This amendment modifies the groundwater study requirements, scope, and timeline, extending deadlines to 2030-2031, increasing appropriations to $500,000, and adding conditions related to state engineer corrective control orders.
- Changes the study purpose from assessing 'recommended residential lot sizes' to assessing 'corrective controls within groundwater control areas'. (Page 1, lines 10-11)
- Makes the study frequency requirement conditional on available funding by inserting 'Subject to available funding' before the existing language. (Page 1, line 13)
- Restricts the study requirement to counties where the state engineer has ordered one or more corrective controls under W.S. 41-3-915. (Page 2, lines 2-12)
- Clarifies the study focus by replacing 'underground water system due' with 'aquifer compared' and specifying consumption 'from that aquifer'. (Page 2, lines 5-16)
- Adds modeling to the permitted study methods alongside the existing mapping provision. (Page 2, line 6)
- Changes the study method from 'drilling of test wells' to 'monitoring'. (Page 2, line 7)
- Extends the reporting deadline from fifteen (15) days to sixty (60) days after study completion. (Page 2, line 13)
- Extends the initial study completion deadline from June 30, 2028 to June 30, 2030. (Page 2, line 24)
- Increases the appropriation from $250,000 to $500,000 from the general fund. (Page 2, lines 19-30)Agency: State Engineer's Office · $500,000.00 General Fund
- Extends the appropriation period end date from June 30, 2028 to June 30, 2031. (Page 3, lines 1-33)
- Extends the reversion date for unexpended funds from June 30, 2028 to June 30, 2031. (Page 3, lines 5-35)
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