Court extends window for Sonoma County well permits
Sonoma County has an extra few weeks to issue permits for nonemergency wells under a recent court order. A judge ordered the county stop issuing nonemergency permits in December after ruling that the county had failed to follow state environmental requirements. A second judge lifted the order temporarily, allowing permit applications through the end of February. He has now extended that window to March 27. … Under the temporary reprieve, the county has issued 69 well permits, since Feb. 6, and there are an additional 24 in process, Tennis Wick, the director of the county permitting department confirmed Tuesday.