ARTICLE 5. Electronic Submission of Reports [13195. - 13197.5.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 5.

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Cal. Water Code - WAT § 13195. Section 13195.

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Public domain” means a format that may be duplicated, distributed, and used without payment of a royalty or license fee. (b) “Report” means any document or item that is required for submission in order for a person to comply with a regulation, directive, or order issued by the state board, a regional board, or a local agency pursuant to a program administered by the state board, including, but not limited to, any analysis of material by a laboratory that has accreditation or certification pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 13196. Section 13196.

(a) The state board may require a person submitting a report to the state board, a regional board, or a local agency to submit the report in electronic format. The state board may also require that any report submitted in electronic format include the latitude and longitude, accurate to within one meter, of the location where any sample analyzed in the report was collected. (b) The state board shall adopt a single, standard format for the electronic submission of analytical and environmental compliance data contained in reports. In adopting a standard format, the state board shall only consider formats that meet all of the following criteria: (1) Are available free of charge. (2) Are available in the public domain. (3) Have available public domain means to import, manipulate, and store data. (4) Allow the importation of data into tables indicating relational distances. (5) Allow the verification of data submission consistency. (6) Allow for inclusion of all of the following information: (A) The physical site address from which the sample was taken, along with any information already required for permitting and reporting unauthorized releases. (B) Environmental assessment data taken during the initial site investigation phase, as well as the continuing monitoring and evaluation phases. (C) The latitude and longitude, accurate to within one meter, of the location where any sample was collected. (D) A description of all tests performed on the sample, the results of that testing, any quality assurance and quality control information, any available narrative information regarding the collection of the sample, and any available information concerning the laboratory’s analysis of the sample. (7) Fulfill any additional criteria the state board determines appropriate for an effective electronic report submission program.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 13197.5. Section 13197.5.

(a) The state board shall adopt, not later than March 1, 2001, emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code implementing a statewide program for the electronic submission of reports required pursuant to Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code and Article 4 (commencing with Section 25299.36) of Chapter 6.75 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, for those reports that contain soil or water chemistry analysis by a laboratory certified or accredited pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) (1) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to this section that are filed with the Office of Administrative Law on or before March 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. (2) (A) Except as specified in subparagraph (B), subdivisions (e) to (h), inclusive, of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code apply to any emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this section. (B) Notwithstanding the 120-day period imposed in subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the state board shall have one calendar year from the effective date of any emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this section to comply with that subdivision. (c) Regulations adopted pursuant to this section may not require the electronic submission of reports before July 1, 2001, but may require the electronic submission of reports on or after July 1, 2001. (d) Regulations adopted pursuant to this section may specify either of the following as the required reporting format: (1) The Geographic Environmental Information Management System format as described in the report submitted to the state board on July 1, 1999, by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, entitled, “Evaluating the Feasibility of a Statewide Geographic Information System.” (2) The Electronic Deliverable Format (EDF) developed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, as the same may be revised from time to time. The specification of the EDF as the reporting format shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 13196.

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