Water Code - Division 7: Water Quality - Chapter 5.4: Regional Water Quality Control (secs. 13200 - 13286.9)

135 California State Water Resources Control Board (h) Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the state board or the regional boards to establish requirements in addition to the best management practices for the elimination of discharges of preproduction plastic. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 735, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.) CHAPTER 5.4. NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM [13369. 13369.] (Chapter 5.4 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 560, Sec. 1.) § 13369. [Implementation of the nonpoint source management plan] (a) The state board, in consultation with the regional boards, the California Coastal Commission, and other appropriate state agencies and advisory groups, as necessary, shall prepare a detailed program for the purpose of implementing the state’s nonpoint source management plan. The board shall address all applicable provisions of the Clean Water Act, including Section 319 (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1329), as well as Section 6217 of the federal Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1455b), and this division in the preparation of this detailed implementation program. (b) (1) The program shall include all of the following components: (A) Nonregulatory implementation of best management practices. (B) Regulatory-based incentives for best management practices. (C) The adoption and enforcement of waste discharge requirements that will require the implementation of best management practices. (2) In connection with its duties under this subdivision to prepare and implement the state’s nonpoint source management plan, the state board shall develop, on or before February 1, 2001, guidance to be used by the state board and the regional boards for the purpose of describing the process by which the state board and the regional boards will enforce the state’s nonpoint source management plan, pursuant to this division. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 182. Effective January 1, 2013.) CHAPTER 5.5. COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AS AMENDED IN 1972 [13370. - 13389.] (Chapter 5.5 added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1256.) § 13370. [Legislative intent] The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.), as amended, provides for permit systems to regulate the discharge of pollutants and dredged or fill material to the navigable waters of the United States and to regulate the use and disposal of sewage sludge. (b) The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, provides that permits may be issued by states which are authorized to implement the provisions of that act.