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Cal. Water Code § 13301 (2026)

Administrative Enforcement and Remedies

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When a regional board finds that a discharge of waste is taking place, or threatening to take place, in violation of requirements or discharge prohibitions prescribed by the regional board or the state board, the board may issue an order to cease and desist and direct that those persons not complying with the requirements or discharge prohibitions (a) comply forthwith, (b) comply in accordance with a time schedule set by the board, or (c) in the event of a threatened violation, take appropriate remedial or preventive action. In the event of an existing or threatened violation of waste discharge requirements in the operation of a community sewer system, cease and desist orders may restrict or prohibit the volume, type, or concentration of waste that might be added to that system by dischargers who did not discharge into the system prior to the issuance of the cease and desist order. Cease and desist orders may be issued directly by a board, after notice and hearing.

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Cited in 4 cases, 1992–2003 · leading case: Citizens for a Better Env't-California v. Union Oil Co., 861 F. Supp. 889 (N.D. Cal. 1994).
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Citizens for a Better Env't-California v. Union Oil Co., 861 F. Supp. 889 (N.D. Cal. 1994). · cites it 18× “See Cal. Water Code § 13301 . 5 However, Unocal can point to no case where a federal court has held that a state enforcement action that does not satisfy the requirements to qualify as a valid “modification” of an effluent standard or limit contained in an NPDES permit, can…”
Kim McAbee v. City of Fort Payne, 318 F.3d 1248 (11th Cir. 2003). · cites it 2× “Although the penalty-assessment provisions of the California Water Act were comparable to those of the federal CWA, the court found that the settlement in question was reached pursuant to California Water Code § 13301, a statute that was merely related to the California Water…”
Waterkeepers N. California v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 102 Cal. App. 4th 1448 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002). “(Wat. Code, §§ 13301, 13305, 13308; see also §§ 13385, subds.”
City of Sacramento v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 2 Cal. App. 4th 960 (Cal. Ct. App. 1992). “(Wat. Code, § 13301.) The Central Valley Region contains three water basins: the Sacramento River Basin, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Basin, and the San Joaquin Basin.”
Cal. Water Code § 13301(b): 1 case
Citizens for a Better Env't-California v. Union Oil Co., 861 F. Supp. 889 (N.D. Cal. 1994). “See Cal. Water Code § 13301 . 5 However, Unocal can point to no case where a federal court has held that a state enforcement action that does not satisfy the requirements to qualify as a valid “modification” of an effluent standard or limit contained in an NPDES permit, can…”
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