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Home My WebLink About94-131REVISED RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING EMERGENCY CAUSED BY DROUGHT AND IMPOSING TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON ISSIIANCE OF PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTING OR DEEPENxNG WATER WELLS WHEREAS, depletion of the groundwater resources of the basin would severely and adversely affect the population, natural resources, and economy of the basin and of Butte County; and WHEREAS, the Sacramento Basin is experiencing the fourth driest year of record which is occurring only one year after the 1987-1992 drought; and WHEREAS, the State Department of Water Resources has declared the Sacramento Basin "critically dry" as reported in the May 1, 1994 issue of Report number 120 entitled Water Conditions in California; and WHEREAS, increased groundwater pumping because of the critically dry water year and for replacement of over 100,000 acre feet of surface water transferred this year to the State Water Bank has intensified pressures on the groundwater basin; and WHEREAS, because of the water conditions, it is reasonably anticipated that there could be a significant increase in applications to construct new water wells or to deepen existing wells; and WHEREAS, the cumulative impact of such new wells when added to the existing increased pumping could have an adverse impact on the groundwater basin including subsidence problems, and groundwater quality degradation; and WHEREAS, ongoing hydrological studies and an assessment of the groundwater basin need to be completed in order to determine the safe yield of the basin, the causes of its depletion, and the extent to which new water well construction should be permitted; and WHEREAS, Government Code Sections 53019-53023 grants counties the authority to exercise emergency powers to avert a "local emergency," defined by Government Code Section 8558(c} as the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons or property within its territorial limits caused by drought; and 1 WHEREAS, the temporary moratorium will be reviewed by the Board of Supervisors monthly to assess the continued need for the moratorium; and WHEREAS, the imposition of this temporary moratorium is not subject to CEQA because it is an emergency action taken to assure the maintenance and in some geographical areas, the enhancement of a valued natural resource, the Butte groundwater basin. NOW, THEREFORE, IT TS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte as follows: 1. That emergency conditions caused by drought are proclaimed. 2. That the health officer of Butte County is directed to cease issuing permits for the construction or deepening of water wells until hydrological studies and an environmental assessment are completed, with the following exceptions: a. Public water supply wells, as defined in Chapter 23B, Section 23B-2 (a) of the Butte County Code; b. Wells used to supply water only for domestic purposes; c. We11s used to supply water for agricultural purposes when needed to replace ar deepen a well with an existing permit, provided that (~) any replacement well is constructed on the same county assessor's parcel as the well being replaced, (2) the well being replaced has been used for agricultural purposes during the period November 1, 1993, to October 31, 1994, and (3) the well being replaced shall be abandoned and destroyed in accordance with Chapter 23B of the Butte County Code; d. Groundwater monitoring wells. 3. The provisions of this Resolution shall apply within the following described boundaries and as shown on attached Exhibit A: Beginning at the mast southerly point of the Feather River within Butte County northerly to State Highway 70, then northerly on State Highway 70 to State Highway 149, then northwesterly on State Highway 149 to State Highway 99, then northwesterly on State Highway 99 to Durham Dayton Highway, then westerly on Durham Dayton Highway to Midway, then southerly on Midway to White Avenue, then westerly on White Avenue to Durnel Drive, then southerly on Durnel to Grainland Road, then westerly on Grainland Road to Seven Mile Lane, then southerly on Seven Mile Lane to the Butte County line, then easterly/southerly and easterly following the Butte County line to the Feather River. 2 4. That this resolution becomes effective immediately. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, on the 8th day of November , 1999, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Meyex, Dolan, Houx, Thomas anc~ Chair McLaughlin NOES : None ABSENT: None NOT VOTING : None ~C ED McLAUGHLIN, hair of the Butte County Board of Supervisors ATTEST: JOHN S. BLACKL K Offi er and C1 of the Board By WP521RESOLUTIIWELL.RFR 3 i ~ i ~ O (, d J ~ ~ ' ~ j ~p0 ~`! ~ '~. i ~ I ~ , 5 /~ ~ ~ y ~ '~( ~ ~ ~ ~ f ` v ~{ ~~fl oUrh~-~ a '~, ~ t ' ,.a L a ~.Yi~ n y r ~. ~~ ,.~ L --~ srasr, Ian ~ _... ` ' a, °~ -` `° H ~ ~ ~ r ~, ~ a J ~ o a ~ - 0 .~ .~ . ~ -~-- y f ~ ~° , e - ~. ~ ~- ~ o 0 ' hl~ 4 8 ~ I ~ , _ ~ _ ~ +~~ ~ ;' I~ ~ S ,4E~ ~ V 2 - Ro c or-- ;--T -~ ~" ~; ~ ' t ----~ FRi le wY ~; ~ ' ~. ~ ~ t,i- ~ r S to to wY ~~~ 2 ' t ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ EXHIBIT A ~,5 Road ~~ 0 . O ~ s a I~cwy C I u,sa ,~ ~ ~-+-~, .~• ~.~•~ .~___ i _ . _ i _, e ~ ~ -~ ~ ~ ~ 'J ~ ~ m~ ;~~. ' ~~ ~ ~~/1 ~~ 1 ~.U r w 4a EXHIBIT A r 15~~•1 ~~'~~.. 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