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a. Introduce, waive reading, and conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of an interim urgency ordinance to prohibit, on a temporary basis and pending the development of new regulations, new wells in a defined "Area of Impact" where seawater intrusion is evident and in the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin, with specified exemptions;
b. Find the ordinance statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA);
c. Adopt the interim urgency ordinance to prohibit, on a temporary basis and pending development of new regulations, new wells in a defined "Area of Impact" where seawater intrusion is evident and in the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin, with specified exemptions.
d. Direct staff to return within 45 days with an extension of the ordinance for the Board's consideration.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Introduce, waive reading, and conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of an interim urgency ordinance to prohibit, on a temporary basis and pending the development of new regulations, new wells in a defined "Area of Impact" where seawater intrusion is evident and in the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin, with specified exemptions;
b. Find the ordinance statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA);
c. Adopt the interim urgency ordinance to prohibit, on a temporary basis and pending development of new regulations, new wells in a defined "Area of Impact" where seawater intrusion is evident and in the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin, with specified exemptions.
d. Direct staff to return within 45 days with an extension of the ordinance for the Board's consideration.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On April 24, 2018, the Board of Supervisors sitting as the Board of the County of Monterey and as the Board of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency rece...
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