Provision of sewer service: onsite sewage treatment system: opt out.

Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, requires each California regional water quality control board to adopt water quality control plans and to establish water quality objectives in those plans, considering certain factors, to ensure the reasonable protection of beneficial uses and the prevention of nuisance. The act authorizes a regional board to order the provision of sewer service by a special district, city, or county to a disadvantaged community, as defined, under specified circumstances and with certain exceptions. The act authorizes the property owner of an affected residence to opt out of an order for the provision of sewer service for a maximum of 5 years for the residence from the date of the issuance of the order by demonstrating to a regional board that the residence is served by an onsite sewage treatment system that is not inadequate and was installed no more than 10 years prior to the issuance of the order. This bill would authorize the property owner of an affected residence to opt out of such an order for a maximum of 5 years if the adequate onsite sewage treatment system was installed no more than 5 years prior to the issuance of the order.