CA AB763

Requires regional water quality control boards that have adopted general waste discharge requirements for timber harvesting to approve, deny, or otherwise act on requests for coverage for timber operations performed under an approved timber harvesting plan

Applies specifically to timber harvesting operations that are consistent with timber harvesting plans already approved by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Removes previously proposed language that would have required the Department of Fish and Wildlife to issue streambed agreements within 5 working days of timber harvesting plan approval

Removes previously proposed 5-working-day deadline for regional boards to authorize timber harvesting operations, replacing it with a general requirement to act on coverage requests