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STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 92-49 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATION AND CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT OF DISCHARGES UNDER WATER CODE SECTION 13304 WHEREAS: California 'Water Code (WC) Section 13001 provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) and each Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) shall be the principal state agencies with primary responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality. The tate and Regional 'nater Boards shall conform to and implement the olicies of the Porter-Cologne 'nater Quality Control Act (Division 7 , .:ommencino with 'WC Section 13000) and shall coordinate their respective activities so as to achieve a unified and effective water quality control program in the state ; _. nC Section 133140 provides that the State Water Board shall formulate and adopt State Policy for Water Quality Control ; 3 . WC Section 13240 provides that Water Quality Control Plans shall conform to any State Policy for Water Quality Control ; 4. 'WC Section 13304 requires that any person who has discharged or discharges waste into waters of the state in violation of any waste aischarge requirement or other order or prohibition issued by a Regional Water Board or the State Water Board, or who has caused or permitted, causes or permits , or threatens to cause or permit any waste to be discharged or deposited where it is , or probably will be, discharged into the waters of the state and creates , or threatens to create, a condition of pollution or nuisance may be required to cleanup the discharge and abate the effects thereof. This section authorizes Regional Water Boards to require complete cleanup of all waste discharged and restoration of affected water to background conditions ( i .e. , the water quality that existed before the discharge) . The term waste discharge requirements includes those which implement the National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System Program; WC Section 13307 provides that, on or before July 1 , 1992, the State Water Board shall establish policies and procedures that its representatives and the representatives of the Regional Water Boards shall follow for the oversight of investigations and cleanup and abatement activities resulting from discharges of hazardous substances , including: a,. The procedures the State Water Board and the Regional Water Boards will follow in making decisions as to when a person may be required to undertake an investigation to determine if an unauthorized hazardous substance discharge has occurred;