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Guidance Document for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater

Preparation Checklist for GSP Submittal
December 2016

The objective of this Guidance Document is to provide Groundwater Sustainability Agencies
(GSAs) and other interested stakeholders a checklist of Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP)
content requirements for the purpose of verifying a GSP is complete and is ready for submission
to DWR. Please note that if multiple GSAs develop multiple GSPs for a basin, the coordinated
submission of those GSPs shall not occur until the entire basin is covered by GSPs.
The Preparation Checklist for GSP Submittal is only intended to provide a guide to GSAs and other
stakeholders. This guidance is optional, since the content of this Guidance Document does not
create any new requirements or obligations for the GSA or other stakeholders.

Guidance documents are not a substitute for the GSP Emergency Regulations (GSP Regulations)
or the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Those GSAs submitting a GSP are
strongly encouraged to read the GSP Regulations and SGMA. In addition, using this Guidance
Document to develop a GSP using does not equate to an approval determination by DWR.

Context with GSP Regulations
The Preparation Checklist for GSP Submittal can be used by GSAs in conjunction with the GSP
Annotated Outline Guidance Document as a method to develop a GSP consistent with the
requirements of the GSP Regulations and SGMA. The detailed requirements of a GSP may be
found in the GSP Regulations, primarily in Article 5 – Plan Contents, and in SGMA, primarily in
Chapter 6 beginning with California Water Code (CWC) Section 10727. The checklist includes
references to applicable GSP Regulations sections and CWC sections, as well as a brief description
of the required GSP information. The checklist also contains a column for GSAs to record the page
number, or section of the GSP, where the information for that particular requirement is found.
The preparation checklist may also be included in the GSP.

Table 1 contains the Preparation Checklist for GSP Submittal.

California Department of Water Resources
Sustainable Groundwater Management Program
1416 Ninth Street
P.O. Box 942836
Sacramento, CA 94236-0001
www.water.ca.gov/groundwater