California Public Resources Code

§ 4514.3

PRC § 4514.3 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 8 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Timber operations conducted pursuant to this chapter are exempt from the waste discharge requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 13260) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Water Code as long as both the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the State Water Resources Control Board certify after January 1, 2003, that the provisions of this chapter constitute best management practices for silviculture pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

(b)The exemption contained in subdivision (a) does not apply when any of the following occurs:

(1)The board requests issuance of waste discharge requirements.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 900, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.