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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 5 - Electronic Submission of Reports › Section 13197.5.

13197.5. (a) The state board shall adopt, not later than March 1, 2001, emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code implementing a statewide program for the electronic submission of reports required pursuant to Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code and Article 4 (commencing with Section 25299.36) of Chapter 6.75 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, for those reports that contain soil or water chemistry analysis by a laboratory certified or accredited pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) (1) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to this section that are filed with the Office of Administrative Law on or before March 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare.
(2) (A) Except as specified in subparagraph (B), subdivisions (e) to (h), inclusive, of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code apply to any emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(B) Notwithstanding the 120-day period imposed in subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the state board shall have one calendar year from the effective date of any emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this section to comply with that subdivision.
(c) Regulations adopted pursuant to this section may not require the electronic submission of reports before July 1, 2001, but may require the electronic submission of reports on or after July 1, 2001.
(d) Regulations adopted pursuant to this section may specify either of the following as the required reporting format:
(1) The Geographic Environmental Information Management System format as described in the report submitted to the state board on July 1, 1999, by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, entitled, “Evaluating the Feasibility of a Statewide Geographic Information System.”
(2) The Electronic Deliverable Format (EDF) developed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, as the same may be revised from time to time. The specification of the EDF as the reporting format shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 13196.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 727, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief › Section 13198.

13198. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Drought scenario” means either of the following:
(1) Circumstances for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency, pursuant to Section 8625 of the Government Code, based on drought conditions.
(2) (A) Circumstances for which the state board determines, consistent with subparagraph (B), that drought conditions necessitate urgent and immediate action to ensure availability of safe drinking water, to protect public health and safety, or, after consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to avoid serious and irreparable harm to fish or wildlife.
(B) Before determining a drought scenario exists pursuant to subparagraph (A), the state board shall do both of the following:
(i) Provide notice, including specific geographic areas in which a determination of a drought scenario is proposed, to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the secretaries of the implementing agencies, and the Director of Emergency Services.
(ii) To the extent feasible, conduct a public hearing for purposes of seeking public comment on the proposed declaration of a drought scenario, and any proposed actions.
(b) “Implementing agency” means any of the following:
(1) The Natural Resources Agency.
(2) The California Environmental Protection Agency.
(3) The Department of Food and Agriculture.
(4) The California Health and Human Services Agency.
(5) Boards, departments, and offices within the agencies specified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive.
(6) The Office of Emergency Services.
(c) (1) “Interim or immediate relief” means any of the following:
(A) Hauled water.
(B) Temporary community water tanks.
(C) Bottled water.
(D) Water vending machines.
(E) Emergency water interties.
(F) New wells or rehabilitation of existing wells.
(G) Construction or installation of permanent connections to adjacent water systems, recycled water projects that provide immediate relief to potable water supplies, water use reduction and efficiency equipment, and other projects that support immediate drought response.
(H) Fish and wildlife rescue, protection, and relocation.
(I) Education, outreach, direct installation programs, rebate programs, and other activities to increase water conservation.
(J) Drought resilience planning.
(K) Groundwater recharge projects meeting the conditions of Section 1242.1.
(2) Eligible costs for interim or immediate relief include technical assistance, site acquisitions, post-performance monitoring, and costs directly related to the provision of the project.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 51, Sec. 36. (SB 122) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief › Section 13198.2.

13198.2. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for these purposes, an implementing agency may make grants and direct expenditures for interim or immediate relief in response to conditions arising from a drought scenario to do any of the following:
(1) Address immediate impacts on human health and safety, including providing or improving availability of food, water, or shelter.
(2) Address immediate impacts on fish and wildlife resources.
(3) Provide water to persons or communities that lose or are threatened with the loss or contamination of water supplies.
(b) A contract entered into under this article by an implementing agency is exempt from Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. An implementing agency may award a contract under this section on a noncompetitive bid basis as necessary to implement the purposes of this article.
(c) An implementing agency shall obtain approval from the Department of Finance before entering into a contract under this section.
(d) Actions of implementing agencies under this article shall be deemed to be within paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 21080 of the Public Resources Code.
(e) Posting and dissemination of information related to drought emergency activities under this section is exempt from Sections 7405 and 11546.7 of the Government Code as they pertain to the posting of materials on state agency internet websites as part of responding to the emergency, provided that any state agencies failing to satisfy the requirements of Sections 7405 and 11546.7 of the Government Code shall make and post an accessible version on their internet websites as soon as practicable.
(f) Implementing agencies may adopt guidelines to implement this article. Those guidelines are not subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 51, Sec. 37. (SB 122) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief › Section 13198.3.

13198.3. (a) Actions of any public agency that contracts with the United States Bureau of Reclamation, or is an entitlement holder under the 2006 consolidated decree in Arizona v. California (2006) 547 U.S. 150, for Colorado River water supplies, approved before December 31, 2026, that the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency concurs in writing are reasonably necessary to implement Colorado River water conservation agreements with the United States Bureau of Reclamation, as well as those water conservation agreements themselves, shall be deemed to be within the activities described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 21080 of the Public Resources Code.
(b) Actions under this section shall not include the construction of new canals or major new infrastructure, but may include infrastructure improvements such as, without limitation, the installation of more efficient irrigation systems or the lining of canals, and shall be limited to projects that reduce or make more efficient the use or distribution of Colorado River water and shall not include projects that develop replacement water supplies.
(c) (1) The Natural Resources Agency shall promptly post any concurrences under this section on its internet website and shall annually report any such concurrences to the Legislature.
(2) The report required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d) This section does not waive or suspend any other permitting requirements applicable to the public agency actions described herein.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 51, Sec. 38. (SB 122) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief › Section 13198.4.

13198.4. (a) This section applies and is subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute to an implementing agency to provide grants and direct expenditures for interim or immediate relief to drought scenarios.
(b) An implementing agency may provide grant funds and direct expenditures to or on behalf of affected public and private entities to provide interim or immediate relief.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 11019 of the Government Code, an implementing agency may provide advance payment of up to 25 percent of grant funds awarded to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, public utilities, mobilehome parks, mutual water companies, farmers and ranchers, federally recognized California Native American tribes, nonfederally recognized Native American tribes on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission for the purposes of Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004, administrators, and groundwater sustainability agencies that have demonstrated cashflow problems according to the satisfaction of the implementing agency.
(d) An implementing agency may authorize funding of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) without a written agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 97. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief › Section 13198.6.

13198.6. (a) This article does not limit, alter, or expand any provision of the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(b) This article does not expand or alter the authority of an implementing agency to take regulatory action other than the actions explicitly described in this article.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 97. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards › Section 13201.

13201. (a) There is a regional board for each of the regions described in Section 13200. Each board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor, each of whom shall represent, and act on behalf of, all the people and shall reside or have a principal place of business within the region.
(b) Except as specified in subdivision (c), each member shall be appointed on the basis of his or her demonstrated interest or proven ability in the field of water quality, including water pollution control, water resource management, water use, or water protection. The Governor shall consider appointments from the public and nonpublic sectors. In regard to appointments from the nonpublic sector, the Governor shall consider including members from key economic sectors in a given region, such as agriculture, industry, commercial activities, forestry, and fisheries.
(c) At least one member shall be appointed as a public member who is not required to meet the criteria established pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) All persons appointed to a regional board shall be subject to Senate confirmation, but shall not be required to appear before any committee of the Senate for purposes of such confirmation unless specifically requested to appear by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(e) Insofar as practicable, appointments shall be made in such manner as to result in representation on the board from all parts of the region.
(f) Insofar as practicable, appointments shall be made in a manner as to result in representation on the board from diverse experiential backgrounds.
(g) Each member shall be appointed on the basis of his or her ability to attend substantially all meetings of the board and to actively discharge all duties and responsibilities of a member of the board.
(h) The reduction in the number of members of each regional board required by the act that added this subdivision shall be achieved according to the ordinary expiration of the terms of incumbents and other vacancies. Notwithstanding Section 13202 the Governor shall not fill a vacancy on any regional board until the number of members serving on that regional board falls below seven members. When the numbers of members serving on the regional board falls below seven members, the Governor shall appoint or reappoint individuals pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 117. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards › Section 13202.

13202. (a) Each member of a regional board shall be appointed for a term of four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.
(b) The term of office for members of each regional board shall be staggered and shall expire in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Two members on September 30, 2013, and every four years thereafter.
(2) Two members on September 30, 2014, and every four years thereafter.
(3) Two members on September 30, 2015, and every four years thereafter.
(4) One member on September 30, 2016, and every four years thereafter.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 118. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards › Section 13204.

13204. Each regional board shall hold at least six regular meetings each calendar year and the additional special meetings or hearings as shall be called by the chairperson or any two members of the regional board.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 19. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards › Section 13205.

13205. Each member of a regional board shall receive two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of official duties. The performance of official duties includes, but is not limited to, reviewing agenda materials for no more than one day in preparation for each regional board meeting. The total compensation received by members of all of the regional boards shall not exceed, in any one fiscal year, the sum of three hundred seventy-eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($378,250). A member may decline compensation. In addition to the compensation, each member shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 340, Sec. 47. (SB 839) Effective September 13, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards › Section 13206.

13206. Public officers associated with any area of government, including planning or water, and whether elected or appointed, may be appointed to, and may serve contemporaneously as members of, a regional board.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 622.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards › Section 13207.

13207. (a) A member of a regional board shall not participate in any board action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 13260) of this chapter, or Article 1 (commencing with Section 13300) of Chapter 5, in which he or she has a disqualifying financial interest in the decision within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.
(b) A board member shall not participate in any proceeding before any regional board or the state board as a consultant or in any other capacity on behalf of any waste discharger.
(c) Upon the request of any person, or on the Attorney General’s own initiative, the Attorney General may file a complaint in the superior court for the county in which the regional board has its principal office alleging that a board member has knowingly violated this section and the facts upon which the allegation is based and asking that the member be removed from office. Further proceedings shall be in accordance as near as may be with rules governing civil actions. If after trial the court finds that the board member has knowingly violated this section it shall pronounce judgment that the member be removed from office.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 119. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards › Section 13208.

13208. (a) No regional board executive officer may make, participate in making, or use his or her official position to influence, any decision of the regional board, or made on behalf of the regional board, affecting any person or entity subject to waste discharge requirements under this division if the regional board executive officer has received, during the previous two years, 10 percent or more of his or her income from that person or entity.
(b) “Income,” for purposes of this section, has the same meaning as in Section 82030 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 773, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13220.

13220. Each regional board shall do all of the following:
(a) Establish an office.
(b) Select one of its members as chairperson at the first regular meeting held each year.
(c) Appoint as its confidential employee, who may be exempt from civil service under Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, and fix the salary of, an executive officer who shall meet technical qualifications as defined by the state board. The executive officer shall serve at the pleasure of the regional board.
(d) Employ any other assistants that may be determined necessary to assist the executive officer.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 20. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13221.

13221. Members of the regional board shall be empowered to administer oaths and issue subpoenas for the attendance and giving of testimony by witnesses and for the production of evidence in any proceeding before the board in any part of the region. The provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1075) of Part I of Division 2 of this code shall apply to regional boards within their own regions, where they shall have the same power as the state board within the state.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13222.

13222. Pursuant to such guidelines as the state board may establish, each regional board shall adopt regulations to carry out its powers and duties under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13223.

13223. (a) Each regional board may delegate any of its powers and duties vested in it by this division to its executive officer excepting only the following: (1) the promulgation of any regulation; (2) the issuance, modification, or revocation of any water quality control plan, water quality objectives, or waste discharge requirement; (3) the issuance, modification, or revocation of any cease and desist order; (4) the holding of any hearing on water quality control plans; and (5) the application to the Attorney General for judicial enforcement but excluding cases of specific delegation in a cease and desist order and excluding the cases described in subdivision (c) of Section 13002 and Sections 13304 and 13340.
(b) Whenever any reference is made in this division to any action that may be taken by a regional board, such reference includes such action by its executive officer pursuant to powers and duties delegated to him by the regional board.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 918.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13225.

13225. Each regional board, with respect to its region, shall do all of the following:
(a) Coordinate with the state board and other regional boards, as well as other state agencies with responsibility for water quality, with respect to water quality control matters, including the prevention and abatement of water pollution and nuisance.
(b) Encourage and assist in waste disposal programs, as needed and feasible, and upon application of any person, advise the applicant of the condition to be maintained in any disposal area or receiving waters into which the waste is being discharged.
(c) Require as necessary any state or local agency to investigate and report on any technical factors involved in water quality control or to obtain and submit analyses of water; provided that the burden, including costs, of such reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained therefrom.
(d) Request enforcement by appropriate federal, state and local agencies of their respective water quality control laws.
(e) Report rates of compliance with the requirements of this division.
(f) Recommend to the state board projects which the regional board considers eligible for any financial assistance which may be available through the state board.
(g) Report to the state board and appropriate local health officer any case of suspected contamination in its region.
(h) File with the state board, at its request, copies of the record of any official action.
(i) Take into consideration the effect of its actions pursuant to this chapter on the California Water Plan adopted or revised pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 10000) and on any other general or coordinated governmental plan looking toward the development, utilization, or conservation of the water resources of the state.
(j) Encourage coordinated regional planning and action for water quality control.
(k) In consultation with the state board, identify and post on the Internet a summary list of all enforcement actions undertaken by that regional board and the dispositions of those actions, including any fines assessed. This list shall be updated at least quarterly.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 293, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13226.

13226. Consistent with classifications adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 13172, each regional board shall review and classify any proposed or currently operating waste disposal site, except any sewage treatment plant or any site which primarily contains fertilizer or radioactive material, within its region.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 90, Sec. 5. Effective March 2, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13227.

13227. (a) Each regional board, with respect to its region, shall review the facility closure and postclosure plans submitted pursuant to Section 25246 of the Health and Safety Code, to ensure that water quality is adequately protected during closure and the post-closure maintenance period.
(b) The regional board shall approve the facility closure and postclosure plans if it finds that the plans comply with applicable state and federal laws and regulations relating to water quality protection and monitoring.
(c) The regional board may condition its approval of the plans in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631, Sec. 46.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13228.

13228. (a) Concerning any matter that may be submitted to a regional board by a person or entity that is subject to regulation by more than one regional board, the person or entity may submit the matter to one of those regional boards if both of the following requirements are met:
(1) The person or entity submits a written request to all affected regional boards that one regional board be designated to regulate the matter.
(2) All affected regional boards agree in writing to the designation. Unless the board of any affected regional board denies the request, the executive officer of a regional board may grant a request submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) on behalf of that board.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any regional board that is affected by a matter for which a designation is made in accordance with subdivision (a) may take enforcement action with regard to that matter.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 536, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13228.14.

13228.14. (a) Any hearing or investigation by a regional board relating to investigating the quality of waters of the state, prescribing waste discharge requirements, issuing cease and desist orders, requiring the cleanup or abatement of waste, or imposing administrative civil liabilities or penalties may be conducted by a panel of three or more members of the regional board, but any final action in the matter shall be taken by the regional board. Due notice of any hearing shall be given to all affected persons. After a hearing, the panel shall report its proposed decision and order to the regional board and shall supply a copy to all parties who appeared at the hearing and requested a copy.
(b) No party who appears before the panel is precluded from appearing before the regional board at any subsequent hearing relating to the matter. Members of the panel are not disqualified from sitting as members of the regional board in deciding the matter.
(c) The regional board, after making an independent review of the record and taking additional evidence as may be necessary, may adopt, with or without revision, or reject, the proposed decision and order of the panel.
(d) For each meeting agenda notice that a regional board provides pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 11125 of the Government Code, a regional board shall make the agenda notice available in both English and Spanish and may make the agenda notice available in any other language.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 551, Sec. 3. (SB 965) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards › Section 13228.15.

13228.15. The members of a regional board, or their designees, with respect to matters within the regional board’s jurisdiction, may carry out prehearing conferences to address any of the matters described in subdivision (b) of Section 11511.5 of the Government Code. No party who appears at a prehearing conference is precluded from appearing before the regional board at any subsequent hearing relating to the matter.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 420, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13240.

13240. Each regional board shall formulate and adopt water quality control plans for all areas within the region. Such plans shall conform to the policies set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 13000) of this division and any state policy for water quality control. During the process of formulating such plans the regional boards shall consult with and consider the recommendations of affected state and local agencies. Such plans shall be periodically reviewed and may be revised.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13241.

13241. Each regional board shall establish such water quality objectives in water quality control plans as in its judgment will ensure the reasonable protection of beneficial uses and the prevention of nuisance; however, it is recognized that it may be possible for the quality of water to be changed to some degree without unreasonably affecting beneficial uses. Factors to be considered by a regional board in establishing water quality objectives shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:
(a) Past, present, and probable future beneficial uses of water.
(b) Environmental characteristics of the hydrographic unit under consideration, including the quality of water available thereto.
(c) Water quality conditions that could reasonably be achieved through the coordinated control of all factors which affect water quality in the area.
(d) Economic considerations.
(e) The need for developing housing within the region.
(f) The need to develop and use recycled water.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 187, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13242.

13242. The program of implementation for achieving water quality objectives shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) A description of the nature of actions which are necessary to achieve the objectives, including recommendations for appropriate action by any entity, public or private.
(b) A time schedule for the actions to be taken.
(c) A description of surveillance to be undertaken to determine compliance with objectives.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13243.

13243. A regional board, in a water quality control plan or in waste discharge requirements, may specify certain conditions or areas where the discharge of waste, or certain types of waste, will not be permitted.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13244.

13244. The regional boards shall not adopt any water quality control plan unless a public hearing is first held, after the giving of notice of such hearing by publication in the affected county or counties pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. When the plan proposes to prohibit discharges of waste pursuant to Section 13243, similar notice shall be given by publication pursuant to Section 6061.3 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13245.

13245. A water quality control plan, or a revision thereof adopted by a regional board, shall not become effective unless and until it is approved by the state board. The state board may approve such plan, or return it to the regional board for further consideration and resubmission to the state board. Upon resubmission the state board may either approve or, after a public hearing in the affected region, revise and approve such plan.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1288.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13246.

13246. (a) The state board shall act upon any water quality control plan not later than 60 days from the date the regional board submitted the plan to the state board, or 90 days from the date of resubmission of the plan.
(b) When the state board is acting upon a water quality control plan that is being amended solely for an action related to a regional board’s total maximum daily load submittal, not including submittals related to listing, the state board shall not exceed the 60-day timeline, inclusive of the time spent sending the submittal back to the regional board, unless one of the following circumstances exists:
(1) The proposed amendment is for an exceedingly complex total maximum daily load. In order to determine if a total maximum daily load is exceedingly complex, the state board may consider a number of factors including, but not limited to, the volume of the record, the number of pollutants included, the number of dischargers and land uses involved, and the size of the watershed. The reason or reasons that any total maximum daily load is determined to be exceedingly complex shall be provided by the state board to the regional board in writing.
(2) The submittal by the regional board is clearly incomplete.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 20, Sec. 2. Effective April 8, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13247.

13247. State offices, departments, and boards, in carrying out activities which may affect water quality, shall comply with water quality control plans approved or adopted by the state board unless otherwise directed or authorized by statute, in which case they shall indicate to the regional boards in writing their authority for not complying with such plans.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1288.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13248.

13248. (a) At any time, the state board may, on its own motion, review the regional board’s failure to act under this article.
(b) The state board may find that the failure of the regional board to act was appropriate and proper. Upon finding that the failure of the regional board to act was inappropriate or improper, the state board may direct that appropriate action be taken by the regional board, refer the matter to another state agency having jurisdiction, take appropriate action itself, or take any combination of those actions. In taking any action, the state board is vested with all the powers of the regional boards under this division.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 21. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans › Section 13249.

13249. The state board may, on behalf of itself or a regional board, accept donations of moneys from a permittee for the purpose of updating a water quality control plan as consistent with the designated use of the funds.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 355, Sec. 1. (SB 1133) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements › Section 13260.2.

13260.2. (a) The state board shall establish a fee in an amount sufficient to recover its costs in reviewing, processing, and enforcing “no exposure” certifications issued to facilities that apply for those certifications in accordance with a general industrial stormwater permit.
(b) Revenue generated pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund.
(Added by Stats. 2003, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 4. Effective October 28, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements › Section 13260.3.

13260.3. On or before January 1 of each year, the state board shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on the expenditure of annual fees collected pursuant to Section 13260.
(Added by Stats. 2003, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective October 28, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements › Section 13261.

13261. (a) A person who fails to furnish a report or pay a fee under Section 13260 when so requested by a regional board is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b).
(b) (1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board or the state board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (a) in an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. Civil liability shall not be imposed by the regional board pursuant to this section if the state board has imposed liability against the same person for the same violation.
(2) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court in accordance with Article 5 (commencing with Section 13350) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 13360) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (a) in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day the violation occurs.
(c) A person who discharges or proposes to discharge hazardous waste, as defined in Section 25117 of the Health and Safety Code, who knowingly furnishes a false report under Section 13260, or who either willfully fails to furnish a report or willfully withholds material information under Section 13260 despite actual knowledge of that requirement, may be liable in accordance with subdivision (d) and is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This subdivision does not apply to any waste discharge that 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 not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day the violation occurs.
(2) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court in accordance with Article 5 (commencing with Section 13350) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 13360) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (c) in an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 22. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements › Section 13262.

13262. The Attorney General, at the request of the regional board or the state board, shall petition the superior court for the issuance of a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction, or combination thereof, as may be appropriate, requiring any person not complying with Section 13260 to comply therewith.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 869, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements › Section 13263.

13263. (a) The regional board, after any necessary hearing, shall prescribe requirements as to the nature of any proposed discharge, existing discharge, or material change in an existing discharge, except discharges into a community sewer system, with relation to the conditions existing in the disposal area or receiving waters upon, or into which, the discharge is made or proposed. The requirements shall implement any relevant water quality control plans that have been adopted, and shall take into consideration the beneficial uses to be protected, the water quality objectives reasonably required for that purpose, other waste discharges, the need to prevent nuisance, and the provisions of Section 13241.
(b) A regional board, in prescribing requirements, need not authorize the utilization of the full waste assimilation capacities of the receiving waters.
(c) The requirements may contain a time schedule, subject to revision in the discretion of the board.
(d) The regional board may prescribe requirements although no discharge report has been filed.
(e) Upon application by any affected person, or on its own motion, the regional board may review and revise requirements. All requirements shall be reviewed periodically.
(f) The regional board shall notify in writing the person making or proposing the discharge or the change therein of the discharge requirements to be met. After receipt of the notice, the person so notified shall provide adequate means to meet the requirements.
(g) No discharge of waste into the waters of the state, whether or not the discharge is made pursuant to waste discharge requirements, shall create a vested right to continue the discharge. All discharges of waste into waters of the state are privileges, not rights.
(h) The regional board may incorporate the requirements prescribed pursuant to this section into a master recycling permit for either a supplier or distributor, or both, of recycled water.
(i) The state board or a regional board may prescribe general waste discharge requirements for a category of discharges if the state board or that regional board finds or determines that all of the following criteria apply to the discharges in that category:
(1) The discharges are produced by the same or similar operations.
(2) The discharges involve the same or similar types of waste.
(3) The discharges require the same or similar treatment standards.
(4) The discharges are more appropriately regulated under general discharge requirements than individual discharge requirements.
(j) The state board, after any necessary hearing, may prescribe waste discharge requirements in accordance with this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 421, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements › Section 13263.1.

13263.1. Before a regional board issues or revises waste discharge requirements pursuant to Section 13263 for any discharge of mining waste, the regional board shall first determine that the proposed mining waste discharge is consistent with a waste management strategy that prevents the pollution or contamination of the waters of the state, particularly after closure of any waste management unit for mining waste.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 642, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control › ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements › Section 13263.5.

13263.5. (a) When the regional board issues waste discharge requirements pursuant to Section 13263, or revises waste discharge requirements pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 25159.17 of the Health and Safety Code, for any injection well into which hazardous waste is discharged, the waste discharge requirements shall be based upon the information contained in the hydrogeological assessment report prepared pursuant to Section 25159.18 of the Health and Safety Code and shall include conditions in the waste discharge requirements to ensure that the waters of the state are not polluted or threatened with pollution.
(b) If the state board applies to the federal Environmental Protection Agency to administer the Underground Injection Control Program pursuant to Part 145 (commencing with Section 145.1) of Subchapter D of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, that application shall not include a request to administer the Underground Injection Control Program for any oil, gas, or geothermal injection wells supervised or regulated by the Division of Oil and Gas pursuant to Section 3106 or 3714 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 19, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 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) A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) may require pollution prevention plans as described in Section 13263.3 as part of the pretreatment requirements applicable to significant industrial users.
(b) The state board or a 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 are discharged into the POTW and that the state board or a regional board has determined has the reasonable potential to impair water quality.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 92, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000. See the prevailing Section 13263.6 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 93, with same subject matter, but with substantive differences.)
2023 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.)