CHAPTER 4. Regional Water Quality Control [13200. - 13286.9.]
Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.
§§ 13200–13286.9 · 70 sections
ARTICLE 1. Organization and Membership of Regional Boards §§ 13200–13208 · 9 sections
- § 13200 The state is divided, for the purpose of this division, into nine regions: (a) North Coast region, which comprises all basins including Lower Klamath Lake and…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 13203 The official designation of each regional board shall be: California Regional Water Quality Control Board, (region name).
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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,…
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards §§ 13220–13228.15 · 11 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 13224 Each regional board may issue policy statements relating to any water quality matter within its jurisdiction.
- § 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…
- § 13226 Consistent with classifications adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 13172, each regional board shall review and classify any proposed or currently…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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,…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 3. Regional Water Quality Control Plans §§ 13240–13249 · 11 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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.…
- § 13245.5 Guidelines adopted by a regional board shall not become effective unless and until approved by the state board.
- § 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…
- § 13247 State offices, departments, and boards, in carrying out activities which may affect water quality, shall comply with water quality control plans approved or…
- § 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…
- § 13249 (a) 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…
ARTICLE 4. Waste Discharge Requirements §§ 13260–13276 · 31 sections
- § 13260 (a) Each of the following persons shall file with the appropriate regional board a report of the discharge, containing the information that may be required by…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 13263 (a) The regional board, after any necessary hearing, shall prescribe requirements as to the nature of any proposed discharge, existing discharge, or material…
- § 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…
- § 13263.2 The owner or operator of a facility that treats groundwater which qualifies as a hazardous waste pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of…
- § 13263.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that pollution prevention should be the first step in a hierarchy for reducing pollution and managing wastes, and to… see note
- § 13263.5 (a) When the regional board issues waste discharge requirements pursuant to Section 13263, or revises waste discharge requirements pursuant to subdivision (g)…
- § 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… see note
- § 13263.7 (a) Compliance with effluent limitations and any other permit or waste discharge requirements, as appropriate, for the release or discharge of recycled water…
- § 13264 (a) No person shall initiate any new discharge of waste or make any material changes in any discharge, or initiate a discharge to, make any material changes in…
- § 13265 (a) Any person discharging waste in violation of Section 13264, after such violation has been called to his attention in writing by the regional board, is…
- § 13266 Pursuant to such regulations as the regional board may prescribe, each city, county, or city and county shall notify the regional board of the filing of a…
- § 13267 (a) A regional board, in establishing or reviewing any water quality control plan or waste discharge requirements, or in connection with any action relating to…
- § 13267.5 (a) In conducting an investigation pursuant to Section 13267 that includes collection of information about discharge of wastewater produced from an oil or gas…
- § 13268 (a) (1) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b) of Section 13267, failing or refusing…
- § 13269 (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2000, the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 13260, subdivision (a) of Section 13263, or subdivision (a) of…
- § 13270 Where a public agency as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 13400 leases land for waste disposal purposes to any other public agency, including the State of…
- § 13271 (a) (1) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any hazardous substance or sewage to…
- § 13272 (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any oil or petroleum product to be…
- § 13272.1 Each regional board shall publish and distribute on a quarterly basis to all public water system operators within the region of the regional board, a list of…
- § 13273 (a) The state board shall, on or before January 1, 1986, rank all solid waste disposal sites, as defined in paragraph (5) of subdivision (i) of Section 41805.5…
- § 13273.1 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an operator of a solid waste disposal site may submit a solid waste assessment questionnaire to the appropriate…
- § 13273.2 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13273.1, a regional board may reevaluate the status of any solid waste disposal site ranked pursuant to Section…
- § 13273.3 As used in Sections 13273, 13273.1, and 13273.2, “operator” means a person who operates or manages, or who has operated or managed, the solid waste disposal…
- § 13273.5 Notwithstanding Section 13273, a small city which operates a Class III solid waste disposal site is not required to submit a solid waste water quality…
- § 13274 (a) (1) The state board or a regional board, upon receipt of applications for waste discharge requirements for discharges of dewatered, treated, or chemically…
- § 13275 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a public water system regulated by the state board pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116270) of Part 12 of…
- § 13276 (a) The multiagency task force, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and state board pilot project to address the Environmental Impacts of Cannabis Cultivation,…
ARTICLE 5. Individual Disposal Systems §§ 13280–13286.9 · 8 sections
- § 13280 A determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems or from community collection and disposal systems which utilize…
- § 13281 (a) In making a determination pursuant to Section 13280, except as specified in subdivision (b), the regional board shall consider all relevant evidence…
- § 13282 (a) If it appears that adequate protection of water quality, protection of beneficial uses of water, and prevention of nuisance, pollution, and contamination…
- § 13283 In reviewing any determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems should not be permitted, the state board shall include…
- § 13284 The state board may adopt guidelines, regulations, or policies necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
- § 13285 (a) A discharge from a storage tank, pipeline, or other container of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), or of any pollutant that contains MTBE, that poses a…
- § 13286 (a) On and after January 1, 2012, the appropriate regional board shall prohibit the discharge of wastewater into the ground through the use of individual…
- § 13286.9 On and after the date determined by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, or January 1, 2013, whichever is earlier, all wastewater discharged by…