Section 79190 Of Article 3. Bay-delta Multipurpose Water Management Program From California Water Code >> Division 26. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 3.
79190
. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following
definitions govern the construction of this article:
(a) "CALFED Bay-Delta Program" or "program" means the undertaking
by CALFED pursuant to the Framework Agreement dated June 20, 1994, to
develop a long-term solution to water management, environmental, and
other problems in the bay-delta watershed by means of a programmatic
environmental impact statement/environmental impact report.
(b) "CALFED EIS/EIR" means the final programmatic environmental
impact statement/environmental impact report prepared by CALFED.
(c) "CALFED stage 1 action" means an action identified in the
preferred alternative of the CALFED EIS/EIR as an action intended for
implementation during stage 1 of Phase III of the CALFED Bay-Delta
Program.
(d) (1) "Eligible project" means a demonstration project, subject
to the CALFED adaptive management principle that requires an
assessment of the performance of the demonstration projects in order
to determine which projects are successful in achieving the goals of
the program.
(2) "Eligible project" means a project that meets both of the
following requirements.
(A) The project is identified in the CALFED EIS/EIR as a CALFED
stage 1 action.
(B) The project does one or more of the following:
(i) Constructs treatment facilities or relocates discharge
facilities for agricultural drainage generated within the delta to
improve water quality in the delta or the quality of water that is
transported from the delta.
(ii) Constructs facilities to control waste discharges that
contribute to low dissolved oxygen and other water quality problems
in the lower San Joaquin River and the south delta.
(iii) Constructs fish facilities for the State Water Project or
the Central Valley Project intakes in the south delta, such as
facilities for fish screens, fish handling, and fish passage, or
modifications to intake structures or other facilities, to reduce
losses of any life stages of fish to water diversions in the San
Joaquin River and the delta in accordance with paragraph (1) of
Section (C) of Chapter IV of the board's 1995 water quality control
plan.
(iv) Constructs a permanent barrier at the head of Old River to
improve fish migration and other permanent barriers in the south
delta channels to improve water quality and water level for local
diversions.
(v) Constructs facilities to control drainage from abandoned mines
that adversely affect water quality in the bay-delta.
(vi) Constructs a permanent barrier at Grantline Canal to improve
water quality and water levels for local diversion.
(e) "Subaccount" means the Bay-Delta Multipurpose Water Management
Subaccount created by Section 79194.