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2009 California Water Code - Section 10780-10782.3 :: Part 2.76. Groundwater Quality Monitoring
WATER CODESECTION 10780-10782.3
10780. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Groundwater Quality Monitoring Act of 2001. 10781. In order to improve comprehensive groundwater monitoring and increase the availability to the public of information about groundwater contamination, the state board, in consultation with other responsible agencies, as specified in this section, shall do all of the following: (a) Integrate existing monitoring programs and design new program elements as necessary to establish a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically reliable sampling approaches. The interagency task force established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall determine the constituents to be included in the monitoring program. In designing the comprehensive monitoring program, the state board, among other things, shall integrate projects established in response to the Supplemental Report of the 1999 Budget Act, strive to take advantage of and incorporate existing data whenever possible, and prioritize groundwater basins that supply drinking water. (b) (1) Create an interagency task force for all of the following purposes: (A) Identifying actions necessary to establish the monitoring program. (B) Identifying measures to increase coordination among state and federal agencies that collect information regarding groundwater contamination in the state. (C) Designing a database capable of supporting the monitoring program that is compatible with the state board's geotracker database. (D) Assessing the scope and nature of necessary monitoring enhancements. (E) Identifying the cost of any recommended measures. (F) Identifying the means by which to make monitoring information available to the public. (2) The interagency task force shall consist of a representative of each of the following entities: (A) The state board. (B) The department. (C) The State Department of Health Services. (D) The Department of Pesticide Regulation. (E) The Department of Toxic Substances Control. (F) The Department of Food and Agriculture. (c) Convene an advisory committee to the interagency task force, with a membership that includes all of the following: (1) Two representatives of appropriate federal agencies, if those agencies wish to participate. (2) Two representatives of public water systems, one of which shall be a representative of a retail water supplier. (3) Two representatives of environmental organizations. (4) Two representatives of the business community. (5) One representative of a local agency that is currently implementing a plan pursuant to Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750). (6) Two representatives of agriculture. (7) Two representatives from groundwater management entities. (d) (1) The members of the advisory committee may receive a per diem allowance for each day's attendance at a meeting of the advisory committee. (2) The members of the advisory committee may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in connection with their official duties. 10782. (a) On or before June 1, 2009, the state board shall do both of the following: (1) Identify and recommend to the Legislature funding options to extend, until January 1, 2024, the comprehensive monitoring program established in accordance with Section 10781. (2) Make recommendations to enhance the public accessibility of information on groundwater conditions. (b) On or before January 1, 2012, the state board, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and any other agencies as appropriate, shall submit to the Legislature a report that does all of the following: (1) Identifies communities that rely on contaminated groundwater as a primary source of drinking water. (2) Identifies in the groundwater sources for the communities described in paragraph (1) the principal contaminants and other constituents of concern, as identified by the state board, affecting that groundwater and contamination levels. (3) Identifies potential solutions and funding sources to clean up or treat groundwater or to provide alternative water supplies to ensure the provision of safe drinking water to communities identified in paragraph (1). (c) The state board shall provide an opportunity for public comment on the report required pursuant to subdivision (b), prior to finalizing the report and submitting it to the Legislature. 10782.3. The state board shall use existing resources to carry out this part, and the operation of the program set forth in this part shall not supplant the operation of any other program required to be undertaken by the state board.
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