(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.

(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.