AB 2139, as introduced, Williams. State Water Resources Control Board: California Ocean Plan.
Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards are the principal state agencies with responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality in the state. The act requires the state board to formulate and adopt state policies for water quality control and to formulate and adopt, and review at least every 3 years, a water quality control plan for the ocean waters of the state known as the California Ocean Plan.
This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2018, to either amend the plan or adopt separate standards to address water quality objectives and effluent limitations that specifically relate to carbon dioxide and pH levels within the state’s coastal waters.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13170.3 of the Water Code is amended
2to read:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insert On or before January 1, 2013, the state board
2shall either amend the California Oceanbegin delete Plan,end deletebegin insert Planend insert or adopt
3separatebegin delete standards,end deletebegin insert standardsend insert to address water quality objectives
4and effluent limitations that are specifically appropriate to
brackish
5groundwater treatment system facilities that produce municipal
6water supplies for local use.
7(b) On or before January 1, 2018, the state board shall either
8amend the plan or adopt separate standards to address water
9quality objectives and effluent limitations that specifically relate
10to carbon dioxide and pH levels within the state’s coastal waters.
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