Section 13396.9 Of Chapter 5.6. Bay Protection And Toxic Cleanup From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 5.6.
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. (a) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles
Regional Water Quality Control Board shall establish and participate
in the multiagency Los Angeles Basin Contaminated Sediments Task
Force, in cooperation with all interested parties, including, but not
limited to, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the
United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Port of Long Beach, and
the Port of Los Angeles.
(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2005, the California Coastal
Commission shall, based upon the recommendations of the task force,
develop a long-term management plan for the dredging and disposal of
contaminated sediments in the coastal waters adjacent to the County
of Los Angeles. The plan shall include identifiable goals for the
purpose of minimizing impacts to water quality, fish, and wildlife
through the management of sediments. The plan shall include measures
to identify environmentally preferable, practicable disposal
alternatives, promote multiuse disposal facilities and beneficial
reuse, and support efforts for watershed management to control
contaminants at their source.
(2) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional
Water Quality Control Board shall seek to enter into an agreement
with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United
States Army Corps of Engineers for those federal agencies to
participate in the preparation of the long-term management plan.
(c) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional
Water Quality Control Board, in cooperation with the task force,
shall conduct not less than one annual public workshop to review the
status of the plan and to promote public participation.