Section 13393 Of Chapter 5.6. Bay Protection And Toxic Cleanup From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 5.6.
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. (a) The state board shall adopt sediment quality objectives
pursuant to the workplan submitted pursuant to Section 13392.6.
(b) The state board shall adopt the sediment quality objectives
pursuant to the procedures established by this division for adopting
or amending water quality control plans. The sediment quality
objectives shall be based on scientific information, including, but
not limited to, chemical monitoring, bioassays, or established
modeling procedures, and shall provide adequate protection for the
most sensitive aquatic organisms. The state board shall base the
sediment quality objectives on a health risk assessment if there is a
potential for exposure of humans to pollutants through the food
chain to edible fish, shellfish, or wildlife.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in adopting sediment
quality objectives pursuant to this section, the state board shall
consider the federal sediment criteria for toxic pollutants that are
being prepared, or that have been adopted, by the Environmental
Protection Agency pursuant to Section 1314 of Title 33 of the United
States Code.
(2) If federal sediment criteria have been adopted, the state
board shall review the federal sediment criteria and determine if the
criteria meet the requirements of this section. If the state board
determines that a federal sediment criterion meets the requirements
of this section, the state board shall adopt the criterion as a
sediment quality objective pursuant to this section. If the state
board determines that a federal sediment criterion fails to meet the
requirements of this section, the state board shall adopt a sediment
quality objective that meets the requirements of this section.