INV- 20250423-01 - Failure to Satisfy Rules of the District - Production

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4. INV- 20250423-01 - Failure to Satisfy Rules of the District - Production Reporting for CY¥2024 - Active Regarding Manage Enforcemen’ rel, Permitting Violations for FY2025. As of April 23,2025, the Board had initiated 0 enforcement case violations related to groundwater management (i.e., permitting) since October 1, 2024. As of April 23,2025, staff had 0 unresolved enforcement cases related to groundwater management (i.e., permitting). Topic 3.2 - Investigation of Failures to Report Groundwater Production for CY2024 Mr. Andruss explained on December 23, 2024, staff reviewed and updated well registration data associated for the first courtesy notice regarding groundwater production reporting. On January 2, 2025, staff mailed out first courtesy notices. On March 5, 2025, staff produced courtesy notices for groundwater production reporting for wells for which groundwater production reporting is required and groundwater production reports for CY2024 had not been received by the district. On March 13, 2025, staff mailed out second courtesy notice for production reports for CY2024 that had not been received by the district. On April 23, 2024, the compliance specialist initiated investigation INV- 20250423-01 Failure to Satisfy Rules of the District Production Reporting for CY2024 Active As of April 23, 2025, the District has identified 5 wells under investigation INV_ 20250423-01 for which RULE 4.2: REPORTING REQUIREMENT RELATED TO NON EXEMPTUSE WELLS has potentially been violated by the well owner by failing to report the volume of groundwater produced from the non exempt use well for the previous calendar year (January 1 to December 31) during January of the current calendar year. CCGCD - Meeeting Packet - 20251027 - Supplemental Documentation | Page 139 of 279 On April 23, 2025, the compliance specialist identified the owner for each of the subject wells of investigation INV- 20250423-01. For each well, the compliance specialist classified the potential violators into the following groups based the provisions of RULE 11.10: PENALTIES of the Rules of the District: + Group 1: Persons with one violation and no previous violations (1 potential violators); * Group 2: Persons with multiple violations and no previous violations (0 potential violators); and * Group 3: Persons with a previous violation of the related rule in the previous 5 year period (3 potential violators). On or before, April 30, 2025, staff will, via certified mail, send the district's first notice of violation to owners of the subject wells. For potential violators in Group 1, the notice of violation will inform the owner that 1) staff believes RULE 4.2: REPORTING REQUIREMENT RELATED TO NON-EXEMPT-USE was violated for calendar year 2024, 2) staff will present a list of outstanding potential violations to the Board of Directors during the Board of Director Meeting in July 2025 with a recommendation to set a $100.00 penalty for the violation per RULE 11.10: PENALTIES of the Rules of the

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