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RBM Handout: 10/25/22 Agenda Item: D-8 STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER N-7-22 AND FINDINGS OF FACT STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY WHEREAS, Stockton East Water District is the Groundwater Sustainability Agency for that portion of the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Basin (Basin); and WHEREAS, on December 17, 2019, Stockton East Water District Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) adopted the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP); and WHEREAS, on March 29, 2022 Governor Newsome adopted Executive Order N-7-22, which prohibits any county or other public agency from approving a permit for a"new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well" without first obtaining written verification from a Groundwater Sustainability Agency managing the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located that groundwater extraction by the proposed well would not be inconsistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable Groundwater Sustainability Plan adopted by that Groundwater Sustainability Agency and would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by such a plan. WHEREAS, the GSP provides in Section 1.1.2: The sustainability goal description for the Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin is to maintain an economically-viable groundwater resource for the beneficial use of the people of the Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin by operating the Subbasin within its sustainable yield or by modification of existing management to address future conditions. This goal will be achieved through the implementation of a mix of supply and demand type projects consistent with the GSP implementation plan (see Chapter 6: Projects and Management Actions). WHEREAS, the GSP provides in Section 3.1: Groundwater levels in the Subbasin may continue to decline during the implementation period. However, as projects are implemented and basin operations are modified, sustainable groundwater management will be achieved, and levels will stabilize on a long- term average basis. The Subbasin will be managed to prevent undesirable results throughout the implementation period, despite the possible decline of groundwater elevations. This sustainability goal is supported by locally-defined minimum thresholds that will avoid undesirable results. Demonstration of stable groundwater levels on a long- term average basis combined with the absence of undesirable results will ensure the I