The state board may adopt water quality control plans in accordance with the provisions of Sections 13240 to 13244, inclusive, insofar as they are applicable, for waters for which water quality standards are required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. Such plans, when adopted, supersede any regional water quality control plans for the same waters to the extent of any conflict.
Cal. Water Code § 13170
Other Powers and Duties of the State Board
Known as the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
The act spans §§ 13000–16201 (413 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Ass'n v. Peterson (1983)
Most recently applied in Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Ass'n v. Peterson (May 1983)
Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1288.
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