BILL NUMBER: AB 2139	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 13170.3 of the Water Code, relating to
water quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 13170.3 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   13170.3.   (a)    On or before January 1, 2013,
the state board shall either amend the California Ocean 
Plan,   Plan  or adopt separate  standards,
  standards  to address water quality objectives
and effluent limitations that are specifically appropriate to
brackish groundwater treatment system facilities that produce
municipal water supplies for local use. 
   (b) On or before January 1, 2018, the state board shall 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.