California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 2 - Department of Water Resources › Chapter 1.5 - Groundwater Management › Subchapter 2 - Groundwater Sustainability Plans › Article 6 - Department Evaluation and Assessment › Section 355.2 - Department Review of Adopted Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
					 Agency shall submit a copy of the adopted Plan to the Department for evaluation
					 and the Department shall assign a submittal date to the Plan based on the day
					 the Plan is received.
(b) The
					 Department shall post the adopted Plan, submittal date, and materials submitted
					 by the Agency on the Department's website within 20 days of receipt.
(c) The Department shall establish a period
					 of no less than 60 days to receive public comments on the adopted Plan, as
					 described in Section
					 353.8.
(d) If the Board has jurisdiction over the
					 basin or a portion of the basin pursuant to Water Code Section
					 10735.2, the
					 Department, after consultation with the Board, may proceed with an evaluation
					 of a Plan.
(e) The Department shall
					 evaluate a Plan within two years of its submittal date and issue a written
					 assessment of the Plan, which shall be posted on the Department's website. The
					 assessment shall include a determination of the status of the Plan, as follows:
(1) Approved. The Department shall approve a
					 Plan that satisfies the requirements of the Act and is in substantial
					 compliance with this Subchapter, based on the criteria described in Section
					 355.4.
(2) Incomplete. The Department has determined
					 that the Plan has one or more deficiencies that preclude approval, but which
					 may be capable of being corrected by the Agency in a timely manner. An
					 incomplete Plan may be completed and resubmitted to the Department for
					 evaluation as follows:
(A) A Plan that is
					 determined to be incomplete prior to the statutory deadline may be revised and
					 resubmitted to the Department prior to the applicable deadline.
(B) A Plan that is determined to be
					 incomplete after the statutory deadline, or less than 180 days prior to the
					 statutory deadline, may be revised and resubmitted to the Department if the
					 Department has determined that the Plan has minor deficiencies that could be
					 addressed by the Agency in a timely manner through corrective actions, which
					 may be recommended by the Department.
(i) The
					 Department may consult with the Agency to determine the amount of time needed
					 by the Agency to address any deficiencies, not to exceed 180 days from the date
					 the Department issues the assessment.
(ii) No time limit shall apply to address
					 deficiencies to Plans submitted for low or very low priority
					 basins.
(3)
					 Inadequate. The Department shall disapprove a Plan if the Department, after
					 consultation with the board, determines that a Plan is inadequate based on any
					 of the following:
(A) The Plan does not
					 satisfy the requirements of Section
					 355.4(a), and any
					 deficiencies have not been corrected prior to the statutory deadline.
(B) The Plan contains significant
					 deficiencies based on one or more criteria identified in Section
					 355.4(b), and any
					 deficiencies have not been corrected prior to the statutory deadline.
(C) The Plan was determined to be incomplete,
					 and the Agency has not taken sufficient actions to correct any deficiencies
					 identified by the Department.