Section 13395 Of Chapter 5.6. Bay Protection And Toxic Cleanup From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 5.6.
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. Each regional board shall, within 120 days from the ranking
of a toxic hot spot, initiate a reevaluation of waste discharge
requirements for dischargers who, based on the determination of the
regional board, have discharged all or part of the pollutants which
have caused the toxic hot spot. These reevaluations shall be for the
purpose of ensuring compliance with water quality control plans and
water quality control plan amendments. These reevaluations shall be
initiated according to the priority ranking established pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 13394 and shall be scheduled so that, for
each region, the first reevaluation shall be initiated within 120
days from, and the last shall be initiated within one year from, the
ranking of the toxic hot spots. The regional board shall, consistent
with the policies and principles set forth in Section 13391, revise
waste discharge requirements to ensure compliance with water quality
control plans and water quality control plan amendments adopted
pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 13240) of Chapter 4,
including requirements to prevent the creation of new toxic hot spots
and the maintenance or further pollution of existing toxic hot
spots. The regional board may determine it is not necessary to revise
a waste discharge requirement only if it finds that the toxic hot
spot resulted from practices no longer being conducted by the
discharger or permitted under the existing waste discharge
requirement, or that the discharger's contribution to the creation or
maintenance of the toxic hot spot is not significant.