(a) Each of the following persons shall file with the appropriate regional board a report of the discharge, containing the information that may be required by the regional board: (1) A person discharging waste, or proposing to discharge waste, within any region that could affect the quality of the waters of the state, other than into a community sewer system. (2) A person who is a citizen, domiciliary, or political agency or entity of this state discharging waste, or proposing to discharge waste, outside the boundaries of the state in a manner that could affect the quality of the waters of the state within any region. (3) A person operating, or proposing to construct, an injection well. (b) A report of waste discharge need not be filed pursuant to subdivision (a) if the requirement is waived pursuant to Section 13269. (c) Each person subject to subdivision (a) shall file with the appropriate regional board a report of waste discharge relative to any material change or proposed change in the character, location, or volume of the discharge. (d) (1) (A) Each person who is subject to subdivision (a) or (c), or Section 13523 or 13523.1, shall submit an annual fee according to a fee schedule established by the state board. (B) The total amount of annual fees collected pursuant to this section shall equal that amount necessary to recover costs incurred in connection with the issuance, administration, reviewing, monitoring, and enforcement of waste discharge requirements, waivers of waste discharge requirements, water recycling requirements, and master recycling permits. (C) Recoverable costs may include, but are not limited to, costs incurred in reviewing waste discharge and water recycling reports; prescribing terms of waste discharge requirements, waivers of waste discharge requirements, water recycling requirements, master recycling permits, and monitoring requirements; enforcing and evaluating compliance with those requirements, waivers, and permits; conducting surface water and groundwater monitoring and modeling; analyzing laboratory samples; adopting, reviewing, and revising water quality control plans, state policies for water quality control, and recycling criteria; reviewing documents prepared for the purpose of regulating the discharge of waste or water recycling; and administrative costs incurred in connection with carrying out these actions. (D) In establishing the amount of a fee that may be imposed on a confined animal feeding and holding operation pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, a dairy farm, the state board shall consider all of the following factors: (i) The size of the operation. (ii) Whether the operation has been issued a permit to operate pursuant to Section 1342 of Title 33 of the United States Code. (iii) Any applicable waste discharge requirement or conditional waiver of a waste discharge requirement. (iv) The type and amount of discharge from the operation. (v) The pricing mechanism of the commodity produced. (vi) Any compliance costs borne by the operation pursuant to state and federal water quality regulations. (vii) Whether the operation participates in a quality assurance program certified by a regional water quality control board, the state board, or a federal water quality control agency. (2) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund, which is hereby created. The money in the fund is available for expenditure by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, solely for the purposes of carrying out this division. (B) (i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the fees collected pursuant to this section from stormwater dischargers that are subject to a general industrial or construction stormwater permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) shall be separately accounted for in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund. (ii) Not less than 50 percent of the money in the W
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