This article applies only to those regulatory programs or portions thereof that are administered by the board and that have been certified as an exempt regulatory program by the Secretary for Natural Resources in accordance with subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code Section 21080.5. Such programs include the Water Quality Control (Basin)/208 Planning Program of the state board and regional boards, and includes all water quality control plans, state policies for water quality control, and all components of California's water quality management plan as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, sections 130.2(k) and 130.6. This article contains the exclusive procedural requirements for those certified regulatory programs.