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TEHAMA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT - Deputy Director Justin Jenson
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Consider confirming the Tehama County Groundwater Commission's determination to provide an exception to the GSA's regulations for Agricultural Wells based on the findings that the applicant is replacing a failing well in a fully developed area with a well of the exact same depth and diameter which will have the same capacity for extraction as the failing well with the condition that the failing well be destroyed as confirmed by Tehama County Environmental Health
b) Consider adoption of a finding that the approval for an exception to the GSA's regulations for the Gruenwald well replacement is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, (CEQA) (15302 Class 2 Categorical Exemptions) and direction to the Deputy Director to sign and file the Notice of Exemption
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Financial Impact:
None.
Background Information:
On 9/19/22 the Board of Directors adopted regulations governing new and replacement wells. The regulations includes appeals and exceptions. On 12/11/24 the Groundwater Commission approved an exception for an agricultural well. The exception was based on in kind replacement. The District did consult with Planning and it was determined that a notice of exemption is the appropriate methodology. To finalize the exception, a CEQA notice of exemption must first be approved and filed.