§ 33-9. Procedures for processing.

(a)

Within ten (10) calendar days of filing of the permit application, the department shall provide public notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Butte County, and posting at the courthouse at Oroville and the department office in Chico that an application has been filed, shall send a copy of the notice to all districts and cities within the county and to any interested party who has made a written request to the department for such notice within the last twenty-four (24) calendar months. The department shall review the application to determine whether it is complete for purposes of proceeding under the county guidelines adopted pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act requirements.

(b)

The department shall review the most current reports provided pursuant to section 33-3. The department shall review the matter of the application with the technical advisory committee and may also review the matter of the application with the affected county departments, with the staff of the state department of water resources, with the staff of the Regional Water Quality Control Board—Central Valley Region, and with any interested district within whose boundary the proposed activity will occur. If the applicant is applying to pump groundwater from within the boundaries of a district or city which has adopted a groundwater management plan pursuant to the groundwater management act, the department shall consider a groundwater management plan or any other relevant information provided by the district or city. Any interested person or agency may provide comments relevant to the matter of the extraction of groundwater. Comments shall be submitted within thirty (30) days of the date of mailing the notice of filing the permit application.

(c)

The environmental review shall be undertaken in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and county guidelines. All costs of the environmental review shall be the responsibility of applicant.

(d)

Upon completion of the environmental review, the department shall submit the following documents to the commission: the application, all comments received, the environmental documentation, the most current reports submitted pursuant to section 33-3, the retained expert's report (if applicable), and the department's written report.

(Ord. No. 3303-A, § 4.05, 12-10-96)