Water quality: stormwater discharge: civil engineering activities.

(1) Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards prescribe waste discharge requirements for the discharge of stormwater by municipalities and industries in accordance with the federal national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit program. Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, requires all civil engineering plans, calculations, specifications, and reports to be prepared by, or under the responsible charge of, a licensed civil engineer. A violation of the act is a crime. This bill would exempt a civil engineer from any requirement of additional experience, training, or certification requirements in order to perform activities in the preparation of a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan pursuant to a specified general permit for stormwater discharges. (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.