threatened violation, take appropriate remedial or preventive action. In the event of an existing or threatened violation of waste discharge requirements in the operation of a community sewer system, cease and desist orders may restrict or prohibit the volume, type, or concentration of waste that might be added to that system by dischargers who did not discharge into the system prior to the issuance of the cease and desist order. Cease and desist orders may be issued directly by a board, after notice and hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 420, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement and Implementation › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Enforcement and Remedies › Section 13301.1.

13301.1. The regional board shall render to persons against whom a cease and desist order is issued pursuant to Section 13301 all possible assistance in making available current information on successful and economical water quality control programs, as such information is developed by the state board pursuant to Section 13167, and information and assistance in applying for federal and state funds necessary to comply with the cease and desist order.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1464.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement and Implementation › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Enforcement and Remedies › Section 13303.

13303. Cease and desist orders of the board shall become effective and final upon issuance thereof. Copies shall be served forthwith by personal service, certified mail, or by any method of physical delivery that provides a receipt, upon the person being charged with the violation of the requirements, and by first class or electronic mail upon other affected persons who appeared at the hearing and requested a copy. For purposes of this section, “physical delivery that provides a receipt” includes physical delivery methods that provide electronic confirmation of delivery to the intended address.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 158, Sec. 6. (SB 756) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement and Implementation › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Enforcement and Remedies › Section 13304.1.

13304.1. (a) A groundwater cleanup system that commences operation on or after January 1, 2002, and that is required to obtain a discharge permit from the regional board pursuant to the regional board’s jurisdiction, and that discharges treated groundwater to surface water or groundwater, shall treat the groundwater to standards approved by the regional board, consistent with this division and taking into account the beneficial uses of the receiving water and the location of the discharge and the method by which the discharge takes place.
(b) In making its determination of the applicable water quality standards to be achieved by the operator of a groundwater cleanup system that commences operation on or after January 1, 2002, that draws groundwater from an aquifer that is currently being used, or has been used at any time since 1979 as a source of drinking water supply by the owner or operator of a public water system, and that discharges treated groundwater to surface water or groundwater from which a public water system draws drinking water, the regional board shall consult with the affected groundwater management entity, if any, affected public water systems, and the state board to ensure that the discharge, spreading, or injection of the treated groundwater will not adversely affect the beneficial uses of any groundwater basin or surface water body that is or may be used by a public water system for the provision of drinking water.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 28. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement and Implementation › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Enforcement and Remedies › Section 13306.

13306. A majority vote of the entire membership of a regional board shall be required to adopt, rescind, or modify any enforcement action authorized by Section 13301.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1165.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement and Implementation › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Enforcement and Remedies › Section 13307.

13307. (a) The state board and the Department of Toxic Substances Control shall concurrently establish policies and procedures consistent with this division that the state board’s representatives and the representatives of regional boards shall follow in overseeing and supervising the activities of persons who are carrying out the investigation of, and cleaning up or abating the effects of, a discharge of a hazardous substance which creates, or threatens to create, a condition of contamination, pollution, or nuisance. The policies and procedures shall be consistent with the policies and procedures established pursuant to Section 79000 of the Health and Safety Code and shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The procedures the state board and the regional boards will follow in making decisions as to when a person may be required to undertake an investigation to determine if an unauthorized hazardous substance discharge has occurred.
(2) Policies for carrying out a phased, step-by-step investigation to determine the nature and extent of possible soil and groundwater contamination or pollution at a site.
(3) Procedures for identifying and utilizing the most cost-effective methods for detecting contamination or pollution and cleaning up or abating the effects of contamination or pollution.
(4) Policies for determining reasonable schedules for investigation and cleanup, abatement, or other remedial action at a site. The policies shall recognize the dangers to public health and the waters of the state posed by an unauthorized discharge and the need to mitigate those dangers while at the same time taking into account, to the extent possible, the resources, both financial and technical, available to the person responsible for the discharge.
(b) The state board and the Department of Toxic Substances Control shall jointly review the policies and procedures that were established pursuant to this section and Section 79000 of the Health and Safety Code prior to the enactment of this subdivision and shall concurrently revise those policies and procedures as necessary to make them as consistent as possible. Where they cannot be made consistent because of the differing requirements of this chapter and Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45 of the Health and Safety Code, the state board and the Department of Toxic Substances Control shall, by July 1, 1994, jointly develop, and send to the Legislature, recommendations for revising this chapter and Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45 of the Health and Safety Code in order to make consistent the hazardous substance release cleanup policies and procedures followed by the state board, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and the regional boards.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 258, Sec. 126. (AB 2327) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 130 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 258.)