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STATEWIDE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS GENERAL ORDER <br />Table of Contents <br />1. Introduction....................................................................................................................4 <br />2.Regulatory Coverage and Application Requirements....................................................5 <br />2.1. Requirements for Continuation of Existing Regulatory Coverage.......................5 <br />2.2. Requirements for New Regulatory Coverage......................................................5 <br />2.3. Regulatory Coverage Transfer............................................................................7 <br />3. Findings.........................................................................................................................7 <br />3.1. Legal Authorities.................................................................................................7 <br />3.2. General.............................................................................................................11 <br />3.3. Water Quality Control Plans, Policies and Resolutions.....................................14 <br />3.4. California Environmental Quality Act.................................................................16 <br />3.5. State Water Board Funding Assistance for Compliance with Water Board Water <br />Quality Orders...................................................................................................16 <br />3.6. Notification to Interested Parties.......................................................................17 <br />4. Prohibitions..................................................................................................................17 <br />4.1 Discharge of Sewage from a Sanitary Sewer System.......................................17 <br />4.2. Discharge of Sewage to Waters of the State.....................................................17 <br />4.3. Discharge of Sewage Creating a Nuisance.......................................................18 <br />5. Specifications...............................................................................................................18 <br />5.1. Designation of a Legally Responsible Official...................................................18 <br />5.2. Sewer System Management Plan Development and Implementation...............18 <br />5.3. Certification of Sewer System Management Plan and Plan Updates................19 <br />5.4. Sewer System Management Plan Audits..........................................................19 <br />5.5. Six-Year Sewer System Management Plan Update..........................................21 <br />5.6. System Resilience.............................................................................................22 <br />5.7. Allocation of Resources....................................................................................22 <br />5.8. Designation of Data Submitters.........................................................................22 <br />5.9. Reporting Certification.......................................................................................22 <br />5.10. System Capacity...............................................................................................23 <br />5.11. System Performance Analysis..........................................................................23 <br />5.12. Spill Emergency Response Plan and Remedial Actions...................................23 <br />5.13. Notification, Monitoring, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements.............24 <br />5.14. Electronic Sanitary Sewer System Service Area Boundary Map.......................26 <br />5.15. Voluntary Reporting of Spills from Privately-Owned Sewer Laterals and/or Private <br />Sanitary Sewer Systems...................................................................................26 <br />5.16. Voluntary Notification of Spills from Privately-Owned Laterals and/or Systems to <br />the California Office of Emergency Services.....................................................27 <br />5.17. Unintended Failure to Report............................................................................27 <br />ORDER 2022-0103-DWQDecember6,2022 <br />2 <br /> <br />