Bill Text: CA AB2407 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California regional water quality control boards:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-20 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2407 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2407-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2407	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Harkey

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 13200 of the Water Code, relating to the
California regional water quality control boards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2407, as introduced, Harkey. California regional water quality
control boards: boundaries.
   Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the 9
California regional water quality control boards are among the
principal state agencies that carry out responsibilities relating to
water quality. The act prescribes the boundaries of each regional
board.
   This bill would revise the description of the boundaries of the
Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board and the San Diego
Regional Water Quality Control Board.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13200 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   13200.   (a)    The state is divided, for the
purpose of this division, into nine regions: 
   (a) 
    (1)  North Coast region, which comprises all basins
including Lower Klamath Lake and Lost River Basins draining into the
Pacific Ocean from the California-Oregon state line southerly to the
southerly boundary of the watershed of Estero de San Antonio and
Stemple Creek in Marin and Sonoma Counties. 
   (b) 
    (2)  San Francisco Bay region, which comprises San
Francisco Bay, Suisun Bay, from Sacramento River and San Joaquin
River westerly from a line which passes between Collinsville and
Montezuma Island and follows thence the boundary common to Sacramento
and Solano Counties and that common to Sacramento and Contra Costa
Counties to the westerly boundary of the watershed of Markley Canyon
in Contra Costa County, all basins draining into the bays and rivers
westerly from this line, and all basins draining into the Pacific
Ocean between the southerly boundary of the north coastal region and
the southerly boundary of the watershed of Pescadero Creek in San
Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties. 
   (c) 
    (3)  Central Coast region, which comprises all basins,
including Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo and Kern Counties,
draining into the Pacific Ocean from the southerly boundary of the
watershed of Pescadero Creek in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties to
the southeasterly boundary, located in the westerly part of Ventura
County, of the watershed of Rincon Creek. 
   (d) 
    (4)  Los Angeles region, which comprises all basins
draining into the Pacific Ocean between the southeasterly boundary,
located in the westerly part of Ventura County, of the watershed of
Rincon Creek and a line which coincides with the southeasterly
boundary of Los Angeles County from the ocean to San Antonio Peak and
follows thence the divide between San Gabriel River and Lytle Creek
drainages to the divide between Sheep Creek and San Gabriel River
drainages. 
   (e) 
    (5)  Santa Ana region, which comprises all basins
draining into the Pacific Ocean between the southeasterly boundary of
the Los Angeles region and  a line which follows the
drainage divide between Muddy and Moro Canyons from the ocean to the
summit of San Joaquin Hills; thence along the divide between lands
draining into Newport Bay and into Laguna Canyon to Niguel Road;
thence along Niguel Road and Los Aliso Avenue to the divide between
Newport Bay and Aliso Creek drainages; thence along that divide and
the southeasterly boundary of the Santa Ana River drainage to the
divide between Baldwin Lake and Mojave Desert drainages; thence along
that divide to the divide between Pacific Ocean and Mojave Desert
drainages   the southern border of Orange County  .

   (f) 
    (6)  San Diego region, which comprises all basins
draining into the Pacific Ocean between the southern boundary of the
Santa Ana region and the California-Mexico boundary. 
   (g) 
    (7)  Central Valley region, which comprises all basins
including Goose Lake Basin draining into the Sacramento and San
Joaquin Rivers to the easterly boundary of the San Francisco Bay
region near Collinsville. The Central Valley region shall have
section offices in the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley.

   (h) 
    (8)  Lahontan region, which comprises all basins east of
the Santa Ana, Los Angeles and Central Valley regions from the
California-Oregon boundary to the southerly boundary located in Los
Angeles and San Bernardino Counties of the watersheds draining into
Antelope Valley, Mojave River Basin and Dry Lake Basin near Ivanpah.

   (i) 
    (9)  Colorado River Basin region, which comprises all
basins east of the Santa Ana and San Diego regions draining into the
Colorado River, Salton Sea and local sinks from the southerly
boundary of the  Lanhontan   Lahontan 
region to the California-Mexico boundary. 
   The 
    (b)     The  regions defined and
described in this section shall be as precisely delineated on
official maps of the department and include all of the areas within
the boundaries of the state. 
   For 
    (c)     For  purposes of this section
the boundaries of the state extend three nautical miles into the
Pacific Ocean from the line of mean lower low water marking the
seaward limits of inland waters and three nautical miles from the
line of mean lower low water on the mainland and each offshore
island. 
   Nothing 
    (d)     Nothing  in this section shall
limit the power conferred by this chapter to regulate the disposal
of waste into ocean waters beyond the boundaries of the state.