Amended in Assembly April 21, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2071

Introduced by Assembly Member Levine

February 20, 2014

An act to add Section 13521.1 to the Water Code, relating to recycled water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2071, as amended, Levine. Recycled water: pasture animals.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each varying type of use of recycled water where the use involves the protection of public health.

This bill would begin delete require end delete begin insert require, by December 31, 2016, end insert the begin delete department end delete begin insert department, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, end insert to begin delete approve end delete begin insert determine if end insert the use of begin insert disinfected end insert tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of providing water to pasture begin delete animals, by January 1, 2016, unless the department determines that this use would harm public health. end delete begin insert animals would be safe for public and animal health. end insert This bill would require the department to establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for the use of recycled water for the purpose of providing water to pasture animals if the department determines that the use of begin insert disinfected end insert tertiary treated recycled water for this purpose would harm public begin insert or animal end insert health. begin insert The bill would authorize the department to approve the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for this purpose if the department determines that its use would not harm public or animal health but would prohibit the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water in the water supply for dairy animals that are currently producing dairy products for human consumption. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 13521.1 is added to the Water Code, to
read:

13521.1.  

begin delete Prior to January 1, 2016, end delete begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert By December 31, 2016, end insert
the State Department of Public begin delete Health end delete begin insert Health, in consultation with
the Department of Food and Agriculture, end insert shall begin delete approve end delete begin insert determine
if end insert the use of begin insert disinfected end insert tertiary treated recycled begin delete water end delete begin insert water, as
defined by Section 60301.230 of Title 22 of the California Code
of Regulations, end insert for the purpose of providing water to pasture
begin delete animals unless the State Department of Public Health determines
that this use would harm public health. end delete begin insert animals, would be safe for
public and animal health. end insert If the State Department of Public Health
determines that the use of begin insert disinfected end insert tertiary treated recycled water
for the purpose of providing water to pasture animals would harm
public begin insert or animal end insert health, the State Department of Public Health
shall establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for the use of
begin insert disinfected tertiary end insert recycled water for the purpose of providing
water to pasture animals. begin insert Except as provided in subdivision (c), if
the State Department of Public Health determines that the use of
disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of
providing water to pasture animals would not harm public or
animal health, the State Department of Public Health may approve
the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for these
purposes. end insert

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(b) In evaluating the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled
water for the purpose of providing water to pasture animals, the
State Department of Public Health shall consider all of the
following:

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(1) Recommendations from the Advisory Panel on Constituents
of Emerging Concerns in Recycled Water.

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(2) State-funded research performed pursuant to Section 79144
and subdivision (b) of Section 79145.

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(3) Research by the state board relating to unregulated
pollutants.

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(c) Disinfected tertiary treated recycled water shall not be used
in the water supply for dairy animals that are currently producing
dairy products for human consumption.

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(d) A person shall not be required to use disinfected tertiary
treated recycled water for the purposes described in this section.

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(e) The adoption of uniform statewide recycling criteria pursuant
to this section shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title
2 of the Government Code.

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