Article 3.5. Urgent Levee Repair Funded Through General Obligation Bonds of California Water Code >> Division 5. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.5.

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meaning:
  (a) "Consolidated permit or approval" means a permit or approval incorporating the permit or approval conditions pursuant to the program administered by each permitting or approving agency into a single, unified permit or approval document.
  (b) "Permit or approval" means any of the following:
  (1) A lake or streambed alteration agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1600) of Division 2 of the Fish and Game Code.
  (2) An incidental take permit issued pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 2080) of Chapter 1.5 of, or Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of, Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code.
  (3) Waste discharge requirements issued by a regional water quality control board pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000).
  (4) Any other permit or approval by a permitting or approving agency that participates in a consolidated permit. A permit or approval does not include a certification or decision pursuant to Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.
  (c) "Permitting agency" means any of the following:
  (1) The Department of Fish and Game.
  (2) A regional water quality control board.
  (3) The local agency responsible for the administration of the requirements imposed pursuant to Section 13370.5.
  (4) A certified unified program agency as provided in Chapter 6.11 (commencing with Section 25404) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.
  (5) Any other state, regional, or local permitting agency for the project that participates in a consolidated permit for urgent levee repair.
  (d) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Resources Agency.
  (e) "Urgent levee repair" means the repair of critical levees of the State Plan for Flood Control specified pursuant to Section 8361 within the existing levee footprint to meet standards of public health and safety.

The secretary shall convene, in a duly noticed public hearing, those permitting agencies with jurisdiction over urgent levee repairs for the purposes of coordinating and issuing unified, consolidated permits for each project for levee repairs funded by the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Fund of 2006, to reduce or eliminate unnecessary duplication, overlap, and paperwork associated with those permits.

Nothing in this article affects the requirements, duties, or authority established by statute or regulation on a permitting agency.

This article shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before July 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.