Post August 1, 2022

Public Comment Period Opens for Additional Resubmitted Groundwater Sustainability Plans with ‘Incomplete’ Determinations

News release from California Department of Water Resources – Sustainable Groundwater Management Office:

On January 28, 2022, the Department released eight Incomplete determinations on groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) developed by local agencies to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). These basins were given 180 days to address deficiencies and resubmit their revised GSPs to the Department for review.

The revised GSPs in response to the Incomplete determination have been resubmitted to the Department and are now posted on the DWR SGMA Portal. These plans are open to public comment for 60 days after the posted date. Below in the table are links to the submitted plans, counties they cover, and the public comment period end date. More information about how to comment on a GSP can be found in the public comment factsheet, available in English and Spanish. Please note that a SGMA Portal account is not required to submit a public comment.

Basin	Local ID (if applicable)	Counties Covered	Public Comment Period End Date
Eastern San Joaquin	N/A	Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus	9/30/2022
Merced	N/A	Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus	9/30/2022
Chowchilla	N/A	Madera, Merced	9/30/2022
Kings (including Coordination Agreement)	Kings_SouthKings_Adopted	Fresno, Kings, Tulare	9/30/2022
	Kings_NorthKings_Adopted		9/30/2022
	Kings_NorthForkKings_Adopted		9/30/2022
	Kings_McMullinArea_Adopted		9/30/2022
	Kings_KingsRiverEast_Adopted		9/30/2022
	Kings_James_Adopted		9/30/2022
	Kings_CentralKings_Adopted		9/30/2022
Kaweah (including Coordination Agreement)	Mid-Kaweah GSA	Kings, Tulare	9/30/2022
	Kaweah Subbasin – Greater Kaweah Subbasin		9/30/2022
	East Kaweah		9/30/2022
Tulare Lake	N/A	Kern, Kings, Tulare	9/30/2022
Tule (including Coordination Agreement)	Tule Subbasin Alpaugh GSP	Kern, Tulare	9/30/2022
	Pixley ID GSA		9/30/2022
	LTRID GSA		9/30/2022
	DEID GSA		9/30/2022
	Basin 5-022.13 TCWA – Tule		9/30/2022
	Basin 5-022.13 ETGSA GSP		9/30/2022
Kern County (including Coordination Agreement)	KGA GSP	Kern, San Luis Obispo	9/30/2022
	Kern County Subbasin Olcese GSP		9/30/2022
	Kern County Subbasin KRGSA GSP		9/30/2022
	Henry Miller Water District GSA		9/30/2022
	BVGSA		9/30/2022
	South of Kern		9/30/2022

Public Comment Period Opens for a Groundwater Sustainability Plan

A groundwater sustainability plan that has recently been submitted to the Department is now posted on the DWR SGMA Portal.

The plan is open to public comment for 75 days after the posted date. Below in the table is a link to the submitted plan, the county it covers, and the public comment period end date.

Information about how to comment on the plan can be found in a fact sheet in English and Spanish. Public comments are welcomed and encouraged. A SGMA Portal account is not necessary to submit comments.

Basin	Local ID (if applicable)	County Covered	Public Comment Period End Date
Riverside-Arlington	N/A	Riverside	10/15/2022
San Gabriel Valley	N/A	Los Angeles	10/15/2022