WATER SUPPLY PLANNING
COMMITTEE
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UPDATE ON SEASIDE BASIN BOUNDARY
MODIFICATION APPLICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT (SGMA) |
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Meeting
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April 5, 2016 |
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David J.
Stoldt |
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General
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Prepared
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David J.
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SUMMARY: The Sustainable
Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) established a process for local agencies to
request that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) revise the boundaries of
existing groundwater basins or subbasins,
including the establishment of a new subbasin. The
Basin Boundary Emergency Regulation was developed through an extensive
stakeholder outreach process and was adopted on October 21, 2015. The
provisions of the emergency regulation go into effect on November 16, 2015.
On November 19, 2015 District staff met with representatives of the
Seaside Basin Watermaster, California American Water
Company, Marina Coast Water District, and Monterey County Water Resources
Agency to discuss a proposal for boundary modification. Then on December 14,
2015 the District’s Water Resources Division Manager sent out the proposal for
comment from the same agencies.
The District submitted a formal Initial Notification to DWR on February
12, 2016 – notification intended to be preliminary to signal that a
modification request may occur. It served to notify other
local agencies, public, and the department.
The proposal can be summarized as follows: The Bulletin 118 boundary is shown in the
first attachment (Exhibit 6-A) and is
labeled “Salinas Valley Seaside Area”. The modification that the group
achieved consensus on is shown in the second attachment (Exhibit 6-B). This modification inserts the
adjudicated Seaside Basin boundary and removes the remainder area in the
southwest portion of the DWR boundary, as this area is not hydrogeologically
linked to the aquifer system in the Seaside Basin. The remainder area to
the north of the Seaside Basin has been renamed “Salinas Valley Marina Area”,
consistent with our discussion. The DWR’s basin modification application
requests that a map be provided to show the proposed basin boundary
modification, which is depicted in Figure 1 (Exhibit 6-B). Note that the subbasin
names are abbreviated on this map, but will be described with their full names
per Bulletin 118 as part of the application. In addition, the DWR’s
application requests that a map showing all local agency boundaries in the
affected area of the boundary modification also be provided. Accordingly,
we have prepared the map as depicted in Figure 2 (Exhibit 6-C). Figure 1 and Figure 2 were again
distributed to the group of interested stakeholders for comment on March 15,
2016.
The District submitted the Basin Boundary
Modification Request March 31, 2016. It
will be deemed “SUBMITTED” signifying the submission is believed to be
complete and the requesting agency is officially submitting the package to DWR
for a completeness review. It will be
deemed “COMPLETE” once DWR has reviewed the submission package for
substantial compliance with the requirements and the 30-day Public Input Period
begins. Public input must be made in compliance with the requirements of
§343.12 of the regulation and submitted to the Basin Boundary Modification
System as a "Comment" to the "Complete" modification
request submission. All submitted
information will be public accessible through DWR web site.
EXHIBITS
6-A Bulletin 118 Boundary
6-B Consensus
Proposed Modification
6-C Local Agency Boundaries
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