| 1 | | - | Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1313Introduced by Assembly Member PapanFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 22080 of add Section 13383.1 to the Water Code, relating to water. water quality.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1313, as amended, Papan. Watermaster service: district. Water quality: permits.Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards regulate water quality and prescribe waste discharge requirements in accordance with the federal national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit program established by the federal Clean Water Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. Existing law requires each regional board to formulate and adopt water quality control plans for all areas within the region, as provided.The bill would require the state board, after making the necessary findings, to establish a statewide commercial, industrial, and institutional NPDES order, for properties of 5 acres or more, regulating stormwater and authorized nonstormwater discharges from facilities with impervious surfaces that are significant contributors of pollutants to federally protected surface waters, as determined by the state board. The bill would require the state board to publish a draft order of the statewide order for public comment on or before December 31, 2028, or 18 months after the reissuance of a specified statewide permit, as specified. The bill would require the state board to contemporaneously develop a model memorandum of understanding to issue with the publication of the draft statewide order for public comment that details the necessary components of an agreement between commercial, industrial, and institutional permittees and local municipalities for achieving offsite stormwater capture and use within the adopted final statewide commercial, industrial, and institutional NPDES order. The bill would require the NPDES order to include multiple options to achieve compliance with water quality standards, including, but not limited to, compliance options incentivizing onsite or offsite stormwater capture and use.Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to divide the state into watermaster service areas for the purpose of distributing water in accordance with certain water rights determinations. The Irrigation District Law authorizes certain irrigation districts that, among other things, include land included within a watermaster service area to appoint one or more watermasters to regulate the use of water within the district. Existing law defines district for those purposes.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that definition.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 13383.1 is added to the Water Code, to read:13383.1. (a) (1) The state board, after making the necessary findings, shall establish a statewide commercial, industrial, and institutional national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) order, for properties of five acres or more, pursuant to Section 402(p) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1342(p)) and Sections 122.26(a)(9)(i)(C) and 122.26(a)(9)(i)(D) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations regulating stormwater and authorized nonstormwater discharges from facilities with impervious surfaces that are significant contributors of pollutants to federally protected surface waters, as determined by the state board. The state board shall publish a draft order of the statewide order for public comment on or before December 31, 2028, or 18 months after the reissuance of the statewide General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities, Order 2014-0057-DWQ, as amended in 2015 and 2018, effective July 1, 2020, whichever is later.(2) The state board shall contemporaneously develop a model memorandum of understanding to issue with the publication of the draft statewide order for public comment that details the necessary components of an agreement between commercial, industrial, and institutional permittees and local municipalities for achieving offsite stormwater capture and use within the adopted final statewide commercial, industrial, and institutional NPDES order.(b) The NPDES order established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include multiple options to achieve compliance with water quality standards, including, but not limited to, compliance options incentivizing onsite or offsite stormwater capture and use.(c) Regulated stormwater permittees shall not be subject to more than one stormwater NPDES order for the same facility pursuant to Section 402(p) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1342(p)) and Sections 122.26(a)(9)(i)(C) and 122.26(a)(9)(i)(D) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. All effluent limitations applicable to stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities shall be incorporated into the statewide commercial, industrial, and institutional order established pursuant to subdivision (a). This subdivision does not apply to stormwater discharges associated with construction activities.SECTION 1.Section 22080 of the Water Code is amended to read:22080.As used in this article:(a)Conduit includes ditches, pipelines, and other means of diversion.(b)District means an irrigation district that includes land included within a watermaster service area for which a watermaster has previously been appointed by the Department of Water Resources, but that elects to provide watermaster service pursuant to this article. |
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| 1 | + | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1313Introduced by Assembly Member PapanFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 22080 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1313, as introduced, Papan. Watermaster service: district.Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to divide the state into watermaster service areas for the purpose of distributing water in accordance with certain water rights determinations. The Irrigation District Law authorizes certain irrigation districts that, among other things, include land included within a watermaster service area to appoint one or more watermasters to regulate the use of water within the district. Existing law defines district for those purposes.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that definition.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 22080 of the Water Code is amended to read:22080. As used in this article:(a) Conduit includes ditches, pipelines, and other means of diversion.(b) District means any an irrigation district which that includes land included within a watermaster service area for which a watermaster has previously been appointed by the Department of Water Resources, but which that elects to provide watermaster service pursuant to the provisions of this article. |
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