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Cal. Water Code § 13160 (2026)

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(a)The state board is designated as the state water pollution control agency for all purposes stated in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and any other existing or subsequently enacted federal water quality control law.

(b)(1)The state board is authorized to give any certificate or statement required by any federal agency pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or any other federal water quality control law that there is reasonable assurance that an activity of any person subject to the jurisdiction of the state board will comply with applicable requirements of that federal law or any other appropriate requirements of state law.

(2)The state board may issue the certificate or statement under paragraph (1) before completion of the environmental review required under Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code if the state board determines that waiting until completion of that environmental review to issue the certificate or statement poses a substantial risk of waiver of the state board’s certification authority under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or any other federal water quality control law. To the extent authorized by federal law, the state board shall reserve authority to reopen and, after public notice, an opportunity for comment, and, when appropriate, an opportunity for a hearing, revise the certificate or statement as appropriate to incorporate feasible measures to avoid or reduce significant environmental impacts or to make any necessary findings based on the information provided in the environmental document prepared for the project.

(c)The state board is authorized to exercise any powers delegated to the state and carry out any program a state is authorized to administer under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and any amendments to that act.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2003–2024 · leading case: City of Arcadia v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 265 F. Supp. 2d 1142 (N.D. Cal. 2003).

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City of Arcadia v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 265 F. Supp. 2d 1142 (N.D. Cal. 2003). “§ 1313 ; Cal. Water Code § 13160 . The Porter-Cologne Act established nine California Regional Water Quality Control Boards (individually, a “Regional Board”; collectively, the “Regional Boards”), Cal.”

Conway v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 235 Cal. App. 4th 671 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). “(Wat. Code, §§ 13160, 13191.3, subd. (a).) Regional Water Quality Control Boards regulate the quality of water within their regions under the purview of the State Board.”

San Francisco Baykeeper v. Levin Enter., Inc., 12 F. Supp. 3d 1208 (N.D. Cal. 2013). “See Cal. Water Code § 13160 . This authority includes implementation and enforcement of the Permit and exercise of residual authority pursuant to 33 U.”

Californians for Alternatives to Toxics v. Schneider Dock & Intermodal Facility, Inc., 374 F. Supp. 3d 897 (N.D. Cal. 2019). “3d at 1198 ; Cal. Water Code § 13160 (designating State Water Resources Control Board as implementing authority for the CWA).”

Voices of Wetlands v. STATE WATER RES. BD., 69 Cal. Rptr. 3d 487 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “" (Wat.Code, § 13160.) California implements its delegated permitting authority through its regional water boards.”

Cnty. of Butte v. Dept. of Water Resources (Cal. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “(Wat. Code, § 13160 et seq.) The conditions must be set forth in a certificate to be incorporated in the license.”

Cnty. of Butte v. Dep't of Water Res., 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 720 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). · cites it 4× “( Wat. Code, § 13160 et seq. ) The conditions must be set forth in a certificate to be *635 incorporated in the license.”

Cnty. of Butte v. Dept. of Water Resources (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “(Wat. Code, § 13160 et seq.) The conditions must be set forth in a certificate to be incorporated in the license.”

State Water Resources Control Bd. v. Baldwin & Sons, Inc. (Cal. Ct. App. 2020). “3, 1989); Wat. Code, § 13160 [designating State Board as implementing authority under the Clean Water Act]; see City of Brentwood v.”

Santa Clara Valley Water Dist. v. San Francisco Bay etc. (Cal. Ct. App. 2020). “(Wat. Code, § 13160, subd. (b)(2); Stats. 2020, ch.”

United States v. State Water Resources Control Bd. (E.D. Cal. 2023). “Cal. Water Code § 13160 (b)(1); Cal. Code 4 Regs, tit.”

CA Open Lands v. Butte Cnty. Dept. of Pub. Works (E.D. Cal. 2024). “In 1991, the California State Water Resources Control 8 Board (“State Board”) issued a single, statewide general NPDES permit applicable to 9 all industrial storm water dischargers (the “General Permit”). Since 1991, the General 10 Permit has been renewed several times.”

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