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a. Find that an ordinance to repeal Ordinance Numbers 3660, 3717, and 3718 and adopt well registration and groundwater reporting requirements is categorically exempt per California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines Section 15306 as data collection, and no exceptions pursuant to Section 15300.2 can be made;
b. Adopt an ordinance to repeal Ordinance Numbers 3660, 3717, and 3718 and adopt well registration and groundwater reporting requirements; and
c. Adopt a resolution to approve and implement the "Monterey County Water Resources Agency's Groundwater Monitoring Program Manual".
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency:
a. Find that an ordinance to repeal Ordinance Numbers 3660, 3717, and 3718 and adopt well registration and groundwater reporting requirements is categorically exempt per California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines Section 15306 as data collection, and no exceptions pursuant to Section 15300.2 can be made;
b. Adopt an ordinance to repeal Ordinance Numbers 3660, 3717, and 3718 and adopt well registration and groundwater reporting requirements; and
c. Adopt a resolution to approve and implement the "Monterey County Water Resources Agency's Groundwater Monitoring Program Manual".
SUMMARY:
The Monterey County Water Resources Agency ("Agency") and Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency ("SVBGSA") have been collaborating on the expansion of the Agency's well registration, groundwater extraction, and groundwater monitoring programs to meet the SVBGSA's current regulatory requirements under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ("SGMA"). To modernize, accommodate the needs of the SVBGSA, and meet the requirements of SGMA, the Agency is proposing a new ordinance that will affirm the Agency's ability to perform groundwater monitoring throughout Monterey County and establish a cohesive Groundwater Monitoring Program ("GMP") that ...
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