California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 2 - Department of Water Resources › Chapter 4.5 - Financial Assistance for Flood Management Projects and Small Flood Management Projects › Section 571 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following terms used in these regulations have the
				  meanings set forth below:
(a)
				"Benefited Area" means the geographical area that receives improved flood
				protection from the proposed Project and must be the same area for which
				benefits are estimated for the economic analysis.
(b) "Benefited Area Median Annual Household
				Income" means the median annual household income for the Benefited Area. The
				data used to determine this income level can be obtained from the U.S. Census
				Bureau or from a vendor of updated census-based data acceptable to the
				Department or Board.
(c) "Block"
				means the smallest geographic area within a block group of a census geographic
				tract. This data can be obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau or from a vendor
				of updated census-based data acceptable to the Department.
(d) "Block Group" means a cluster of Blocks
				within a census geographic tract. This data can be obtained from the U.S.
				Census Bureau or from a vendor of updated census-based data acceptable to the
				Department or Board.
(e) "Board"
				means the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, formerly known as The
				Reclamation Board.
(f) "California
				Median Annual Household Income" means the median annual household income for
				California. The data used to determine this income level can be obtained from
				the U.S. Census Bureau or from a vendor of updated census-based data acceptable
				to the Department or Board.
(g)
				"Department" means the Department of Water Resources.
(h) "Department or Board" means the Board for
				Projects over which the Board has jurisdiction and is the nonfederal sponsor,
				and the Department for all other Projects.
(i) "Disadvantaged Area" means a Benefited
				Area with a median annual household income that is less than 80 percent of the
				California Median Annual Household Income at the time the analysis to determine
				the recommended State Cost-Share is performed by the Department or
				Board.
(j) "Disadvantaged Household
				Income" means 80 percent of the California Median Annual Household
				Income.
(k) "Draft Nonfederal
				Cost-Sharing Report" is a report prepared by the Sponsor to document the
				Sponsor's estimates of the contributions of the Project to the Objectives of
				Water Code Sections
				12585.7(d)(1)
				through
				12585.7(d)(5).
				The requirements of this report are described in Sections
				573,
				574, and
				575 of these
				regulations.
(l) "Federal
				Feasibility Study Report" means the approved decision document used by the U.S.
				Army Corps of Engineers or by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, that
				establishes the feasibility for the Project, and typically includes an
				environmental document prepared under the National Environmental Policy
				Act.
(m) "Final Nonfederal
				Cost-Sharing Report" is a report prepared by the Sponsor that includes the
				Draft Nonfederal Cost-Sharing Report, comments received during a forty-five-day
				public comment period, and responses to the public comments.
(n) "Nonfederal Capital Cost" means that
				portion in dollars of the Total Capital Cost of a Project determined by the
				U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or by the Natural Resources Conservation Service
				to be the financial responsibility of participants other than the United
				States, usually identified in the project partnership agreement, final design
				memorandum, or other approved federal Project document.
(o) "Objective" means the feature, character,
				or quality described in Water Code Sections
				12585.7(d)(1)
				through
				12585.7(d)
				(5).
(1)
				"Habitat Objective" means the objective described in Water Code Section
				12585.7(d)(1).
(2) "Open Space Objective" means the
				objective described in Water Code Section
				12585.7(d)(2).
(3) "Recreation Objective" means the
				objective described in Water Code Section
				12585.7(d)(3).
(4) "Combination Objective" means a
				combination of the objectives described in Water Code Sections
				12585.7(d)(1),
				12585.7(d)(2),
				and
				12582.7(d)(3).
(5) "Disadvantaged Area Objective" means the
				objective described in Water Code Section
				12585.7(d)(4).
(6) "State Facilities Objective" means the
				objective described in Water Code Section
				12585.7(d)(5).