On October 10, 2017, the California State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) issued the second version of an order to modify agricultural waste discharge requirements (“Proposed Order”), under the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (“ILRP”). Through the ILRP, the Water Board regulates discharges from irrigated agricultural lands across the state, especially within California’s Central Valley. Regulation of agricultural water discharges is important because such discharges can affect water quality by transporting pollutants, including pesticides, sediment, nutrients, salts, pathogens, and heavy metals, from cultivated fields into surface waters.
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How SB 4 Will End Up Taxing the Oil and Gas Industry and Even California’s Consumers: Looming Fee Hikes Will Cover State Water Resources Control Board’s Budget Needs, New Staff Positions
By Mike Mills on
Posted in Oil and Gas
Most of the media has been consumed with talk of a proposed severance tax on oil and gas production, but meanwhile in Sacramento another tax on oil and gas production is being poised to take effect — funding requests to implement SB 4. The State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB”) is asking for more than…