Alabama Administrative Code › Title 305 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › OFFICE OF WATER RESOURCES AND ALABAMA WATER RESORUCES COMMISSION › Chapter 305-7-13 - DROUGHT PLANNING AND RESPONSE › Section 305-7-13-.03 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The words or terms listed below shall be defined as
				  follows.
(1) Act shall mean the
				Alabama Drought Planning and Response Act as codified in Section 9-10 C-1 et
				seq.,
Code of Ala. 1975
.
(2) ADAPT shall mean the Alabama Drought
				Assessment and Planning Team.
(3)
				ADECA shall mean the Alabama Department of Economic and Community
				Affairs.
(4) Alabama Water
				Resources Commission shall mean the Alabama Water Resources Commission as
				established by the Alabama Water Resources Act (Section 9-10 B-1 et seq.,
Code of Ala. 1975
)
(5) Choctawhatchee Pea River Watershed
				Authority shall mean the Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed
				Management Authority as created pursuant to Section 9-10 A-1,
Code
				of Ala. 1975
.
(6)
				Community Public Water System, for the purposes of this Act, shall mean a
				public water system which serves at least fifteen (15) service connections used
				by year-round residents or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25)
				year-round residents. A community public water system may maintain and use its
				own source of either surface water or ground water or obtain water from another
				source. It excludes water systems that only serve specific organizations or
				locations such as schools, hospitals, campgrounds, rest areas, etc. and are
				classified as either a non-transient non-community water system or a transient
				non-community water system by the Alabama Safe Drinking Water Act (Section
				22-23-31 et seq.,
Code of Ala. 1975
).
(7) Drought Conservation Plan shall mean a
				written plan by a community public water system that addresses graduated
				drought response procedures with implementation of specific measures based on
				drought severity. The drought conservation plan may be a separate plan or a
				component of a broader emergency response plan.
(8) Drought Declaration shall mean a written
				summary, issued by OWR, describing drought conditions throughout the state that
				includes local and regional assessments of conditions, impacts, and
				forward-looking forecasts.
(9)
				Drought Monitor shall mean the assessment of drought conditions throughout the
				United States published weekly by the National Integrated Drought Information
				System (NIDIS) on the "drought.gov" domain or its successor.
(10) Emergency Action Plan shall mean a
				written emergency response plan.
(11) Executive Director of the Alabama Soil
				& Water Conservation Committee shall mean the chief administrative officer
				employed by the Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee created pursuant
				to Section 9-8-22(c),
Code of Ala. 1975
.
(12) MIG shall mean the Monitoring and Impact
				Group Subcommittee of ADAPT.
(13)
				MIG Chair shall mean the Chair of the Monitoring and Impact Group
				Subcommittee.
(14) Office of Water
				Resources or OWR shall mean the Alabama Office of Water Resources, a division
				of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
(15) Office of Water Resources Division Chief
				shall mean the Division Chief or Division Director of the Office of Water
				Resources.
(16) State Climatologist
				shall mean the State Climatologist of Alabama as appointed by the Governor and
				qualified to meet the roles and standards established by the American
				Association of State Climatologists as a Recognized State Climate
				Office.
(17) State Conservationist
				of the Alabama Natural Resource Conservation Service shall mean the Chief
				Executive Officer of the Alabama Office of the Natural Resource Conservation
				Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(18) State Drought Plan shall mean the state
				drought management plan developed by the Office of Water Resources outlining
				state-level drought planning and response activities and procedures.
Author:
Tom Littlepage
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§ 9-10 C-2,
					 9-10C-10.