California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 26 - Wastewater Treatment Plant Classification, Operator Certification, and Contract Operator Registration › Article 3 - Grade Levels of Operator Certification › Section 3680 - Grade Levels of Operator Certification

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Except as provided in section
					 3680.1, this section applies to
					 operators.
(a) Except as provided in
				  section 3680.2, each chief plant operator
				  and designated operator-in-charge shall possess a valid operator certificate at
				  a grade level at least equivalent to the following:
Wastewater Treatment Plant
							 Classification
Minimum Grade Level of Chief Plant
							 Operator
Minimum Grade Level of Designated
							 Operator-in-Charge
I
I
I
II
II
I
III
III
II
IV
IV
III
V
V
III
(b)
				  Except as provided in section
				  3680.2, a chief plant operator
				  shall appoint a certified operator to be the designated operator-in-charge for
				  any period of time during which the chief plant operator is unable to carry out
				  the responsibilities of the position of "chief plant operator" as defined in
				  section 3671.
(c) All operators shall possess at least a
				  valid Grade I certificate, a valid provisional operator certificate, or a valid
				  operator-in-training certificate. At Class IV and V wastewater treatment
				  plants, at least 50 percent of the operators shall possess valid operator or
				  operator-in-training certificates at the Grade II level or higher.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) through
				  (c), if an owner of a wastewater treatment plant using a sequencing batch
				  reactor or extended aeration treatment for process control submits the
				  reportable items in section
				  3676(b) and the
				  Office of Operator Certification gives the wastewater treatment plant a higher
				  classification than the wastewater treatment plant's prior classification, the
				  owner shall, within 365 days from the date that the Office of Operator
				  Certification classifies the wastewater treatment plant, staff the wastewater
				  treatment plant with certified operators of the appropriate grade level as set
				  forth in this section.
1. Editorial
					 correction renumbering section
					 2460 of chapter 3 to section
					 3680 filed 3-25-82; designated
					 effective 1-6-82 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 82, No. 13).
2. Amendment filed 7-26-82; effective
					 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 31).
3. Repealer of
					 Article 3 and section, and new Article 3 and section filed 6-24-92; operative
					 6-24-92 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 92, No. 26).
4. Amendment of subsections (b)-(c) filed
					 3-27-98; operative 4-26-98 (Register 98, No. 13).
5. Amendment of
					 article heading, section heading, section and NOTE filed 1-28-2013; operative
					 4-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 5).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1058 and
						13627, Water
						Code. Reference: Section
						13627, Water
						Code.