California Water Code

§ 13263

WAT § 13263 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 7 · Ch. 4 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The regional board, after any necessary hearing, shall prescribe requirements as to the nature of any proposed discharge, existing discharge, or material change in an existing discharge, except discharges into a community sewer system, with relation to the conditions existing in the disposal area or receiving waters upon, or into which, the discharge is made or proposed. The requirements shall implement any relevant water quality control plans that have been adopted, and shall take into consideration the beneficial uses to be protected, the water quality objectives reasonably required for that purpose, other waste discharges, the need to prevent nuisance, and the provisions of Section 13241.

(b)A regional board, in prescribing requirements, need not authorize the utilization of the full waste assimilation capacities of the receiving waters.

(c)The requirements may contain a time schedule, subject to revision in the discretion of the board.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 421, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.