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This bill directs the State Water Control Board to adopt new regulations specifically targeting stormwater management for enterprise data center operations located within one mile of national parks, state parks, or state forests. The bill defines an enterprise data center operation as a facility that houses information technology equipment and manages digital data processing. Under the proposed regulations, such data centers would be required to infiltrate, evaporate, or reuse any stormwater runoff volume that exceeds the site's pre-development runoff volume. This means that if a data center's construction or expansion would increase the amount of stormwater runoff compared to the original site conditions, the facility must implement techniques to capture and manage that excess water. The goal is to minimize the environmental impact of large data center developments near sensitive natural areas by ensuring that stormwater runoff is carefully controlled and does not negatively affect surrounding parklands or forests.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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