BILL NUMBER: AB 662	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 13383.5 of the Water Code, relating to
stormwater.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 662, as introduced, Hueso. Stormwater.
   Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to
develop minimum monitoring requirements for each municipality that is
required to obtain a stormwater permit, and minimum standard
monitoring requirements for industries that are required to obtain a
stormwater permit, as specified.
   This bill would make several technical, nonsubstantive changes to
those provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13383.5 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   13383.5.  (a) As used in this section, "regulated municipalities
and industries" means the municipalities and industries required to
obtain a  storm water   stormwater  permit
under Section 402(p) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1342(p))
and implementing regulations.
   (b) This section only applies to regulated municipalities that
were subject to a  storm water   stormwater
 permit on or before December 31, 2001, and to regulated
industries that are subject to the General Permit for  Storm
Water   Stormwater  Discharges Associated with
Industrial Activities Excluding Construction Activities.
   (c) Before January 1, 2003, the state board shall develop minimum
monitoring requirements for each regulated municipality and minimum
standard monitoring requirements for regulated industries. This
program shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Standardized methods for collection of  storm water
  stormwater  samples.
   (2) Standardized methods for analysis of  storm water
  stormwater  samples.
   (3) A requirement that every sample analysis under this program be
completed by a state certified laboratory or by the regulated
municipality or industry in the field in accordance with the quality
assurance and quality control protocols established pursuant to this
section.
   (4) A standardized reporting format.
   (5) Standard sampling and analysis programs for quality assurance
and quality control.
   (6) Minimum detection limits.
   (7) Annual reporting requirements for regulated municipalities and
industries.
   (8) For the purposes of determining constituents to be sampled
for, sampling intervals, and sampling frequencies, to be included in
a municipal  storm water   stormwater
permit monitoring program, the regional board shall consider the
following information,  as   if  the
regional board determines  it  to be applicable:
   (A) Discharge characterization monitoring data.
   (B) Water quality data collected through the permit monitoring
program.
   (C) Applicable water quality data collected, analyzed, and
reported by federal, state, and local agencies, and other public and
private entities.
   (D) Any applicable listing under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water
Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313).
   (E) Applicable water quality objectives and criteria established
in accordance with the regional board basin plans, statewide plans,
and federal regulations.
   (F) Reports and studies regarding source contribution of
pollutants in runoff not based on direct water quality measurements.
   (d) The requirements prescribed pursuant to this section shall be
included in all  storm water   stormwater 
permits for regulated municipalities and industries that are reissued
following development of the requirements described in subdivision
(c). Those permits shall include these provisions on or before July
1, 2008. In a year in which the Legislature appropriates sufficient
funds for that purpose, the state board shall make available to the
public via the Internet a summary of the results obtained from
 storm water  stormwater  monitoring
conducted in accordance with this section.