HomeMy WebLinkAbout21-199RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BUTTE SUBBASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
WHEREAS, in August 2014, the California Legislature passed, and in September 2014 the Governor signed,
legislation creating the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ("SGMA") "to provide local groundwater sustainability
agencies with the authority and technical and financial assistance necessary to sustainably manage groundwater"' (Wat,
Code,,§ 10720, (d)); and
WHEREAS, SGMA requires sustainable management through the development of groundwater sustainability
plans ("DSPs"), which can be a single plan developed by one or more groundwater sustainability agency ("GSA") or multiple
coordinated plans within a Ibasin or subibasin (Wat, Code, § 10727); and
WHEREAS, SGMA requires a, GSA manage groundwater in all basins designated by the Department of Water
Resources ("DWR") as a medium or high priority, including the Butte Subbasin, (designated basin number 5-021.70); and
WHEREAS, County of Butte elected to become a GSA, known as the County of Butte, GSA, on October 13, 2015 for
the purposes of sustainably managing groundwater in the Butte Subbasin, within its jurisdictional and GSA boundaries,
pursuant to the requirements of SGMA; and
WHEREAS, the County of Butte GSA entered into a cooperation agreement and has coordinated with alll other
GSAs in the Butte Subbasin to develop a single GSP for the subbasin; and
WHEREAS, the GSAs cooperatively developed the draft Butte Subbasin GSP and released the draft GSP for public
comment on September 3, 2021;
WHEREAS, the GSAs reviewed, considered and responded to comments on the Butte Subbasin GSP; and
WHEREAS, on August 9, 2021, the GSAs released the Notice of Intent pursuant to Water Code section 10728.4;
WHEREAS, the GSAs released the final Butte Subbasin GSP on December 1, 2021; and
WHEREAS, The County of Butte GSA pursuant to, Water Code section 10728.4 noticed and held a public hearing
to receive comments on the Butte Subbasin GSP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte GSA hereby
finds as follows:
1. The, above Recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein as findings of the Butte County Board of
Supervisors
2. County of Butte GSA hereby approves and adopts the Butte Subbasin GSP as attached in Exhibit A.
vote:
3. Preparation and adoption of the Butte Subbasin GSP through to this Resolution is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Water Code section 10728.6.
4. County of Butte GSA authorizes Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation on behalf of
the Butte Subbasin GSAs, its consultants, and, the Plan Manager to take such other actions as may be
reasonably necessary to submit the Butte Subbasin GSP to DWR by January 31, 2022, and implement the
purpose of this Resolution,
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 14" day of December, 2021, by the following
AYES: Supervisors Lucero, Ritter, Kimmelshue, Teeter and Chair Connelly
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
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Andy Pickett, Chief Administrative Officer
and
lerk of the Bo rd of Supervisors
By:
Bill Connelly, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors