Section 3108 - Soil Management and Site Restoration(a) Upon the Department's determination that the site proposed for a solar-use easement is eligible, the landowner shall submit a proposed soil management and site restoration plan to the city or county that describes the site including the information required by section 3102. The plan shall describe how the soil will be managed and protected for future agricultural use during the life of the easement, provide for site restoration, and describe how impacts to adjacent agricultural operations will be minimized. The city or county shall forward the proposed management plan to the Department. A management plan shall consist of two components, a soil management component and a site restoration component. (1) The soil management component shall include a description of the soil management practices to be utilized on the solar-use easement land including:(A) The construction activities, including, but not limited to soil grading and its effect on the current condition of the easement's soils.(B) Soil management during the life of the easement, including, as applicable, but not limited to: 1. Soil erosion protection;2. Concurrent grazing activities;4. Maintenance activities.(C) The effect of soil removal activities, if any, upon the condition of the easement's soils.(2) The site restoration component shall include a plan that describes how the solar-use easement land will be restored to the same condition that existed at the time of approval or acceptance of the solar-use easement, at the termination of the easement, which shall include: (A) The procedures to be used to restore the site, which may include but is not limited to re-grading and storage and removal of structures and equipment.(B) The provisions for monitoring the progress of restoration of the site, until restoration is complete and financial assurances are released.(b) If the landowner or project operator proposes to change or expand the project in such a way that an existing, approved management plan would no longer be adequate to ensure restoration of the solar-use easement land, the solar-use easement landowner shall submit, for approval by the city or county, a proposed amendment to the approved management plan. The amended plan shall be adequate to ensure the restoration of the solar-use easement land to the same condition that existed immediately prior to the time of project approval, upon termination of the easement.(c) At any time that the solar-use easement landowner, the city, or the county determines that the solar-use easement land cannot be restored in accordance with the approved management plan because of new information that was not available when the permit was issued, a solar-use easement landowner shall submit a proposed amendment to the site restoration component of the management plan. The amended plan shall be adequate to ensure the restoration of the solar-use easement land to the same condition that existed immediately prior to the time of project approval, upon termination of the easement.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 3108
1. New section filed 1-16-2014; operative 2-1-2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2014, No. 3). Note: Authority cited: Section 51191.8, Government Code. Reference: Sections 51191, 51191.3 and 51192.1, Government Code.
1. New section filed 1-16-2014; operative 2-1-2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2014, No. 3).