California Administrative Code

These regulations are adopted for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Davis-Grunsky Act.

(a) After the Department notifies an applicant of the proposed project's preliminary eligibility, the applicant shall hold one or more public meetings to describe the project to interested persons. (b) If the applicant has already held a public meeting on the project, the Departm…

(a) Upon receipt of a petition that complies with section 2050 the state board may either dismiss the petition pursuant to section 2052, or may provide written notification to the petitioner, informing the discharger (if not the petitioner), the regional board, and other interest…

The following shall be included as conditions of all water quality certification actions: (a) Every certification action is subject to modification or revocation upon administrative or judicial review, including review and amendment pursuant to Section 13330 of the Water Code and…

Passing an approved General Educational Development Test, or obtaining a Certificate of Proficiency issued by the Board of Education in accordance with section 48412 of the Education Code, are equivalent to obtaining a high school diploma.

An applicant must demonstrate that it is using or will agree to undertake all reasonable water conservation measures. Water conservation means the prudent and careful distribution and use of water to prevent waste, unreasonable use, or unreasonable method of use of water. It shal…

(a) The temporary closure requirements of this section apply to underground storage tanks where the storage of hazardous substances has ceased but the underground storage tank will be used for the storage of hazardous substances again within the 12 consecutive months after tempor…

The Department of Health shall notify each applicant on the priority list, in writing, of its position on the priority list and shall inform the applicant when project plans shall be submitted for approval.

(a) Subject to subsection (c), at any point during the enforcement process, the board or the Executive Officer may negotiate a proposed resolution with the person or entity responsible for the violation. (b) The board or Executive Officer may enter into an agreement tolling any a…

(a) Prescriptive Compliance. Submit a Landscape Documentation Package, which includes: (1) Project information sheet with the following elements: (A) date the project information sheet is completed; (B) name of the project applicant; (C) contact information for the project applic…

The words used in this chapter have meanings set forth as follows: (a) “A List” means the preferred priority list of projects described in Section 497.6. (b) “Applicant” means an entity that is acting as the principal party making an application for funding under the provisions o…

An additional borrow standard has been established for the removal of material from the floodways of the Lower San Joaquin River Flood Control Project. The additional standard supplements and, where in conflict with, supersedes standards in section 116, Borrow and Excavation Acti…

An unsuccessful applicant may petition the Department or the Department of Health for a review of an application that has been denied. The petition shall be filed within 30 days after the date of notification that the application has been denied and may include any information no…

(a) General provisions are related statutes, regulations, and other considerations for landscape projects subject to the MWELO as described in Section 491. Sections 490.1(a)(3) and (4) should be reviewed to determine applicability. (1) Designation of Responsibility. A local agenc…

(a) The State Water Board may: (1) refuse to review the Division Chief's determination if the request for review is not filed in accordance with the provisions of section 2782 and 2783. (2) after review of the petition and the response of the Division Chief: (A) deny the request …

Upon the request of any interested person, or upon its own motion, the State Board may hold a public hearing regarding a proposed requirement that a marine terminal install pumpout facilities.

When unappropriated water is not available to the applicant during the entire season for which the use of water is needed, an application may be approved for the portion of the season during which unappropriated water is available, provided the applicant first supplies to the boa…

Claimants shall verify under penalty of perjury that all statements, documents and certifications contained in or accompanying a claim are true and correct to the best of the claimant's knowledge. This shall include all statements and documents submitted during the active life of…

On May 4, 2010, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted Resolution No. 2010-0021, adopting the Water Quality Control Policy for Maintaining Instream Flows in Northern California Coastal Streams (North Coast Instream Flow Policy) in accordance with California Water Code se…

The board shall take appropriate action to encourage public participation and comment in the preparation and review of environmental documents. Such action may include a public hearing, a workshop or a board meeting when such is deemed necessary by the board for proper evaluation…

For purposes of Section 15169 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the following documents have been prepared and designated by the state board as a master environmental assessment for the particular hydrographic area under consideration: (a) All water quality control plans, and amendme…

(a) Any person discharging or proposing to discharge waste to land where water quality can be affected shall submit to the regional board a report of waste discharge, unless the report is waived by the regional board. This reporting requirement also applies to expansion of an exi…

(a) Whenever DSOD or the department is required to serve documents on a dam owner under the provisions of this article, the dam owner shall be served by using at least one of the following methods: (1) First-class mail, registered mail or certified mail through the United States …

(a) “Act” means Chapter 4 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2001 of the California Legislature (commonly known as “AB1X”), as amended by Chapter 9 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2001 of the California Legislature, and as codified in part as Division 27 of the Californi…

(a) Reporting required under sections 95102 through 95103 shall be submitted to the Department through the Department's website using the online report submission portal at hdc.hcai.ca.gov. (b) A hospital shall submit the information as required in section 95103 and upload the ho…

(a) Each application for a Tax Certification shall be accompanied by a fee of $200. (b) Each application for a Water Quality Certification shall be accompanied by a fee deposit for processing the application. Processing the application includes evaluating the activity proposed in…

(a) Plans submitted to the department for certification shall be on substantial paper or cloth, not less than eight and one-half (8 ½ ) by eleven (11) inches or multiples thereof but not exceeding twenty-five and one-half (25 ½ ) by thirty-six (36) inches. (b) A plan shall includ…

When applying for a permit to operate a park, or for the renewal or amendment of any such permit, if the applicant has not previously been determined to be eligible to receive public benefits, the applicant shall present to the enforcement agency such documentation as the departm…

(a) An agricultural water supplier providing water to 25,000 irrigated acres or more, excluding acres that receive only recycled water, is subject to this article. (b) A wholesale agricultural water supplier providing water to another agricultural water supplier (the receiving wa…

(a) Designated underground storage tank operators must possess a current certificate issued by the International Code Council demonstrating that the individual has passed the California UST System Operator exam. The individual must renew the International Code Council certificati…

Any person owning a legal real property interest over a portion of the State Water Project right of-way for an authorized encroachment, or who has an agreement with the Department for the construction, operation, and maintenance of an authorized encroachment within the State Wate…

If any unauthorized encroachment remains after the expiration of the response period specified in the notice of unauthorized encroachment, and the unauthorized encroachment falls under subdivision (f), Section 12899.1 of the Water Code, a copy of the notice of unauthorized encroa…

(a) The closure preparation phase includes those activities that a responsible party and the Cleanup Oversight Agency must complete after the Cleanup Oversight Agency notifies a responsible party that the underground storage tank release case is eligible for closure and before th…

(a) The Board shall be convened upon the request of any owner of a small dam or proposed small dam to review any decision or order of the department respecting any technical standard, study requested, engineering requirement or other technical matter required by the department wh…

(a) Before interviewing a firm, the board shall prepare an estimate of the value of the proposed project based upon accepted rates for comparable services. The estimate shall serve as a guide during contract negotiations to evaluate a fair and reasonable compensation. (b) If at a…

(a) Each TAVR hospital shall designate a primary data contact person. A hospital shall notify Program of the designation by email at [email protected] within 30 days of the effective date of this regulation or within 30 days of beginning or resuming TAVR procedures. A notificatio…

Written information regarding disciplinary action taken against licensees shall be maintained by the Office of Tank Tester Licensing and information which meets the provisions of the Information Practices Act shall be furnished to local agencies as available and to interested par…

The notice of informational proceedings shall include: (1) A statement of the nature and purpose of the proceedings; (2) A statement of the time, date, and place of each proceeding. Notice of informational proceedings shall, as a minimum requirement, comply with applicable requir…

Drug dispensing means the act entailing the interpretation of a prescription order for a drug or biological and the proper selection, measuring, packaging, labeling and issuance of the drug or biological for a patient.

Adjudicative proceedings will be conducted in accordance with the provisions and rules of evidence set forth in Government Code section 11513. Hearsay evidence is admissible subject to the provisions of Government Code section 11513.

Applicants for a loan and applicants for a grant under the Act for the construction of a proposed project, and applicants for a grant under the Act for the construction of initial water supply and sanitary facilities, shall also file with the Department an application in writing …

In calculating recreation benefits, the recreation activities that the Department will consider shall be limited to water-associated activities which take place in, on, or adjacent to the reservoir, and which entail direct enjoyment of the recreational values of the reservoir. Th…

(a) Within 30 days of receipt of a completed application for renewal and the renewal fee, the Office of Operator Certification shall issue a renewed operator-in-training certificate or inform the applicant of the reason the certificate shall not be issued. (b) The Office of Opera…

(a) “Address of record” means the address at which the licensee wishes to be contacted by the State Water Board. The address of record is public information. (b) “Advertisement” means any written or printed communication for the purpose of soliciting, describing, or promoting the…

For discharges beginning January 1, 2009: (a) A civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) per day shall be assessed to a hospital that does not file an online report as required by this Article by the date it is due. No penalty shall be imposed during an extension period as pro…

(a) An application for a provisional operator certificate shall include: 1) all of the information required in section 3702 for an application for an operator certificate; 2) provisional operator certification fee prescribed in article 10; and 3) the name, contact information, an…

(a) Upon receipt by the Board of the completed application, the Board shall approve a request for a loan when it finds the following requirements are met: (1) The applicant meets the conditions of eligibility provided in section 3422; (2) The Board has evaluated the applicant's c…

A Postsurgical Recovery Care Facility shall provide in the participation agreement with each participating surgery program that authorized representatives of the Office may, at any reasonable time, enter the premises of the participating surgery program for the purpose of examini…

(a) The civil liability described in subdivision (b) or (c) may be imposed administratively in accordance with article 2.5 (commencing with section 13323) of chapter 5 of division 7 of the Water Code. (b) The State Water Board may impose administrative civil liability in an amoun…

(a) Maps accompanying applications for power purposes shall show the point of diversion, the conduit, penstock and power house and, the point at which the water is returned to the stream. (b) Applicants applying for more than 3 cubic feet per second direct diversion or 200 acre-f…