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California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 2832 - Definitions. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Order of
					 Repeal filed 6-3-85 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section
					 11349.7;
					 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 26).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2833 - Regional Board Request

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each Regional Board, upon determining a need for additional
					 pumpout facilities within its region, shall request the State Board to require
					 specified marine terminals to install and operate pumpout facilities where
					 necessary to protect water quality.
1. Amendment
					 filed 8-6-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
					 32).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 10-1-85; effective thirtieth day
					 thereafter (Register 85, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						776
						and
						778,
						Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Section
						776,
						Harbors and Navigation Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2833.1 - Contents of Regional Board Request for Pumpout Facilities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Requests for requiring marine terminals to install and
					 operate vessel waste pumpout facilities shall be forwarded to the State Board
					 by the Regional Board. Each request shall be based upon the guidelines
					 contained in Section
					 2834.1 and shall include the
					 following as well as any other information requested by the State Board.
(a) Designation of the area where additional
				  facilities are needed.
(b)
				  Explanation of the need for additional pumpout facilities within the area
				  including:
(1) An estimate of the number of
				  vessels with sewage retention devices requiring pumpout facilities.
(2) The location of each marine
				  terminal.
(3) The location and
				  capacity of existing pumpout facilities.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2833.2 - Notice of Pumpout Facility Need

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Prior to requesting the State Board to require a marine
					 terminal to install and operate pumpout facilities the Regional Board shall
					 prepare a Notice of Pumpout Facility Need and shall forward a copy of the
					 notice to known interested agencies and persons, including each marine terminal
					 owner in the proposed area of pumpout facility need. The Regional Board shall
					 publish the notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the
					 proposed area of pumpout facility need. Proof of publication of the notice
					 shall be submitted to the State Board. The notice shall provide a 30-day
					 comment period in which interested persons may comment upon the notice. The
					 notice shall contain:
(a) A
				  designation of the area considered by the Regional Board.
(b) The reason pumpout facilities are
				  believed to be necessary for the protection of water quality in that
				  area.
(c) The names, locations, and
				  addresses (if available) of marine terminals which may be required to install
				  or operate pumpout facilities.
1. Amendment
					 filed 8-6-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
					 32).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 10-1-85; effective thirtieth day
					 thereafter (Register 85, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						775,
						775.5,
						776,
						777
						and
						778,
						Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Section
						776,
						Harbors and Navigation Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2833.3 - Hearings by Regional Boards

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Upon the request of the State Board, any interested person,
					 or upon its own motion, the Regional Board may hold a public hearing prior to
					 requesting the State Board to require a marine terminal to install pumpout
					 facilities. The Regional Board shall transmit any comments received together
					 with their request to the State Board.
1. New NOTE
					 filed 10-1-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						776,
						777
						and
						778,
						Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Section
						13000, Water
						Code; and Sections
						776,
						777
						and
						778,
						Harbors and Navigation Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2833.4 - Hearings by State Board

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Upon the request of any interested person, or upon its own
					 motion, the State Board may hold a public hearing regarding a proposed
					 requirement that a marine terminal install pumpout facilities.
1. New NOTE
					 filed 10-1-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						776,
						777
						and
						778,
						Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Sections
						183 and
						13000, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2834 - Further Procedures

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The State Board may require marine terminals to install and
					 operate vessel waste pumpout facilities after consideration of the request of
					 the Regional Board, the record of any Regional Board or State Board hearing and
					 the following guidelines. Copies of the order requiring installation and
					 operation of pumpout facilities shall be sent to the Regional Board, the marine
					 terminal owner, and to other marine terminals within the area of
					 activity.
1. Amendment
					 filed 8-6-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
					 32).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 10-1-85; effective thirtieth day
					 thereafter (Register 85, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						776
						and
						778,
						Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Section
						776,
						Harbors and Navigation Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2834.1 - Guidelines for Marine Terminal Selection

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(a)
				  Upon a determination that an area needs additional pumpout facilities, such
				  need should be met by public marine terminals, if possible.
(b) Upon a determination by any Regional
				  Board that there is no public marine terminal within an area in which
				  additional pumpout facilities are needed for protection of water quality, the
				  State Board shall hold a hearing to determine whether private marine terminals
				  should be designated to provide sewage retention device pumpout
				  facilities.
(c) In addition, the
				  State Board and Regional Boards shall, as a minimum, consider at least the
				  following factors in determining which marine terminals should be required to
				  provide pumpout facilities:
(1) Availability
				  of private marine terminals with pumpout facilities not available to the
				  general public.
(2) Priority
				  consideration should be given to marine terminals with fuel docking
				  capability.
(3) The number of
				  vessels with sewage retention devices berthed at each marine terminal in the
				  area.
(4) The depth of water
				  required for the vessels that will be using the pumpout facility.
(5) The expense of installing a pumpout
				  facility and access to a means of disposing of or treating the
				  sewage.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2835 - Installation Time

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Since the time necessary for the installation of pumpout
					 facilities may vary, when the State Board requires a marine terminal to install
					 a pumpout facility, an appropriate time schedule shall be included in the
					 order.
1. New NOTE
					 filed 10-1-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						776,
						777
						and
						778,
						Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Section
						776,
						Harbors and Navigation Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 20.1 - Designation of Marine Terminals to Provide Adequate Sewage Retention Device Pumpout Facilities › Article 2 - Administrative Procedures › Section 2836 - Design, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Order of
					 Repeal filed 6-3-85 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section
					 11349.7;
					 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 26).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 21 - Certification for Small Business Concerns Applying for Small Business Act Loans to Meet Water Pollution Control Requirements [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer of
				Subchapter 21 (Sections
				2840-2854) filed 9-2-81; effective
				thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 36). For prior history see Registers
				77, No. 9, and 76, No. 49.
Note: Authority cited: Section
				  1058, Water
				  Code. Reference: Chapter 13, Division 7, Water Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2900 - Nondegradation: Statement of Policy with Respect to Maintaining High Quality of Waters in California

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New chapter
				  22 including section
				  2900 added. State Water Resources
				  Control Board Nondegradation Policy as adopted October 24, 1968, Resolution No.
				  68-16, submitted to OAL for filing and publication pursuant to Government Code
				  section
				  11343.8,
				  but not review pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353,
				  filed 6-21-93 (Register 93, No. 26).
2. Order to depublish chapter
				  22 (sections
				  2900-2906 inclusive) filed 8-5-93
				  (Register 93, No. 32).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2907 - Policies and Procedures for Investigation and Cleanup and Abatement of Discharges Under Water Code Section 13304

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I. The
				procedures Regional Water Boards shall implement in making decisions as to when
				a person may be required to undertake an investigation related to a discharge
				or threat of a discharge subject to WC §
									13304.
The Regional Water Board shall:
* Use any relevant evidence to identify dischargers;
* Make reasonable efforts to identify dischargers;
* Require identified dischargers to investigate; and
* Coordinate with other agencies.
II. The policies Regional Water Boards shall
				apply in overseeing:
(a) investigations to
				determine the nature and horizontal and vertical extent of a discharge
				and
(b) appropriate cleanup and
				abatement measures.
The Regional Water Board shall:
* Require a progressive sequence: site assessment;
				  investigation (soil and water); cleanup and abatement action development;
				  cleanup and abatement action; and effectiveness verification;
* Approve concurrent action under site-specific
				  circumstances; emergency, imminent threat, protracted investigation causing
				  delay, and small discharges which can be cleaned up quickly;
* Require cleanup and abatement of all affected
				  locations;
* Name other dischargers as permitted by law;
* Require adequate workplans;
* Review and approve workplans as practicable;
* Require documentation of activities;
* Require reliance on qualified professionals;
* Prescribe consistent standards for similar circumstances;
				  and
* Identify activities that do not require
				  supervision.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2909 - Concise Summary of Regulatory Provisions Amendment to the Water Control Policy for the Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Chapter 1: Principles for Management of Water Quality in
				  Enclosed Bays and Estuaries.
The amendment allows an exception to the provision requiring
				  the elimination of wastewater discharges to the San Francisco Bay south of the
				  Dumbarton Bridge for treated ground water from ground water cleanup projects.
				  The exception may be granted by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality
				  Control Board when 1) the discharge will comply with all applicable State and
				  Regional Board plans, policies and regulations, 2) reclamation or reuse is not
				  practicable, 3) there is no other feasible location for discharge, and 4) the
				  need to dispose of treated ground water outweighs the need to prohibit the
				  discharge south of the Dumbarton Bridge.
1. Adoption of
				  section 2909 by Resolution 95-84 effective
				  March 5, 1996 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353.
				  Section 2909 is a concise summary of an
				  amendment to the "Water Quality Control Policy for the Enclosed Bays and
				  Estuaries of California" which was adopted in 1974 by Board Resolution
				  74-43.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2910.1 - Policy on Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEP Policy)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On December 5, 2017, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (State Water Board) adopted Resolution No 2017-0074, which revised the State
				  Water Resources Control Board Policy on Supplemental Environmental Projects
				  (SEP Policy). In adopting this SEP Policy, the State Water Board intended to
				  fulfill the requirements Public Resources Code section
				  71118(b),
				  which requires each board, department, or office (BDO) within the California
				  Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) to establish a policy on SEPs that
				  benefit disadvantaged communities. In adopting the SEP Policy, the State Water
				  Board also intended to extend the scope of the SEP Policy's application to
				  enforcement actions prosecuted by the Division of Drinking Water and its
				  Districts, and the Division of Water Rights; include human right to water
				  considerations; align with the State Water Board's April 4, 2017, revision of
				  the Water Quality Enforcement Policy; and clarify principles that are central
				  to the SEP Policy and improve transparency in the SEP Policy's
				  implementation.
1. New section
				  containing policy on supplemental environmental projects adopted by the State
				  Water Resources Control Board 2-3-2009 and filed 9-15-2009; operative 9-15-2009
				  pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353
				  (Register 2009, No. 38).
2. Repealer and new section summarizing
				  amendments to basin plan filed 5-3-2018; amendments approved by State Water
				  Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2017-0074 on 12-5-2017; amendments
				  approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353 on
				  5-3-2018 (Register 2018, No. 18).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2911 - Summary of Containment Zone Amendment of Resolution NO. 92-49: Policies and Procedures for Investigation and Cleanup and Abatement of Discharges Under Water Code Section 13304

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Section H:
The amendment establishes conditions under which Regional
				  Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs) may designate containment zones. A
				  containment zone is a portion of a ground water unit where the RWQCB finds it
				  is technically or economically infeasible to cleanup to water quality
				  objectives, and where the RWQCB finds the discharger can contain pollutants
				  within the designated zone so that water quality objectives are not exceeded
				  outside the zone. The discharger is required to monitor to verify on-going
				  containment, and to mitigate significant environmental impacts.
The policy provides:
* Guidance for discharger application;
* Procedures for RWQCB designation;
* Conditions for designation; and
* Administrative procedures for tracking sites, recommending
				  improved procedures, and RWQCB recovery of costs of application review.
Appendix to Section H:
The Appendix outlines information to be included (as
				  appropriate) in an application for designation of a containment zone.
1. New section
				  summarizing amendment to State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No.
				  92-49 filed 1-13-97; amendment was adopted by the State Water Resources Control
				  Board 10-2-96; approved by OAL and effective 1-13-97 pursuant to Government
				  Code section
				  11353
				  (Register 97, No. 3).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2912 - Concise Summary of the Water Quality Control Policy for Guidance on Development of Regional Toxic Hot Spot Cleanup Plans

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Resolution No. 98-090, adopted on September 2, 1998, by the
				  State Water Resources Control Board, created the Water Quality Control Policy
				  for Guidance on Development of Regional Toxic Hot Spot Cleanup Plans (Policy).
				  The Policy is intended to be used by the Regional Water Quality Control Boards
				  (RWQCBs) to develop consistent regional toxic hot spot cleanup plans pursuant
				  to Water Code Section
				  13394. The
				  Policy provides guidance on:
* the contents of the regional cleanup plans;
* a specific definition of toxic hot spot;
* criteria to rank sites;
* toxic hot spot remediation methods;
* costs and benefits of remediation;
* prevention of toxic hot spots; and
* site-specific variances from the Policy.
The Policy contains a template to be used by the RWQCBs in
				  developing the cleanup plans. The Policy also lists several issues to be
				  considered in the development of the statewide consolidated toxic hot spot
				  cleanup plan.
1. New section
				  summarizing Water Quality Control Policy for Guidance on Development of
				  Regional Toxic Hot Spot Cleanup Plans, Resolution No. 98-090, adopted 9-2-98 by
				  the State Water Resources Control Board; approved by OAL and effective 11-9-98
				  pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353;
				  filed with the Secretary of State 11-10-98 (Register 98, No. 46).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2914.5 - Policy for Implementation of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The amendments for the Policy for Implementation of Toxics
				  Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California
				  (SIP) consist of:
(1)
				Discharger-Specific Water Effect Ratios (WERs):
The language of the SIP has been amended to allow Regional
				  Water Quality Control Boards (Regional Water Boards) to use discharger-specific
				  WERs in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting
				  process. The development of WERs would still have to use U.S. Environmental
				  Protection Agency (USEPA) guidance or other scientifically defensible
				  protocols, but the approvals of WERs by the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (State Water Board) and USEPA through the adoption of a Regional Water Quality
				  Control Plan provision would not be required. The State Water Board and USEPA
				  would still be involved in the development of the WER through the public review
				  process of the NPDES permit containing the proposed Site-Specific Objective and
				  associated effluent limit.
(2) Modify the language of
Step
				6
of reasonable potential analysis:
The language of the SIP has been amended to allow the
				  reasonable potential
Step 6
trigger to apply only to
				  situations where ambient background concentrations are greater than the water
				  quality criterion or objective, and the pollutant is detected in the effluent.
				  Language would also be added to require monitoring in situations where ambient
				  background concentrations are greater than the water quality criterion or
				  objective, and the pollutant is
not
detected in the
				  effluent.
(3) Modify
				language to improve clarity:
The SIP has been amended to incorporate changes that improves
				  clarity and provides a better understanding of how SIP provisions are to be
				  applied in permits. The changes also reduce inconsistencies in permits written
				  by different Regional Water Boards.
1. Renumbering
				  of former section
				  2917 to section
				  2914.5 filed 4-10-2006; operative
				  4-10-2006 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353
				  (Register 2006, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 13140, Water
					 Code. Reference: Sections
					 13142 and
					 13143, Water
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2917 - Water Quality Control Policy for Addressing Impaired Waters: Regulatory Structure and Options

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional Water Boards)
				  have wide latitude, numerous options, and some legal constraints that apply
				  when determining how to address impaired waters. Irrespective of whether Clean
				  Water Act section
				  303(d) requires a
				  Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), the process for addressing waters that do not
				  meet applicable standards must be accomplished through existing regulatory
				  tools and mechanisms. This policy outlines those tools and mechanisms, and
				  explains how the federal requirement to establish TMDLs fits within those
				  confines. This policy also establishes a certification process whereby the
				  Regional Water Boards can formally recognize regulatory or nonregulatory
				  actions of other entities as appropriate implementation programs when the
				  Regional Water Boards determine those actions will result in attainment of
				  standards.
1. New section
				  summarizing amendments to the Policy for Implementation of Toxics Standards for
				  Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California (SIP),
				  Resolution No. 2005-0019 adopted 2-24-2005 by the State Water Resources Control
				  Board; approved by OAL and operative 5-31-2005 pursuant to Government Code
				  section
				  11353;
				  filed 5-31-2005 (Register 2005, No. 22.)
2. Renumbering of former
				  section 2917 to section
				  2914.5 and new section
				  2917 filed 4-10-2006; operative
				  4-10-2006 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353
				  (Register 2006, No. 15).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2918 - Policy for Compliance Schedules in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On April 15, 2008, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (State Water Board) adopted Resolution No. 2008-0025, a statewide Water Quality
				  Control Policy (Policy) that authorizes compliance schedules in NPDES permits
				  that implement Clean Water Act §
									301(b)(1)(C). The
				  Policy supersedes all existing provisions authorizing NPDES compliance
				  schedules with the exception of:
(1)
				existing compliance schedule provisions in Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
				implementation plans in Regional Water Quality Control Plans; and
(2) the provisions authorizing compliance
				schedules for California Toxics Rule criteria in the Policy for Implementation
				of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of
				California. Existing compliance schedules in NPDES permits are generally not
				required to be modified to comply with the Policy.
A discharger who seeks a compliance schedule must demonstrate
				  to the satisfaction of the applicable Water Board that additional time is
				  needed to implement actions such as designing and constructing facilities or
				  implementing new or significantly expanded programs and securing financing, if
				  necessary, to comply with a more stringent permit limitation specified to
				  implement a new, revised, or newly interpreted water quality objective or
				  criterion in a water quality standard. Any compliance schedule must require
				  compliance as soon as possible. The Policy specifies that, in general, the
				  duration of the compliance schedule may not exceed ten years from the date of
				  adoption, revision, or new interpretation of the applicable water quality
				  standard. However, an extended compliance schedule may be established in a
				  permit for a permit limitation that implements waste load allocations specified
				  in a TMDL.
1. New section
				  filed 6-26-2008 summarizing State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No.
				  2008-0025, adopted 4-15-2008; approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code
				  section
				  11353 on
				  6-26-2008 (Register 2008, No. 26).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2919 - Site Specific Exceptions to the Sources of Drinking Water Policy

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) State
				Water Board Resolution No. 2006-0008 provided a site specific exception to
				State Water Board Resolution 88-63, Sources of Drinking Water Policy, for Old
				Alamo Creek in Solano County.
(b)
				State Water Board Resolution 2015-0002 provided a site-specific exception to
				State Water Board's Resolution 88-63, Sources of Drinking Water Policy, for
				groundwater beneath portions of the Royal Mountain King Mine Site in Calaveras
				County.
1. New section
				  summarizing amendment to "Sources of Drinking Water" policy, Resolution No.
				  88-63, filed 4-25-2006; amendment approved by the State Water Resources Control
				  Board Resolution No. 2006-0008 on 2-1-2006; amendment approved by OAL pursuant
				  to Government Code section
				  11353 on
				  4-25-2006 (Register 2006, No. 17).
2. Amendment of section heading
				  and section (summarizing amendments to basin plan) filed 5-19-2015; amendments
				  approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. R15-2015-0002 on
				  2-4-2015; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353(b)(5)
				  on 5-19-2015 (Register 2015, No. 21).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2925 - Cannabis Cultivation Policy - Principles and Guidelines for Cannabis Cultivation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On October 17, 2017, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  adopted Resolution No. 2017- 0063, adopting the
Cannabis Cultivation
				  Policy -- Principles and Guidelines for Cannabis Cultivation
(Cannabis
				  Policy).
The Cannabis Policy establishes principles and guidelines
				  (requirements) for cannabis cultivation activities to protect water quality and
				  instream flows. The purpose of the Cannabis Policy is to ensure that the
				  diversion of water and discharge of waste associated with cannabis cultivation
				  does not have a negative impact on water quality, aquatic habitat, riparian
				  habitat, wetlands, and springs. The Cannabis Policy applies to the following
				  cannabis cultivation activities throughout California:
* Commercial Recreational
* Commercial Medical
* Personal Use Medical
The Cannabis Policy does not apply to recreational cannabis
				  cultivation for personal use, which is limited to six plants under the Adult
				  Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64, approved by voters in November
				  2016)1.
On February 5, 2019, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  adopted Resolution No. 2019-0007, adopting updates to the Cannabis Policy. The
				  updates were focused on requirements related to tribal buffers, indoor
				  cultivation sites, onstream reservoirs, and winterization requirements. The
				  Cannabis Policy and all updates to the Cannabis Policy were adopted in
				  accordance with California Water Code Section
				  13149.
__________
1 Recreational cannabis
				  cultivation for personal use as defined in Health and Safety Code section
				  11362.1(a)(3)
				  and section
				  11362.2.
1. New section
				  filed 12-18-2017 summarizing State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No.
				  2017-0063, adopted 10-17-2017; approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code
				  section
				  11353 on
				  12-18-2017 (Register 2017, No. 51).
2. Amendment summarizing State
				  Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2019-0007 adopted 2-5-2019;
				  approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353 on
				  4-16-2019 (Register 2019, No. 16).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2926 - State Policy for Water Quality Control: State Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters of the State

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On April 2, 2019, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (State Water Board) adopted Resolution No. 2019-0015, which adopted the State
				  Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to
				  Waters of the State (referred to as the Procedures). On April 6, 2021, the
				  State Water Board adopted Resolution No. 2021-0012, which confirmed that the
				  Procedures are effective as state policy for water quality control for all
				  waters of the state.
The Procedures establish:
(1) A wetland definition for all State and
				Regional Water Quality Control Board programs.
(2) A jurisdictional framework for
				determining if a feature that meets the wetland definition is a water of the
				state.
(3) Wetland delineation
				procedures.
(4) Procedures for the
				submittal, review and approval of applications for Water Quality Certifications
				and Waste Discharge Requirements for dredge or fill activities.
1. New section
				  summarizing amendments to water quality control plan filed 11-18-2021;
				  amendments approved by the State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No.
				  2021-0012 on 4-6-2021; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code
				  section
				  11353 on
				  11-18-2021 (Register 2021, No. 47).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2927 - State Policy for Water Quality Control: Toxicity Provisions

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On December 1, 2020, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (State Water Board) adopted Resolution No. 2020-0044. On October 5, 2021, the
				  State Water Board adopted Resolution No. 2021-0044. Collectively, these
				  resolutions adopted the State Policy for Water Quality Control: Toxicity
				  Provisions (referred to as the Toxicity Provisions) as a state policy for water
				  quality control for all inland surface waters, enclosed bays, estuaries, and
				  coastal lagoons of the state, and also for inclusion in the Water Quality
				  Control Plan for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of
				  California for waters of the United States.
The primary goal of the Toxicity Provisions is to provide
				  consistent protection of aquatic life beneficial uses in all inland surface
				  waters, enclosed bays, estuaries, and coastal lagoons of the state from the
				  effects of toxicity. The Toxicity Provisions supersede any conflicting
				  provisions in regional water quality control plans. The Toxicity Provisions
				  include:
1) numeric water quality
				objectives for both chronic and acute aquatic toxicity that are expressed as a
				null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis and incorporate regulatory
				management decisions that represent the allowable error rates and thresholds
				that would result in an unacceptable risk to aquatic life,
2) requirements to use the Test of
				Significant Toxicity statistical approach for analyzing aquatic toxicity test
				data, and
3) a program of
				implementation to control toxicity in discharges and achieve, maintain, and
				protect aquatic life beneficial uses and water quality objectives. The main
				components of the program of implementation include specific requirements for
				species sensitivity screening, reasonable potential analysis, effluent
				limitations and targets, monitoring frequencies, and toxicity reduction
				evaluations.
1. New section
				  adopting State Policy for Water Control; Toxicity Provisions filed 4-25-2022;
				  approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2021-0044 on
				  10-5-2021; approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353 on
				  4-25-2022 (Register 2022, No. 17).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 23 - Water Quality Control Plans › Section 3000 - Inland Surface Waters, Amendments. [Repealed]

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1. Plan as
				  amended filed 5-19-93 with the Secretary of State; Inland Surface Waters Plan
				  as adopted April 11, 1991, submitted for filing and publication, but not review
				  by OAL, pursuant to Government Code Sections
				  11343.8
				  and
				  11353;
				  amendment of Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Chapter III B., Chapter III D., Chapter
				  III E., Table 5, Chapter III G., Table 6, Table 7, Chapter III J., Chapter III
				  K., Chapter III L., Chapter III M. and Appendix 1 approved by OAL and effective
				  5-18-93, pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353
				  (Register 93, No. 21).
2. Depublication of Inland Surface Waters
				  Plan as filed 5-19-93, and publication instead of a summary of the amendments
				  approved by OAL 5-18-93 to Inland Surface Waters Plan, filed with the Secretary
				  of State 9-16-93 (Register 93, No. 38).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect repealing section filed 11-2-94 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 94, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 1058 and
					 13170, Water
					 Code. Reference: Sections
					 13160,
					 13170,
					 13241,
					 13242,
					 13370 and
					 13372, Water
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 23 - Water Quality Control Plans › Section 3001 - Enclosed Bays and Estuaries. Amendments. [Repealed]

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1. Plan as
				  amended filed 5-19-93 with the Secretary of State; Enclosed Bays and Estuaries
				  Plan as adopted April 11, 1991, submitted for filing and publication, but not
				  review by OAL, pursuant to Government Code Sections
				  11343.8
				  and
				  11353;
				  amendment of Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Chapter III B., Chapter III D., Chapter
				  III E., Table 5, Chapter III G., Table 6, Table 7, Chapter III J., Chapter III
				  K., Chapter III L., Chapter III M. and Appendix 1 approved by OAL and effective
				  5-18-93, pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353
				  (Register 93, No. 21).
2. Depublication of Enclosed Bays and
				  Estuaries Plan as filed 5-19-93, and publication instead of a summary of the
				  amendments approved by OAL 5-18-93 to Enclosed Bays and Estuaries Plan, filed
				  with the Secretary of State 9-16-93 (Register 93, No. 38).
3. Change
				  without regulatory effect repealing section filed 11-2-94 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 94, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 1058,
					 13170 and
					 13391, Water
					 Code. Reference: Sections
					 13160,
					 13170,
					 13241,
					 13242,
					 13370,
					 13372 and
					 13391, Water
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 23 - Water Quality Control Plans › Section 3002 - Clear and Concise Summary of Revised Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary

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On December 13, 2006 the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (State Water Board) adopted Resolution No. 2006-0098, entitled Adoption of the
				  Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin
				  Delta Estuary (2006 Bay-Delta Plan). The 2006 Bay-Delta Plan supersedes the
				  Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin
				  Delta Estuary adopted May 1995 (1995 Plan), the Water Quality Control Plan for
				  Salinity for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta adopted May
				  1991 (1991 Plan) and the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento-San
				  Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh adopted August 1978 (1978 Plan).
(a) The introductory chapter was revised,
				summarized, and reorganized. A new section D was added describing emerging
				water quality issues. The State Water Board is committed to further examining
				the following issues:
(1) Pelagic Organism
				Decline.
(2) Climate
				Change.
(3) Delta and Central
				Valley Salinity.
(4) San Joaquin
				River Flows.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 23 - Water Quality Control Plans › Section 3003 - Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California, the "California Ocean Plan."

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On March 30, 1997, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (SWRCB) adopted Resolution No. 97-026 amending the 1990 California Ocean Plan
				  (Ocean Plan). The amendment:
* revises the current list of critical life stage protocols
				  used in testing the toxicity of waste discharges,
* makes minor changes in terminology to make the Ocean Plan
				  easier to understand and implement, and
* substitutes some of the units of measurement in Table B so
				  that all the water quality objectives in the table are in both decimal and
				  scientific units.
1. New section
				  containing concise summary of amendments to the California Ocean Plan filed
				  7-23-97; operative 7-23-97 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353
				  (Register 97, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 13170.2, Water
					 Code. Reference: Section
					 13170.2, Water
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 23 - Water Quality Control Plans › Section 3004 - Clear and Concise Summary of Amendments to the California Ocean Plan Adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board on November 16, 2000

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The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) adopted
				  Resolution No. 2000-108 on November 16, 2000 amending the California Ocean Plan
				  (Ocean Plan) as follows.
1.
Replacement of the Acute Toxicity Effluent Limitation in Table A with
				an Acute Toxicity Water Quality Objective.
This revision replaces an
				effluent limitation achievable by a well-run sewage treatment plant in 1970
				with a water quality objective for protection of marine aquatic life. The
				amendment also establishes a mixing zone for acute toxicity.
2.
Revision of Water Quality
				Objectives for the Protection of Human Health in Table B.
Revised
				water quality objectives are adopted for 12 compounds. The revised water
				quality objectives are calculated using Cal/EPA-recommended cancer potency
				factors and a California-specific fish consumption rate.
3.
Addition of Provisions for
				Compliance Determination for Chemical Objectives:
The compliance
				determination section of the Ocean Plan is revised to incorporate the Minimum
				Level concept. Minimum Levels for statewide application are added as an
				appendix to the Ocean Plan.
4.
Revisions of the Format of the California Ocean Plan:
The
				format of the Ocean Plan is revised making it consistent with that of other
				water quality control plans as described in Section
				13050(j)
				of the California Water Code.
5.
Addition of Procedures for Nomination and Designation of Areas of
				Special Biological Significance (ASBS):
Procedures for nomination and
				designation of Areas of Special Biological Significance are incorporated into
				the Ocean Plan. The adopted procedures are added as Appendix IV of the Ocean
				Plan. A list of adopted ASBS is added as Appendix V of the Ocean
				Plan.
6.
Administrative
				Changes in the California Ocean Plan:
Administrative clean up of the
				Ocean Plan includes:
a. a definition of
				references used for specific governmental agencies,
b. a change in the definition of dredged
				materials,
c. a description of the
				relationship of the Ocean Plan to other State plans and policies,
d. a change in the reference to the water
				quality objective for radioactivity,
e. a change of references that lists test
				methods for total and fecal bacteria and for acute toxicity
f. a change in a subtitle in Appendix
				II.
g. a change of the Ocean Plan
				effective date to reflect that it will not be in effect until approved by the
				U.S. EPA.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 23 - Water Quality Control Plans › Section 3005 - Clear and Concise Summary of Amendments to the California Ocean Plan Adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board on January 20, 2005 and April 21, 2005 and September 15, 2009

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(a) The
				State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted Resolution No.
				2005-0013 on January 20, 2005 and Resolution No. 2005-0035 on April 21, 2005,
				amending the California Ocean Plan (Ocean Plan) as follows:
(1)
Choice of Indicator Organisms for
				Water-Contact Bacterial Standards.
Add an enterococcus geometric mean
				and single sample maximum (SSM) water-contact standard. If a single sample
				exceeds any of the SSM standards, repeat sampling at that location will be
				conducted within 24 hours of receiving analytical results and continued until
				the sample result is less than the SSM standard, or until a sanitary survey is
				conducted to determine the source. Required monitoring for total coliform at
				offshore stations. Added a statement that it is State policy that the geometric
				mean is strongly preferred for use in water body assessment decisions. The use
				of only the SSM value is generally inappropriate, except under appropriate
				circumstances.
(2)
Reasonable potential: Determining when Ocean Plan Water Quality-based
				Effluent Limitations are Required.
Removed existing language that
				allows dischargers to certify that Table B pollutants are not present in their
				effluent
in lieu
of monitoring, and added general "reasonable
				potential" language to Chapter III (Program of Implementation) of the Ocean
				Plan. Additional reasonable potential procedures were added in the new Appendix
				VI of the Ocean Plan.
(3)
Classification of Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) as
				State Water Quality Protection Areas (SWQPAs), rename certain ASBS to coincide
				with name changes corresponding to Marine Managed Areas, and clarification that
				all exceptions are subject to Triennial Review.
Changed the names of
				specific ASBS and incorporated the classification of ASBS as SWQPAs according
				to the Public Resources Code. In addition, amended the Ocean Plan to state that
				exceptions (including non-ASBS related exceptions) would be reviewed during the
				Triennial Review and an appendix was added listing all current exceptions to
				the Ocean Plan.