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ORDER N0.R5-201&0017 7 CONDITIONAL WAIVER OF WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR DISASTER-RELATED WASTES WITHIN THE CENTRAL VALLEY REGION proclaimed by the Governor, and has provided them with an opportunity for a public hearing and an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations. 22.The Central Valley Water Board, in a public meeting, heard and considered all comments pertaining to the Conditional Waiver of discharge requirements. 23.Any person aggrieved by this action of the Central Valley Water Board may petition the State Water Board to review the action in accordance with Water Code section 13320 and California Code of Regulations, title 23, section 2050 et seq. The State Water Board must receive the petition by 5:00 p.m., 30 days after the date of the Order, except that if the thirtieth day following the date of this Order falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday, the petition must be received by the State Water Board by 5:00 p.m. on the next business day. Copies of the law and regulations applicable to filing petitions may be found on the Internet at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/public_notices/petitions/water_quality or will be provided upon request. THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that pursuant to California Water Code sections 13263(a), 13267, and 13269, that Order No. R5-2013-0026 is rescinded (except as otherwise provided below) and that the Central Valley Water Board waives the requirement to submit a report of waste discharge and the requirement to establish waste discharge requirements for discharges of wastes resulting from cleanup during or after fires, floods, storms, earthquakes, and mass mortality of animals in a Declared Disaster Area, or for other discharges of wastes resulting from cleanup of emergencies, as defined above, that are not in a Declared Disaster Area, when the following conditions are met: A. General Waiver Conditions that Apply to All Discharges of Emergency/Disaster Related Wastes Covered Under this Conditional Waiver 1. For dischargers seeking coverage for discharges of disaster related wastes from a Declared Disaster Area (listed under Finding 2.a), this Conditional Waiver does not become active and available until the Governor of California issues a proclamation pursuant to Government Code sections 8625 and 8558(b), identifying area where the disaster related waste originate as being in a state of emergency. This Conditional Waiver then becomes available only for disaster related wastes from that area of the Central Valley Region which is under a state of emergency, or for any regulated landfill located in the Central Valley Region that is accepting disaster related wastes from an area within California which is under a state of emergency. 2. This Conditional Waiver applies only to disaster related waste streams from Declared Disaster Areas, or from other emergency discharges that are exempt from CEQA.