Legislative Update
Money May Be Available – ARRA Funds for Rural Water/Wastewater Projects
Through the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), USDA was appropriated $28 billion to fund a variety of projects geared towards jumpstarting the American economy. Portions of this money will be used to provide affordable financial assistance for improvement of water and waste disposal systems, solid waste disposal systems and storm drainage systems in rural communities to promote rural economic development and improve public health, safety and quality of life.
- Loans and grants may be made in rural cities and towns that have a population of no more than 10,000. Eligible projects/costs include pumping facilities, treatment plants, distribution systems, collection pipelines and more.
- CRWA has just employed two more individuals to help systems as they navigate the process of obtaining federal funds through this and other loan/grant programs.
If you would like more information visit,
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ca/pdf%20files%20and%20documents/WEP%20Overview.pdf
or contact a CRWA staff member at 800.833.0322.
Active Legislation
House of Representatives
HR 637 South Orange County Recycled Water Enhancement Act
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA44]
Summary: Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with: (1) the city of San Juan Capistrano, California, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of an advanced water treatment plant facility and recycled water system; and (2) the city of San Clemente, California, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of a project to expand reclaimed water distribution, storage, and treatment facilities.
Recent Activity:
4/27/2010 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
2/25/2009 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
2/24/2009 Passed House
HR 2442 Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. George Miller [D-CA7]
Summary: To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes.
Recent Activity:
4/27/2010 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
10/19/2009 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
10/15/2009 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 241 - 173
HR 2522 To raise the ceiling on the Federal share of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24]
Summary: In the case of the Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project , the Federal share of the cost of the Project may not exceed the sum determined by adding--(A) the amount that applies to the Project under paragraph (1); and (B) $40,000,000.'.
Recent Activity:
4/27/2010 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
9/23/2009 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
9/22/2009 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote
HR 3748 Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1]
Summary: To establish loan guarantee programs to develop biochar technology using excess plant biomass, to establish biochar demonstration projects on public land, and for other purposes.
Recent Activity:
6/15/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
10/13/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands . Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
10/7/2009 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the j
HR 4252 Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43]
Summary: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the Rialto-Colton Basin in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Recent Activity:
6/9/2010 Senate committee/subcommittee actions: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
3/18/2010 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
3/11/2010 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources.
HR 4719 To establish a Southwest Border Region Water Task Force
Sponsor: Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23]
Summary:
Recent Activity:
6/17/2010 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
3/5/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
3/2/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
HR 5289 Get the Lead Out Act
Sponsor: Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14]
Summary: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reduce lead in drinking water, and for other purposes.
Recent Activity:
5/12/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR 5413 Pechanga Band of LuisenAE6o Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43]
Summary: To achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights and certain claims for injuries to water rights in the Santa Margarita River Watershed for the Band and the United States acting in its capacity as trustee for the Band and Allottees; to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of certain claims by the Band against the United States; to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Pechanga Settlement Agreement to be entered into by the Band, RCWD, EMWD, and the United States; to authorize and direct the Secretary to execute the Pechanga Settlement Agreement and to take any other action necessary to carry out the Pechanga Settlement Agreement in accordance with this Act; and to authorize the appropriation of funds necessary for the implementation of the Pechanga Settlement Agreement and this Act.
Recent Activity:
5/28/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
5/26/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
HR 5487 Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38]
Summary: To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act.
Recent Activity:
6/17/2010 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
6/10/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
6/9/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Senate
S 1138 Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009
Sponsor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Summary: A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area Regional Recycling Program, and for other purposes
Recent Activity:
4/27/2010 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
5/21/2009 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S 3262 Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2010
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ]
Summary: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities.
Recent Activity:
4/27/2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S 3363 Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2010
Sponsor: Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD]
Summary: To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act.
Recent Activity:
6/18/2010 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 111-208. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 432.
5/13/2010 Introduced in Senate
S 3466 Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2010
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]
Summary: To require restitution for victims of criminal violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.
Recent Activity:
6/24/2010 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration.
6/9/2010 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
State Assembly
AB 1570 Coastal development: desalination facility.
Sponsor: Salas
Summary: This bill would extend the expiration date of a coastal development permit for a seawater desalination facility that was approved after January 1, 2007, as specified, by 12 months and would require that such a permit for a seawater desalination facility would not expire less than 3 years from the date on which the commission or the local government approved the project if development has not begun. The bill would also require that the above extension be implemented
without additional authorization or action by the commission or the local government and that it be in addition to any extension of the expiration date as provided for in the act, any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to the act, any local coastal program, applicable coastal development permit, or any other provision of state law.
Recent Activity:
5/17/2010 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H.
5/6/2010 Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.
4/29/2010 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
AB 1594 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: peripheral canal.
Sponsor: Huber
Summary: This bill would prohibit the construction of a peripheral canal, as
defined, that conveys water from a diversion point in the Sacramento
River to a location south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, unless
expressly authorized by the Legislature.
Recent Activity:
4/27/2010 In committee: Set, second hearing. Held without recommendation.
4/19/2010 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.
4/15/2010 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended.
AB 1677 Water resources
Sponsor: Caballero
Summary: Existing law requires an urban water supplier to prepare and adopt, and update every 5 years, an urban water management plan. Existing law grants a specified extension to an urban retail water supplier for the adoption of an urban water management plan that is due in 2010, to allow use of certain technical methodologies that the Department of Water Resources is required to develop for purposes of those water use reduction provisions.This bill would grant that extension to an urban wholesale water supplier, as specified.
Recent Activity:
5/6/2010 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
4/22/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4818.)
4/15/2010 Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
AB 1797 State Water Resources Development System: Delta Corridors Plan.
Sponsor: Bill Berryhill
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Water Resources to undertake an expedited evaluation and feasibility study with regard to the implementation of a specified Delta Corridors Plan as part of the State Water Resources Development System. The bill would require the department to consult with the Department of Fish and Game to study specified impacts and benefits of the Delta Corridors Plan and to include in the study an assessment of the incorporation of the Two-Gates Fish Demonstration Project managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation into the Delta Corridors Plan.
Recent Activity:
4/28/2010 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
4/14/2010 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) (April 13).
4/8/2010 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.
AB 1818 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: Upper Los Angeles River and Watershed Protection Program.
Sponsor: Blumenfield
Summary: This bill would establish the Upper Los Angeles River and Watershed Protection Program. The program would be administered by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to address the resource protection, public recreation, water conservation, and water quality goals of the Upper Los Angeles River watershed in a coordinated, comprehensive, and effective way.
Recent Activity:
5/5/2010 In committee: Set, second hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
4/28/2010 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
4/20/2010 Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
AB 1834 Rainwater Capture Act of 2010.
Sponsor: Solorio
Summary: This bill would enact the Rainwater Capture Act of 2010, which would authorize a landowner to install, maintain, and operate, on the landowner's property, a rainwater capture system meeting specified requirements. The bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board to initiate a stakeholder process to develop guidelines for local agencies to address issues arising out of rainwater capture for nonpotable uses, and would require the board to submit recommendations as to the appropriate guidelines to the Legislature and the Governor by December 31, 2011.
Recent Activity:
4/28/2010 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
4/14/2010 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.)
4/5/2010 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.
AB 1886 Water use: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed: report.
Sponsor: Yamada
Summary: Existing law declares that the policy of the state is to reduce reliance on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in meeting the state's future water supply needs through a specified statewide strategy. Existing law requires each region that depends on water from the Delta watershed to improve its regional self-reliance for water by taking specified actions. The department exports water from the Delta watershed in connection with its operation of the State Water Project. This bill would require the department in preparing and updating the California Water Plan, to include a report on progress toward meeting the goals described above.
Recent Activity:
5/28/2010 In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
4/14/2010 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
3/23/2010 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.)
AB 1929 Invasive aquatic species: mussels.
Sponsor: Hall
Summary: Existing law, until January 1, 2012, generally prohibits a person from possessing, importing, shipping, or transporting in the state, or from placing, planting, or causing to be placed or planted in any water within the state, dreissenid mussels, and authorizes the Director of Fish and Game or his or her designee to engage in various enforcement activities. Existing law exempts a public or private agency that operates a water supply system from those enforcement activities, if the operator of the facilities has prepared and implemented a prescribed plan to control or eradicate dreissenid mussels. Existing law provides that a person who violates or resists, delays, obstructs, or interferes with the implementation of these provisions is subject to a penalty, in an amount not to exceed $1,000, that is imposed administratively by the department. This bill would provide that an operator of water delivery and storage facilities, who has prepared, initiated, and is in compliance with a plan to control and eradicate dreissenid mussels in accordance with the above existing provisions of law, would not be subject to any civil or criminal liability for the introduction of dreissenid mussel species as a result of operations of those facilities. The bill would provide that neither the director's enforcement activities, nor the prohibition on a person possessing, importing, shipping, or transporting dreissenid mussels in the state would apply to an operator who has prepared, initiated, and is in compliance with a plan to control and eradicate dreissenid mussels, unless the department had required the operator to update its plan and the operator failed to do so.
Recent Activity:
5/6/2010 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
4/22/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Apr. 22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4819.)
4/15/2010 Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
AB 2049 State Water Resources Development System: transfers of water.
Sponsor: Arambula
Summary: This bill would additionally prohibit a water user that transfers surface water pursuant to a contractual change in an entitlement to water from the State Water Project from replacing that surface water with groundwater, unless the groundwater use is consistent with either of the 2 requirements described above. The bill would prohibit a water user that contracts for water from the State Water Project from transferring a portion of that water from agricultural use to municipal use, unless certain requirements are met. It would authorize the department to charge a specified fee to a water user that is subject to that provision. The bill, with a specified exception, would prohibit a water user from using groundwater on land previously served by surface water, if the water user transfers surface water from agricultural use to municipal use for a period of 10 or more years.
Recent Activity:
5/5/2010 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
4/20/2010 Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
4/19/2010 Read second time and amended.
AB 2092 Delta Stewardship Council: planning and administration: long-term financing plan.
Sponsor: Huffman
Summary: This bill would require the Delta Stewardship Council to develop a long term financing plan to pay for the costs of implementing the Delta Plan and for the ongoing administration of the council by January 1, 2013. The bill would require the long term financing plan to include fee proposals to pay for private benefits associated with implementation of the Delta Plan. The bill would prohibit the council from adopting a fee for these purposes unless authorized by statute. The bill would require the council, before adopting and collecting fees or long term revenue sources, to seek to obtain early funding contributions from entities that may benefit from implementation of the Delta Plan and to track those contributions to provide credit against future fee or funding requirements.
Recent Activity:
5/17/2010 Read second time. To third reading.
5/13/2010 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.)
5/5/2010 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
AB 2202 Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010: New River Improvement Project: strategic plan.
Sponsor: V. Manuel Perez
Summary: Existing law, contingent upon the execution of an agreement with the City of Calexico for the purpose of providing the necessary funding, would require the California-Mexico Border Relations Council to develop a strategic plan containing specific elements to guide the implementation of the New River Improvement Project. Existing law creates the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010 (bond act), which, if approved by the voters at the November 2, 2010, statewide general election, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking water and water supply reliability program. The bond act would make $20,000,000 available for water quality and public health projects on the New River . This bill would require that any funds appropriated pursuant to this provision for the New River be consistent with the strategic plan developed by the California-Mexico Border Relations Council. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature that these moneys not be appropriated until the completion of the strategic plan or until January 1, 2013, whichever occurs first. These provisions would become effective only if the bond act is approved by the voters.
Recent Activity:
5/20/2010 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and N.R. & W.
5/10/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. May 10 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 5080.)
5/3/2010 Read second time. To third reading.
AB 2277 Water conservation: urban retail water suppliers.
Sponsor: Fletcher
Summary: Existing law imposes various water use reduction requirements that apply to urban retail water suppliers, including a requirement that the state achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use by December 31, 2020. For the purpose of meeting this goal, an urban retail water supplier is required to develop urban water use targets and an interim water use target by July 1, 2011, and to take other related action. Existing law requires an urban retail water supplier that supplies water to a United States Department of Defense military installation, for the purpose of preparing an implementation plan to comply with these provisions, to consider specified requirements. On and after July 1, 2016, an urban retail water supplier is not eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state unless the supplier complies with these provisions. This bill, instead, would require an urban retail water supplier that supplies water to that described military installation, for the purpose of preparing that implementation plan, to consider the prior conservationof that military installation, as specified.
Recent Activity:
5/17/2010 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
5/6/2010 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
4/22/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4820.)
AB 2336 Delta Stewardship Council.
Sponsor: Fuller
Summary: This bill would require the Delta Stewardship Council, in the course of developing and adopting the Delta Plan, to direct the board to conduct an assessment of certain stressors on populations of native fish species in the Delta, the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and the tributaries to those rivers below the rim dams of the central valley, and recommend changes in statute and actions by state agencies to remedy the situation in as timely a manner as possible.
Recent Activity:
5/20/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Read third time, passed, and to Senate.
5/17/2010 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5188.).
5/10/2010 Read second time. To third reading.
AB 2405 Delta flood protection.
Sponsor: Buchanan
Summary: Existing law governing levee maintenance in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta requires the Department of Water Resources to develop and submit to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, for adoption by the board, criteria for the maintenance and improvement of levees that are not project facilities under the State Water Resources Law of 1945, known as nonproject levees, as prescribed. If the department finds that the annual routine maintenance work specified in the plans approved by the board is not being performed in accordance with the agreement entered into between the local agency and the board, the department is authorized to establish a maintenance area and thereafter annually maintain the nonproject levee in accordance with those plans and subject to specified provisions of law. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that authorization.
Recent Activity:
4/27/2010 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
4/8/2010 Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.
2/22/2010 Read first time.
AB 2483 Santa Clara Valley Water District.
Sponsor: Coto
Summary: (1) The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act establishes the Santa Clara Valley Water District and specifies its powers and purposes relating to water supply and flood management. Under the act, a person who violates an ordinance of the district is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would repeal that act and would enact a substantially revised codified version of that act as the Santa Clara Valley Water District Act (new act). The new act would establish the Santa Clara Valley Water District and specify its powers and purposes relating to integrated management of water supply, watershed stewardship, groundwater management, and flood management. This bill, by revising the responsibilities of the district, would impose a state-mandated
local program. The bill would provide that a person who violates a district ordinance that implements the authority of the district, as revised, is guilty of a misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Santa Clara Valley Water District. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.
Recent Activity:
6/7/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
6/3/2010 Read third time, passed, and to Senate.
5/28/2010 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading.
AB 2488 City and County of San Francisco : regional water system.
Sponsor: Ruskin
Summary: This bill would modify the definitions of "public entities" and "eligible public entities," as specified, and the reference to "master water sales contract," as set forth in the acts, to reflect changes in the membership of the authority and agency and a recent water supply agreement, dated July 2009, between the City and County of San Francisco and certain wholesale customers. This bill would clarify the types of financial assistance available to the agency. The bill would also authorize the agency to assist specified entities to meet specified urban water use targets and, if requested by specified entities, to develop and administer a regional conservation program. The bill would also consider the agency to be a local agency for purposes of specified law. This bill would require an entity's water delivery quantity to be increased for purposes of weighted voting when specified circumstances occur, without the necessity of an amendment to the water delivery quantities.This bill would authorize specified persons to administer the oath.
Recent Activity:
5/20/2010 Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
5/6/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page
5050.)
5/3/2010 Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
AB 2575 Resources: watersheds.
Sponsor: Chesbro
Summary: The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, among other things, prohibits a person from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and unless the plan has been approved. Existing law requires the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to adopt certain forest practice rules and regulations to minimize the effects of erosion on water resources and lakes. This bill would require the department and the board when
implementing a pilot project to protect and restore the riparian zone in watersheds with listed anadromous salmonids to, among other things, ensure that the industry, agencies, and the public have equal opportunity to participate in the development of the pilot project in a transparent manner and that the pilot project have certain goals.
Recent Activity:
6/10/2010 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
6/3/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
6/2/2010 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 29.)
AB 2595 Irrigated agriculture: pesticide use: operator identification number: water quality: waste discharge requirements.
Sponsor: Huffman
Summary: Existing regulations provide that prior to the purchase or use of pesticides for the production of a agricultural commodity, the operator of the property, as defined, or the operator's authorized representative, shall obtain an operator identification number for pesticide use from the county agricultural commissioner of each county where pest control work will be performed.This bill would codify that requirement relating to the operator identification number and, on and after January 1, 2012, would require the county agricultural commissioner to withhold the issuance of an operator identification number for pesticide use if an operator of the property is found to be in violation of specified water quality requirements after the exhaustion of all administrative proceedings and appeals except as provided. The bill would authorize a county agricultural commissioner to levy a civil penalty, as specified, on an operator who obtains an operator identification number by means of fraud. By imposing new requirements on county agricultural commissioners, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. For purposes of implementing the provisions relating to the issuance of an operator identification number for pesticide use, this bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board or a regional board to provide notice to the Department of Pesticide Regulation and the appropriate county agricultural commissioners if, pursuant to an administrative order and after the exhaustion of all administrative proceedings and appeals, the state board or the regional board finds that an operator of the property, as defined, is in violation of any specified water quality requirements. The bill would require the state board or the regional board to issue a written certification of compliance to an operator of the property upon remedying the violation, and payment of administrative civil liability imposed, for those specified water quality violations. The bill would require the county agricultural commissioner, upon receipt of a certificate of compliance, to immediately issue the withheld operator identification number to an operator who has remedied the subject violation or violations. The bill would also make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the provisions.
Recent Activity:
6/3/2010 Referred to Coms. on F. & A. and EQ.
5/24/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 1. Page 5289.)
5/20/2010 Read second time. To third reading.
AB 2669 The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006: integrated water quality and wastewater treatment program plan: Riverside County .
Sponsor: Perez
Summary: This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to encourage the Department of Water Resources, if it elects to expend the moneys appropriated for integrated regional water management projects with interregional or statewide benefits to implement a pilot program for disadvantaged community assistance, to require a recipient of funds under the pilot program to (1) comply with a prescribed community engagement process, (2) give consideration to organizations with relevant experience, as specified, for purposes of contracting or subcontracting services to complete pilot program requirements, or (3) consider specified methods to provide cost savings for high-priority water-related problems affecting disadvantaged communities.
Recent Activity:
6/10/2010 Referred to Com. on RLS.
6/7/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
6/3/2010 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24.)
AB 2776 Water.
Sponsor: Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife
Summary: (1) Existing law establishes 9 California regional water quality control boards. Each regional board consists of 9 members who are appointed by the Governor and who serve 4-year terms. This bill would extend the terms of 2 board members on each regional board, as specified, to September 30, 2014. (2) Existing law requires that, prior to the indoor use of recycled water in a condominium project, the agency delivering the recycled water to the condominium project file a report with the regional board and receive written approval of the report from the State Department of Public Health. This bill instead would require the agency to file the report with the State Department of Public Health. (3) This bill would update cross-references in, and delete obsolete provisions of, the Water Code, and make various other technical or clarifying changes.
Recent Activity:
6/2/2010 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
5/13/2010 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and N.R. & W.
4/29/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page
4943.)
AB 2409 Urban water suppliers: water shortage contingency analysis.
Sponsor: Nestande
Summary: This bill would require an urban water supplier, for purposes of developing a water shortage contingency analysis, to analyze and define water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes, waterfalls, and fountains, separately from swimming pools and spas, as defined.
Recent Activity:
5/6/2010 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
4/22/2010 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4819.)
4/15/2010 Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
State Senate
SB 918 Water recycling.
Sponsor: Pavley
Summary: This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to adopt uniform water recycling criteria for indirect potable water reuse for groundwater recharge, as defined, by December 31, 2013, and. The bill would require the department to develop and adopt uniform water recycling criteria for surface water augmentation, as defined, by December 31, 2016, if a specified expert panel convened pursuant to the bill finds that the criteria would adequately protect public health. The bill would require the department to investigate the feasibility of developing uniform water recycling criteria for direct potable reuse and to provide a final report on that investigation to the Legislature by December 31, 2016. The bill, from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2017, inclusive, would require funds generated by the imposition of specified liabilities for violations of water quality requirements to be made available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for purposes of developing and adopting the water recycling criteria.
Recent Activity:
6/10/2010 To Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and W.,P. & W.
6/2/2010 Read first time. Held at Desk. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 3736.) To Assembly. In Assembly.
6/1/2010 Read second time. Amended. To third reading
SB 1173 Recycled water.
Sponsor: Wolk
Summary: This bill would declare that the use of raw or potable domestic water for nonpotable municipal or industrial uses is a waste or unreasonable use of water if recycled water is available, as determined by the board, and other requirements are met, including, but not limited to, a requirement that the source of recycled water is reliable for those uses. This bill would prohibit a person or public agency from using raw or potable water that is suitable for nonpotable municipal or industrial uses if suitable recycled water is available, as determined by the board, and other requirements are met. This bill would declare that the use of raw or potable water for the irrigation of landscaping is a waste and unreasonable use of water if recycled water is available to users, as determined by the board, and other requirements are met. This bill would declare that the use of raw or potable water for those purposes is a waste and unreasonable use of water if recycled water is available, as determined by the board, and other requirements are met.
Recent Activity:
6/16/2010 From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.
6/10/2010 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.
6/3/2010 To Coms. on W.,P. & W. and E.S. & T.M.
SB 1284 Water quality: mandatory minimum civil penalties.
Sponsor: Ducheny
Summary: This bill would provide that certain violations involving the failure to file a discharge monitoring report are not subject to those mandatory minimum penalties if certain requirements are met. The bill would provide that a failure to file a discharge monitoring report is not a serious waste discharge violation if the discharger submits a specified statement to the regional board. The bill, until January 1, 2016, would require, with respect to certain violations involving the failure to file a discharge monitoring report, the mandatory minimum penalty of $3,000 to be assessed only for each required report that is not timely filed, and not for each 30-day period following the deadline for submitting the report. This bill, with a specified exception, would authorize a regional board, following a public hearing, to extend the time schedule for an additional period not exceeding 5 years in length, under specified conditions.
Recent Activity:
6/16/2010 From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
6/10/2010 To Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and JUD.
6/3/2010 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. June 3 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 3784.) To Assembly.
SB 1413 Schools: food service areas: water.
Sponsor: Leno
Summary: This bill, notwithstanding the provisions described above, would prohibit the governing board of a school district from entering into, or renewing, a contract that restricts the availability of free tap water on the school campus. The bill would authorize each school district to provide free tap water in school food service areas, as defined in federal regulations, including, but not necessarily limited to, areas where reimbursable meals under the National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program are served or consumed.
Recent Activity:
6/10/2010 To Com. on ED.
6/2/2010 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 3727.) To Assembly.
6/1/2010 Read second time. Amended. To third reading.
SB 1469 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: California Water Plan: water quality.
Sponsor: Simitian
Summary: This bill would require the board, by January 1, 2012, to identify all parties, including public and private parties, that benefit from waters originating in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed and whose activities impact the Delta watershed. The bill would also require the board, by that date, to develop a process for determining the degree of responsibility attributable to each of the identified parties for physical and environmental impacts on the Delta. This bill would require the department, as a part of its update of the California Water Plan, commencing with the update that is due on or before December 31, 2013, and every 5 years thereafter, to identify the infrastructure needs for the state, by hydrologic region, over the next 30 years and, estimate the expected costs of associated environmental mitigation and restoration projects over the next 30 years, propose a policy for assigning funding responsibilities to beneficiaries of water resources investments and a financing strategy for funding responsibilities proposed to be assigned to the state, and identify certain related information.
Recent Activity:
5/27/2010 May 27 Held in committee and under submission.
5/21/2010 Set for hearing May 27. (Suspense - for vote only.)
5/3/2010 Placed on APPR suspense file.
SB 1478 Water conservation: urban water management.
Sponsor: Committee on Natural Resources and Water
Summary: This bill would grant the extension for adoption of an urban water management plan that is due in 2010 to an urban wholesale water supplier to permit coordination between an urban wholesale water supplier and urban retail water suppliers. The bill would revise the requirements that apply to an urban retail water supplier that supplies water to that described military installation by requiring the supplier to consider the water conservation of that military installation for the purpose of preparing that implementation plan.
Recent Activity:
6/15/2010 Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
6/14/2010 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.
5/13/2010 To Com. on W.,P. & W.
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