Developing of best management practices and protect groundwater resources. and comment on the adequacy of those plans, and to make guidelines to assist groundwater agencies in the The department may provide technical assistance to any recommendations for when preparation of update of those plans development and implementation of sustainable groundwater sustainability agency in response to that is necessary. groundwater management plans. agency's request for assistance in the development and Reporting on statewide groundwater basin implementation of a groundwater sustainability plan. characterization. The department shall use its best efforts to provide the Initiating a subsidence monitoring and assessment requested assistance. program in coordination with the United States (1) By January 1, 2017, the department shall submit to Geological Survey. the Legislature and publish on its Internet Web site best management practices for the sustainable management of groundwater. (2) Best management practices to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (3) The department shall develop the best management practices in consultation with a representative task force of interested entities. The department shall ensure that the task force's members are broadly representative of stakeholders who are interested in groundwater. The task force shall have no more than 25 stakeholder members. The task force also shall include at least three licensed engineers who have extensive experience with groundwater issues. The department shall convene the task force's first meeting by July 1, 2015. All meetings of the task force shall be open to the public. (4) A groundwater sustainability agency may consider the best management practices developed by the department in preparing a groundwater sustainability plan consistent with the requirements of this chapter.
protect groundwater resources. The department may provide technical assistance to any groundwater sustainability agency in response to that agency's request for assistance in the development and implementation of a groundwater sustainability plan. The department shall use its best efforts to provide the requested assistance. (1) By January 1, 2017, the department shall submit to the Legislature and publish on its Internet Web site best management practices for the sustainable management of groundwater. (2) Best management practices to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (3) The department shall develop the best management practices in consultation with a representative task force of interested entities. The department shall ensure that the task force's members are broadly representative of stakeholders who are interested in groundwater. The task force shall have no more than 25 stakeholder members. The task force also shall include at least three licensed engineers who have extensive experience with groundwater issues. The department shall convene the task force's first meeting by July 1, 2015. All meetings of the task force shall be open to the public. (4) A groundwater sustainability agency may consider the best management practices developed by the department in preparing a groundwater sustainability plan consistent with the requirements of this chapter. Developing of best management practices and guidelines to assist groundwater agencies in the development and implementation of sustainable groundwater management plans. Reporting on statewide groundwater basin characterization. Initiating a subsidence monitoring and assessment program in coordination with the United States Geological Survey. and comment on the adequacy of those plans, and to make recommendations for when preparation of update of those plans is necessary.