Analysis of Cockrell’s “Allegation of Injury or Inequity”

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

C. Analysis of Cockrell’s “Allegation of Injury or Inequity” (consequences) if MPGCD does not adopt proposed rule Alleged Injury or Inequity (Consequence) Comment Failure to define Unreasonable Impacts and establish a new cutback-based regulatory program: ➢ may cause: o long-term damage to the aquifer o ability to adequately recover after summer irrigation season ➢ may cause Cockrell and other permittees to experience loss or degradation of water currently…no problem with water quality or water levels proactively…MPGCD is: ➢ actively monitoring aquifer and water levels from extensive well-monitoring network, real-time transducers, and near daily field measurements and sampling ➢ relying upon and continuing multi-year, multi-million dollar research efforts MPGCD has robust enforcement rules and contingency/emergency rules if something unlikely and unforeseeable arises