SECTIONS 13369 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 13369

13369. (a) (1) The state board, in consultation with the regional
boards, the California Coastal Commission, and other appropriate
state agencies and advisory groups, as necessary, shall prepare a
detailed program for the purpose of implementing the state's nonpoint
source management plan. The board shall address all applicable
provisions of the Clean Water Act, including Section 319 (33 U.S.C.
Sec. 1329), as well as Section 6217 of the federal Coastal Zone Act
Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1455b), and this
division in the preparation of this detailed implementation program.
(2) (A) The program shall include all of the following components:
(i) Nonregulatory implementation of best management practices.
(ii) Regulatory-based incentives for best management practices.
(iii) The adoption and enforcement of waste discharge requirements
that will require the implementation of best management practices.
(B) In connection with its duties under this subdivision to
prepare and implement the state's nonpoint source management plan,
the state board shall develop, on or before February 1, 2001,
guidance to be used by the state board and the regional boards for
the purpose of describing the process by which the state board and
the regional boards will enforce the state's nonpoint source
management plan, pursuant to this division.
(C) The adoption of the guidance developed pursuant to this
section is not subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340)
of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) The state board, in consultation with the California Coastal
Commission and other appropriate agencies, as necessary, on or before
December 31 of each year, shall submit to the Legislature, and make
available to the public, both of the following:
(1) Copies of all state and regional board reports that contain
information related to nonpoint source pollution and that the state
or regional boards were required to prepare in the previous fiscal
year pursuant to Sections 303, 305(b), and 319 of the Clean Water Act
(33 U.S.C. Secs. 1313, 1315(b), and 1329), Section 6217 of the
federal Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (16
U.S.C. Sec. 1455b), related regulations, and this division.
(2) A summary of information related to nonpoint source pollution
that is set forth in the reports described pursuant to paragraph (1)
including, but not limited to, summaries of both of the following:
(A) Information that is related to nonpoint source pollution and
that is required to be included in reports prepared pursuant to
Section 305(b) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1315(b)).
(B) Information that is required to be in reports prepared
pursuant to Section 319(h)(11) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec.
1329(h)(11)).