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 2 - Classification of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Owner Reporting Requirements, and Criteria for a Class I Wastewater Treatment Plant › Section 3676 - Reporting Requirements for Owners of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Except as provided in subdivision (c), within 60 days from the effective date
				  of this section, an owner shall submit to the Office of Operator Certification
				  a signed statement from the chief plant operator acknowledging and accepting
				  the responsibilities of the position of "chief plant operator" as defined in
				  section 3671.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), in
				  addition to providing the written acknowledgement required by subdivision (a),
				  within 60 days from the effective date of this section, the owner of a
				  privately owned wastewater treatment plant for which the State Water Board or a
				  Regional Water Board has issued waste discharge requirements or any other
				  wastewater treatment plant using a sequencing batch reactor or extended
				  aeration treatment for process control shall submit to the Office of Operator
				  Certification a description and schematic of the wastewater treatment plant's
				  treatment processes and design flow, the name of the Regional Water Board
				  overseeing the wastewater treatment plant, an employee organization chart, job
				  descriptions, and duty rosters for wastewater treatment plant
				  personnel.
(c) The owner of a
				  wastewater treatment plant that will begin operating more than 60 days after
				  the effective date of this section shall submit to the Office of Operator
				  Certification at least 60 days before the wastewater treatment plant begins
				  operating, a description and schematic of the wastewater treatment plant's
				  treatment processes and design flow, the name of the Regional Water Board
				  overseeing the wastewater treatment plant, an employee organization chart, job
				  descriptions, and duty rosters for wastewater treatment plant personnel. The
				  owner shall submit a signed statement from the chief plant operator
				  acknowledging and accepting the responsibilities of the position of "chief
				  plant operator" as defined in section
				  3671.
(d) The owner shall notify the Office of
				  Operator Certification in writing within 30 days of the closure of the
				  wastewater treatment plant or any change in the reportable items in
				  subdivisions (b) or (c), that may affect the classification of the wastewater
				  treatment plant.
(e) If the person
				  designated as the chief plant operator changes, the owner shall notify the
				  Office of Operator Certification in writing within 30 days and shall provide a
				  signed statement from the new chief plant operator acknowledging and accepting
				  the responsibilities of the position of "chief plant operator" as defined in
				  section 3671.
(f) The owner shall notify the Office of
				  Operator Certification in writing within 30 days of entering into or ending a
				  contract with a contract operator.
(g) The owner shall notify the Office of
				  Operator Certification in writing within 30 days of any final disciplinary
				  action taken by the owner against an operator, provisional operator,
				  operator-in-training, or contract operator. Disciplinary action includes
				  reprimanding or placing on probation, suspending, demoting, or discharging an
				  operator, provisional operator, operator-in-training, or contract operator for
				  performing, or allowing or causing another to perform, any act in violation of
				  this chapter. The notice shall include the name of the operator, provisional
				  operator, operator-in-training, or contract operator, the specific violations,
				  and the disciplinary action taken. The notice also shall include the operator's
				  certificate number or the contract operator's registration number.
(1) Except as provided in (2) below, a notice
				  received from an owner regarding final disciplinary action shall be retained in
				  State Water Board files for three years.
(2) If the State Water Board imposes
				  administrative civil liability or takes disciplinary action pursuant to article
				  9 or article 12 in response to the conduct which is the basis for the notice,
				  then the notice shall remain in State Water Board files for 10
				  years.