Wat. Code, § 13263.6 · Article 4. Waste Discharge Requirements
Wat. Code, § 13263.6
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) may require pollution prevention plans as described in Section 13263.3 as part of the pretreatment requirements applicable to significant industrial users.
(b) The state board or a regional board shall prescribe effluent limitations as part of the waste discharge requirements of a POTW for all substances that the most recent toxic chemical release data reported to the state emergency response commission pursuant to Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11023) indicate are discharged into the POTW and that the state board or a regional board has determined has the reasonable potential to impair water quality.
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History
Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 92, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000. See the prevailing Section 13263.6 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 93, with same subject matter, but with substantive differences.
Another version listed by the Legislative Counsel
Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 93, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.
(a) The regional board shall prescribe effluent limitations as part of the waste discharge requirements of a POTW for all substances that the most recent toxic chemical release data reported to the state emergency response commission pursuant to Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11023) indicate as discharged into the POTW, for which the state board or the regional board has established numeric water quality objectives, and has determined that the discharge is or may be discharged at a level which will cause, have the reasonable potential to cause, or contribute to, an excursion above any numeric water quality objective.
(b) This section prevails over Section 13263.6, as added to the Water Code by Assembly Bill 1104 of the 1999–2000 Regular Session.
History (another version listed by the Legislative Counsel)
Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 93, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.
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