Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the state board or the regional boards shall, as required or authorized by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, issue waste discharge requirements and dredged or fill material permits which apply and ensure compliance with all applicable provisions of the act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary, thereto, together with any more stringent effluent standards or limitations necessary to implement water quality control plans, or for the protection of beneficial uses, or to prevent nuisance.
Cal. Water Code § 13377
Compliance With the Provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as Amended in 1972
Known as the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
The act spans §§ 13000–16201 (413 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 35 Cal. 4th 613 - City of Burbank v. State Water Resources Control Board (2005)
Most recently applied in Dep't of Fin. v. Comm'n on State Mandates (December 2017)
Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 746.
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