Section 12310 Of Chapter 2. Special Flood Control Projects From California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 4.8. >> Chapter 2.
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. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Local public agency" means a reclamation district or levee
district or other public agency responsible for the maintenance of a
nonproject levee as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 12980 or a
project levee as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 12980.
(b) "Project" means the flood control improvement and any
mitigation and habitat improvement constructed, or interests in land
acquired, for those purposes pursuant to this part.
(c) "Department" means the Department of Water Resources.
(d) "Delta" means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as described in
Section 12220.
(e) "Net long-term habitat improvement" means enhancement of
riparian, fisheries, and wildlife habitat.
(f) "CALFED Bay Delta Program" or "CALFED program" means the
program established in May 1995 as a joint effort among state and
federal agencies with management and regulatory responsibilities in
the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to
develop long-term solutions to resource management problems involving
the bay-delta.