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11 <br />D. GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION <br />21. Rights to and Management of Groundwater in the Main Basin <br />Zone 7 acknowledges <br />Contractor's right to extract groundwater based on Contractor's historical groundwater <br />extractions <br />Pumping Quota in Contractor's original M&I Contract with Zone 7. Contractor <br />acknowledges that Zone 7 manages the Main Basin and that Zone 7 recharges, stores, <br />and extracts from the Main Basin as necessary to supply water to each Contractor. <br />Accordingly, Contractor shall not extract more than its Groundwater Pumping Quota <br />from the Main Basin in any calendar year except as specifically authorized by this <br />Agreement. <br />The Groundwater Pumping Quota set forth in this Agreement is not a formal <br />confirmation or quantification of any underlying right held by Contractor. Each Party <br />reserves all rights to pursue an adjudication of the Main Basin, or any other legal action <br />on extraction of groundwater that may <br />groundwater from the Main Basin. Furthermore, Zone 7 reserves its authority to levy a <br />replenishment assessment on the extraction of any groundwater, including Contractor's <br />Groundwater Pumping Quota (excluding any adjudication of the Safe Yield), as <br />necessary to protect the water supplies for users within Zone 7. <br />Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Livermore Valley Groundwater Basin. Nothing <br />pursuant <br />necessary actions to secure the sustainability of the groundwater basin under Water <br />Code section 10725 and following. These statutorily authorized actions may include, but <br />are not limited to, restrictions on pumping, metering requirements, and the imposition <br />of fees. <br />22. <br />Contractor shall be entitled to a Groundwater Pumping Quota (GPQ) equal to 3,500 <br />acre-feet annually of extractions from the Main Basin. Contractor may carry over <br />portions of its GPQ from year to year, as described in Section 23, below. Water <br />extracted under Contractor's Groundwater Pumping Quota may not be transferred or <br />used outside of the . <br />and accumulated carryover will be subject to <br />a recharge fee, as set forth in Section 30, below. Water from other sources that has <br />been recharged and banked within the Main Basin by Contractor with the consent of <br />GPQ or assessed a recharge fee. <br />Page 66 of 214