Exhibit 3
DOCUMENTATION of COMMUNICATIONS with Neighboring Well
Owners Re: Optional Well Monitoring to Assess Impact
Consultant Mailing
Address
Dear Consultant:
Pursuant to Monterey
Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD or District) Rule 21-A, the Applicant’s
consultant must notify Neighboring Well owners of the opportunity to have their
Wells monitored during the Well assessment test associated with a Water
Distribution System (WDS) Permit. Neighboring
Wells are located within 1,000/300
feet of the subject Well. These neighbors have been advised of the
subject Pre-Application and that you will be contacting them. Documentation of your communications to,
and responses by, neighbors must be submitted to MPWMD and confirmed prior to
the Well testing date for it to be accepted by MPWMD. Your future WDS Application will also need to
include this documentation.
**Attached
are owners’ contact information and Neighboring Well data provided on a need-to-know
basis**
You
must contact Neighboring Well owners at least 14 days (longer if at all
possible) before a potential Well test date to explain
the voluntary option to have their Well monitored. You should make a reasonable effort to
accommodate the neighbors’ schedules. You
should explain the Well data needed
and restrictions on the use of their
Well during the test, as described
in the attached guide. You
must also coordinate with drillers and Health Department staff regarding test
dates; MPWMD is not involved in those logistics. Note that you will need to plan extra time
before the start of the Well test for District staff to review and confirm the
documentation.
As the
Applicant’s consultant, you must document a good-faith effort to communicate
with Neighboring Well owners. To
maximize safety and trust, the initial contact should be by letter or e-mail
(if available). If there is no response
within one week, you should attempt a second communication; this may be by phone
and/or personal visit, by previous arrangement.
At least two forms of communication to the neighbors are suggested. Documentation of the Neighboring Well owner’s
responses is also required. It is
recognized that lack of a response by neighbors may be due to an extended
vacation, illness or other absence. This
is balanced with the due process rights of the Applicant.
**To
avoid unnecessary delays, please carefully review MPWMD WDS Memorandum #7,
available at the District website (“Water Wells”) at: http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/pae/wds/wds.htm
***
Please see
over for more detailed information, MPWMD contacts and website links.
Documentation Format
Before
the Well test commences, District staff must review and confirm the adequacy of
the following written information to be submitted for each Neighboring Well
owner:
·
Type
of contact and date received by neighbor (e.g., letter, e-mail, phone,
visit);
·
Copy
of written communications to neighbor; summary of verbal exchanges;
·
Re-contact
effort if no response by neighbor is received within 7 days of initial contact;
·
Copy
of written responses or summary of verbal responses by neighbor.
MPWMD Staff Contact:
Please
contact Henrietta Stern at henri@mpwmd.net or 831/658-5621 if
you have questions on the WDS Permit process.
MPWMD Website Links:
For comprehensive
information on MPWMD procedures and requirements for water Wells, please visit
the MPWMD website at: http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/pae/wds/wds.htm.
The
protocol for notifying Neighboring Well owners as part of the WDS Permit
process is Memorandum #7 on this webpage.
The MPWMD Rules &
Regulations are updated regularly. For
the most recent version, it is best to visit the MPWMD homepage at: http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/
Then click on “Rules
and Regulations.” Then select the
desired rule, such as Rule 21-A.
Ordinance No. 150 is
on the website at:
http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/ordinances/ordinances.htm Select “Ordinance No. 150.”
Monitor Well Data Needs and Other Information
See the attached
2-page guide entitled, “Guidelines for
Data Collected from Monitored Neighboring Wells Associated with Pumping Tests
for MPWMD Water Distribution System Permits.”
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Prepared
by H. Stern on 6/19/2012