Chapter 7. Technical Assistance of California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 2.74. >> Chapter 7.
(a) The department or a groundwater sustainability agency
may provide technical assistance to entities that extract or use
groundwater to promote water conservation and protect groundwater
resources.
(b) 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.
(c) The department shall prepare and publish a report by December
31, 2016, on its Internet Web site that presents the department's
best estimate, based on available information, of water available for
replenishment of groundwater in the state.
(d) (1) By January 1, 2017, the department shall publish on its
Internet Web site best management practices for the sustainable
management of groundwater.
(2) The department shall develop the best management practices
through a public process involving one public meeting conducted at a
location in northern California, one public meeting conducted at a
location in the San Joaquin Valley, one public meeting conducted at a
location in southern California, and one public meeting of the
California Water Commission.
With the exception of regulations required by Sections
10722.2 and 10733.2, a guideline, criterion, bulletin, or other
technical or procedural analysis or guidance prepared by the
department as required by this part is not subject to the
Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).