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STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD - 12 - <br /> ORDER <br /> 12 - <br /> ORDER WQ 2014-0153-DWQ <br /> GENERAL WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR SMALL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS <br /> d. Soil Amendments—Use of nonhazardous decomposable waste as a soil <br /> amendment pursuant to applicable best management practices, provided that <br /> Regional Water Boards may issue waste discharge or reclamation requirements <br /> for such use. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 27, § 20090(f).) <br /> e. Fully Enclosed Units—Waste treatment in fully enclosed facilities, such as tanks, <br /> or in concrete lined facilities of limited areal extent, such as oil water separators <br /> designed, constructed, and operated according to American Petroleum Institute <br /> specifications. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 27, § 20090(i).) <br /> Table 2: Summary of Wastewater System and California Code of Regulations, <br /> Title 27 Exemptions <br /> Example of Wastewater System Potentially Applicable <br /> Element/Activity Exemptions) <br /> Wastewater collection, treatment, storage, and Section 20090 (a) Sewage, <br /> disposal systems. domestic wastewater, and <br /> treated effluent <br /> Applying wastewater to evaporation ponds, Section 20090 (b) Wastewater <br /> storage ponds, percolation ponds, rapid infiltration discharges to land <br /> basins, leach fields, seepage pits, land application <br /> areas, spray fields, etc. <br /> Disposal of wastewater in injection wells or Section 20090 (c) <br /> seepage pits. Underground injection <br /> Application of treated wastewater containing Section 20090 (f) Soil <br /> suspended solids to a land application area. amendments, nonhazardous <br /> decomposable waste <br /> Wastewater collection, flow equalization, and Section 20090 (i) Waste <br /> treatment in a septic tank, Imhoff tank, sand/media treatment in fully enclosed <br /> filter, package treatment tank, aeration basin, facilities. <br /> clarifier, sludge holding/thickening tank, pumping <br /> sumps, lined sludge drying beds, etc. <br /> CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT <br /> 32. This General Order is intended to cover both new and existing Small Domestic <br /> Systems. <br /> a. The adoption of this General Order for existing Small Domestic Systems is <br /> categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) <br /> pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301 (ongoing or <br /> existing projects), section 15302 (replacement or reconstruction of existing utility <br /> systems), and section 15303 (new construction or conversion of small structures). <br /> September 23, 2014 <br />