California Water Code

§ 189.7

WAT § 189.7 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Outreach to identify issues of environmental justice needs to begin as early as possible in state board or regional board planning, policy, and permitting processes. The state board and each regional board shall do both of the following:

(1)Engage in equitable, culturally relevant community outreach to promote meaningful civil engagement from potentially impacted communities of proposed discharges of waste that may have disproportionate impacts on water quality in disadvantaged communities or tribal communities and ensure that outreach and engagement shall continue throughout the waste discharge planning, policy, and permitting processes.

(2)Contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, hire environmental justice and tribal community coordinator positions solely dedicated to the purpose of achieving, at a minimum, all of the following goals:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 347, Sec. 2. (AB 2108) Effective January 1, 2023.