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Fox Canyon agency posts revised allocation ordinance draft, aims to fix court objections while preserving base allocations
Summary
Agency staff presented a substantially rewritten draft allocation ordinance intended to address court objections by replacing program‑specific allocation language with a universal in‑lieu delivery adjustment mechanism; water purveyors and mutuals urged clearer language and examples before adoption.
Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency staff placed a draft revised allocation ordinance into the public record Thursday and invited stakeholders to submit detailed comments before the board considers adoption.
Executive Officer John told the board the draft rewrites Article 6 — the section governing allocations — to remove program‑specific language the court identified as differential or objectionable and to replace it with “an overall in‑lieu delivery adjustment mechanism” intended to credit substitute (non‑groundwater) supplies equitably across operators. John said the in‑lieu credit would be “a credit,…
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