Chapter 5.4. Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program of California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 5.4.
(a) The state board, in consultation with the regional
boards, the California Coastal Commission, and other appropriate
state agencies and advisory groups, as necessary, shall prepare a
detailed program for the purpose of implementing the state's nonpoint
source management plan. The board shall address all applicable
provisions of the Clean Water Act, including Section 319 (33 U.S.C.
Sec. 1329), as well as Section 6217 of the federal Coastal Zone Act
Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1455b), and this
division in the preparation of this detailed implementation program.
(b) (1) The program shall include all of the following components:
(A) Nonregulatory implementation of best management practices.
(B) Regulatory-based incentives for best management practices.
(C) The adoption and enforcement of waste discharge requirements
that will require the implementation of best management practices.
(2) In connection with its duties under this subdivision to
prepare and implement the state's nonpoint source management plan,
the state board shall develop, on or before February 1, 2001,
guidance to be used by the state board and the regional boards for
the purpose of describing the process by which the state board and
the regional boards will enforce the state's nonpoint source
management plan, pursuant to this division.