(a) "Rulemaking proceedings" shall include any hearings designed for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, regulation, or standard of general application, which implements, interprets or makes specific any statute enforced or administered by the State and Regional Boards.(b) "Informational proceedings" shall include any hearings designed to gather and assess facts, opinions, and other information relevant to any matters within the jurisdiction of the Boards and whose primary purposes are to assist the Boards in the formulation of policy or guidelines for future Board action; to inform the public of Board policies, reports, orders, plans, or findings; and to obtain public comment and opinion with respect to such policies, reports, orders, plans, or findings, or to adopt such policies, reports, orders plans, or findings.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 23, § 649
Note: Authority cited: Sections 185 and 1058, Water Code. Reference: Section 183, Water Code, and Sections 11340 et seq., Government Code.