California Administrative Code

Each Agency shall establish in its Plan a sustainability goal for the basin that culminates in the absence of undesirable results within 20 years of the applicable statutory deadline. The Plan shall include a description of the sustainability goal, including information from the …

(a) Each Agency shall describe in its Plan the processes and criteria relied upon to define undesirable results applicable to the basin. Undesirable results occur when significant and unreasonable effects for any of the sustainability indicators are caused by groundwater conditio…

(a) Each Agency shall establish measurable objectives, including interim milestones in increments of five years, to achieve the sustainability goal for the basin within 20 years of Plan implementation and to continue to sustainably manage the groundwater basin over the planning a…

Each Agency may designate a subset of monitoring sites as representative of conditions in the basin or an area of the basin, as follows: (a) Representative monitoring sites may be designated by the Agency as the point at which sustainability indicators are monitored, and for whic…

(a) Each Agency shall review the monitoring network and include an evaluation in the Plan and each five-year assessment, including a determination of uncertainty and whether there are data gaps that could affect the ability of the Plan to achieve the sustainability goal for the b…

Monitoring data shall be stored in the data management system developed pursuant to Section 352.6. A copy of the monitoring data shall be included in the Annual Report and submitted electronically on forms provided by the Department.

(a) Each Plan shall include a description of the projects and management actions the Agency has determined will achieve the sustainability goal for the basin, including projects and management actions to respond to changing conditions in the basin. (b) Each Plan shall include a d…

(a) A chief plant operator of a wastewater treatment plant must receive written approval from the Office of Operator Certification before assigning an operator as a lone operator. The chief plant operator shall demonstrate that the owner has had difficulty, despite due diligence,…

This Article describes the requirements for coordination agreements between Agencies within a basin developed pursuant to Water Code Section 10727.6, and voluntary interbasin agreements.

(a) Agencies intending to develop and implement multiple Plans pursuant to Water Code Section 10727(b)(3) shall enter into a coordination agreement to ensure that the Plans are developed and implemented utilizing the same data and methodologies, and that elements of the Plans nec…

The Department shall evaluate an Alternative submitted in lieu of a Plan as follows: (a) An Alternative must satisfy all of the following conditions: (1) The Alternative was submitted within the statutory period established by Water Code Section 10733.6, if applicable. (2) The Al…

(a) General Provisions. (1) In addition to other payments provided by this Article, eligible individuals and families displaced from their primary residence, including condominiums, cooperative apartments and mobile homes purchased by the State are eligible for replacement housin…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person shall operate a wastewater treatment plant without a valid, unexpired, State Water Board-issued operator, provisional operator, or operator-in-training certificate at a grade level appropriate for the class of wastewater treatm…

The following definitions shall apply to this chapter: “Activated sludge treatment” means a wastewater treatment process in which predominantly biodegradable pollutants in wastewater are adsorbed and/or absorbed by a suspended mass of living aerobic organisms called “activated sl…

(a) Within 45 days of receiving the information required pursuant to section 3676(b) or (c), the Office of Operator Certification shall classify a wastewater treatment plant according to the following criteria: Class Wastewater Treatment Process Design Flow (in million gallons pe…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), within 60 days from the effective date of this section, an owner shall submit to the Office of Operator Certification a signed statement from the chief plant operator acknowledging and accepting the responsibilities of the position of “c…

(a) An application for exemption shall contain sufficient information to demonstrate that the wastewater treatment plant meets the criteria prescribed in section 3677, and shall include: (1) the name, mailing and business addresses, and telephone number of the owner of the wastew…

(a) At least 60 days before implementing any changes to the operation of an exempt wastewater treatment plant, the owner shall notify the Office of Operator Certification in writing of the proposed changes. (b) Within 30 days of receiving notice of proposed changes to the operati…

(a) Within 30 days of receipt of a complete application and payment of the certification fee prescribed in article 10, the Office of Operator Certification shall issue a provisional operator certificate or inform the applicant of the reason the certificate will not be issued. The…

(a) Provisional operator certificates are valid only while the provisional operator is employed at the wastewater treatment plant for which the certificate was issued. When the employment ceases, the owner shall return the certificate to the Office of Operator Certification withi…

A provisional operator shall notify the Office of Operator Certification within 30 days of the date a certifying body or court, for any act associated with performing duties at a facility that treats wastewater in a state other than California, in a territory, or on land under th…

(a) Relocation assistance and benefits, as provided in these regulations, shall be available to: (1) Any person who lawfully occupies property from which he will be displaced; (2) Any person in lawful occupancy who will move from real property or will move his personal property f…

(a) Appeals. Any displaced person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for a relocation payment, or the amount of such payment, may have his application reviewed by a Relocation Appeals Board designated by the Director to hear such appeals. The Appeals Board shall make …

(a) Eligibility to Receive Moving Cost Payment. (1) Any individual, family, business or farm operator is eligible to receive payment for the reasonable expenses of moving his personal property when (A) He is in lawful occupancy at the initiation of negotiations for the acquisitio…

(a) General. (1) The owner of a displaced business or farm eligible under Section 370.11 (a) is entitled to receive a payment for actual reasonable moving and related expense which include: (A) Actual reasonable expenses in moving his business, farm, or other personal property as…

(a) General. (1) The owner of a displaced advertising sign eligible under Section 370.11 (a) is eligible to receive a payment for actual reasonable moving and related expenses which include: (A) Actual reasonable expenses in moving his advertising sign as provided in subsection (…

(a) The civil liability described in subdivisions (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 amou…

(a) The State Water Board may refuse to grant, suspend, or revoke an operator, provisional operator, or operator-in-training certificate or may reprimand or place on probation an operator, provisional operator, or operator-in-training upon any reasonable ground, including perform…

(a) The initial contract operator registration fee is $639. For each operator employed in California by the contract operator, the contract operator shall pay a fee of $136 up to a maximum of $2,734 in combined contract operator registration fees and employee registration fees. (…

(a) An application for a contract operator registration shall include: (1) the applicant's name, mailing and business addresses, and telephone number; (2) the name, address, and telephone number of the owner of each wastewater treatment plant under contract; (3) for each wastewat…

(a) The contract operator registration issued by the Office of Operator Certification shall include: (1) the applicant's name, business address, and registration number; (2) the issue and expiration date of the registration; (3) the State Water Board seal; (4) the name, “State Wa…

(a) At least 60 days before the expiration of a contract operator registration, the Office of Operator Certification shall send a written notification of the expiration date to the contract operator. Failure to receive a notice of the expiration date does not relieve the contract…

A lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed contract operator registration or contract operator credential may be replaced by the Office of Operator Certification if the registration or credential holder signs and submits a statement explaining the circumstances of the loss, theft, dam…

A valid, unexpired contract operator credential shall be displayed in an area accessible to the public at each wastewater treatment plant where the contract operator has a contract to provide services. If no area is accessible to the public, the contract operator credential shall…

The board shall complete review and take action with regard to development projects subject to the Permit Streamlining Act (Chapter 4.5 (commencing with section 65920) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code) within the time limits set forth in Article 5 (commencing with …

Ministerial projects are exempt from the requirements of CEQA and do not require the preparation of environmental documents. Generally, in the absence of special circumstances, the following activities have been determined to be ministerial projects: (a) Issuance of certification…

In accordance with Water Code section 13389, the boards shall not be required to comply with CEQA prior to the adoption of waste discharge requirements that serve as a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit pursuant to Water Code section 13377, except requ…

Two copies of each application shall be submitted.

(a) In addition to the information requested under Section 3740, the person applying for waste discharge requirements, water recycling requirements, or other entitlement for use, shall complete the Environmental Information Form contained in Appendix H of the State CEQA Guideline…

(a) The board, when acting as a responsible agency, may prohibit, postpone, or condition the discharge of waste and may deny, postpone, or condition water recycling requirements or other entitlement for use for any project subject to CEQA to protect against environmental damage t…

(a) The state board, acting as a responsible agency, may deny, postpone or condition discretionary financial assistance for any project subject to CEQA that is to be undertaken by any person where the state board determines that such action is necessary to protect against environ…

On an annual basis, or more or less frequently as needed by the Department, the Director may request SOQs for specified A&E services by statewide announcement as provided in Section 384 of these regulations. This announcement must, at a minimum, include a description of the proje…

(a) Various laws provide for the issuance of certifications by the state board or regional boards. These regulations specify how the state board and the regional boards implement various certification programs and how the state board acts on petitions for reconsideration of certi…

(a)(1) An application for water quality certification shall be filed with the regional board executive officer in whose region a discharge may occur except as provided in Subsection (b) of this Section. (2) Notice of the application shall be sent by the applicant to the state boa…

(a) The executive director or the executive officer with whom an application for certification is filed shall provide public notice of an application at least twenty-one (21) days before taking certification action on the application, unless the public notice requirement has been…

(a) After review of the application, all relevant data, and any recommendations of a regional board, other state and federal agencies, and any interested person, the state board, the executive director, when acting as the state board's designee, or executive officer, as provided …

(a) The board shall implement the following procedure to negotiate fees and execute a contract: (1) notify the successful firm of its selection; (2) provide the firm with written instructions for the ensuing negotiations; (3) begin negotiations within 14 days of the firm's receip…

Upon execution of a contract, unless waived by the board, the firm must meet the statewide participation goal of not less than three percent for disabled veteran business enterprises or demonstrate that a good faith effort was made to meet the goal, in order to comply with the st…

If the board determines that a change in the contract is necessary during performance of the contract, the parties may amend the contract, by mutual consent, in writing, and make a reasonable adjustment in the firm's compensation.

§ 450.16. Change of Business or Corporate Name. [Renumbered] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I67CA42735A1E11EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Category…