SCH Number,Lead Agency Name,Lead Agency Title,Lead Agency Acronym,Document Title,Document Type,Received,Posted,Document Description,Document Portal URL,Project Title,Contact Full Name,Contact Authority,Contact Job Title,Contact Email Address,Contact Address 1,Contact Address 2,Contact City,Contact State,Contact Zip Code,Contact Phone Number,Location Coordinates,Cities,Counties,County Clerks,Location Cross Streets,Location Zip Code,Location Total Acres,Location Parcel Number,Location State Highways,Location Waterways,Location Airports,NOC Has Non Late Comment,NOC State Review Start Date,NOC State Review End Date,NOC Development Type,NOC Local Action,NOC Project Issues,NOC Local Review Start Date,NOC Local Review End Date,NOE Exempt Status,NOE Exempt Citation,NOE Reasons for Exemption,NOD Agency,NOD Approved By Lead Agency,NOD Approved Date,NOD Significant Environmental Impact,NOD Environmental Impact Report Prepared,NOD Negative Declaration Prepared,NOD Other Document Type,NOD Mitigation Measures,NOD Mitigation Reporting Or Monitoring Plan,NOD Statement Of Overriding Considerations Adopted,NOD Findings Made Pursuant,NOD Final EIR Available Location 2022010594,"Water Resources, Department of",California Department of Water Resources,DWR,Groundwater Sustainability Plan Assessment - Kern County Subbasin,NOE,1/31/2022,1/31/2022,"The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), Water Code 10720 et seq., requires local groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to develop and implement groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) to meet the sustainability goal established pursuant to SGMA. (Water Code 10727) The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is required to review GSPs to evaluate whether they comply with provisions of SGMA, are likely to achieve the sustainability goal for the basin, and whether they adversely affect the ability of adjacent basins to implement their groundwater sustainability plans. (Water Code 10733) DWR is required to evaluate a GSP and issue an assessment within two years of its submission by a GSA. (Water Code 10733.4) Accordingly, DWR evaluated the Kern County Subbasin GSP and has now issued its assessment of that GSP, which determines the GSP is “incomplete,"" as defined in DWR's GSP Regulations (23 Cal. Code Regs. 355.2).",https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/2022010594,Groundwater Sustainability Plan Assessment - Kern County Subbasin,Paul Gosselin,State Groundwater Management,Deputy Director,paul.gosselin@water.ca.gov,715 P Street,,Sacramento,CA,95814,9169026690,,"Arvin, Bakersfield, Delano, Lamont, Shafter, Wasco",Kern,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Statutory Exemption,"Water Code 10728.6; Public Resources Code 21065, 21080, 21081; Guidelines 15601 [common sense]","CEQA does not apply to the preparation and adoption of GSPs. (Water Code § 10728.6); DWR's issuance of the assessment does not represent an “approval” or ""carrying out"" of a ""project"" under CEQA. (Public Resources Code 21065, 21080, 21081); A GSA is not prohibited from implementing its GSP prior to evaluation and assessment by DWR. (Water Code 10733.4(d)); There is no possibility that DWR's issuance of the assessment may have a significant effect on the environment. (CEQA Guidelines 15061(b)(3)); Even if CEQA applied to the issuance of the assessment or to the GSP itself, DWR believes several other exemptions likely apply to issuance of the assessment. Furthermore, DWR could not presently conduct meaningful environmental review under CEQA because it would require speculation and conjecture; however, SGMA does not exempt projects that would implement actions taken pursuant to a GSP, and DWR therefore expects GSAs will satisfy any applicable CEQA obligations when approving or carrying out projects as part of GSP implementation.",,,,,,,,,,,,