Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD › Chapter 355 - RESEARCH AND PLANNING FUND › Subchapter C - REGIONAL WATER PLANNING GRANTS › Section 355.90 - Applicability and Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  This subchapter applies to grant funds for the development and revision of
				  regional water plans.
(b) The
				  following words and acronyms, used in this subchapter, have the following
				  meanings:
(1) Board--The Texas Water
				  Development Board.
(2)
				  Commission--The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3) Eligible applicant--A political
				  subdivision designated by the regional water planning group and authorized to
				  receive funds for developing or revising regional water plans.
(4) Executive administrator (EA)--The
				  executive administrator of the Board or a designated representative.
(5) Political subdivision--A city, county,
				  district or authority created under the Texas Constitution, Article III,
				  §52, or Article XVI, §59, any other political subdivision of the
				  state, any interstate compact commission to which the state is a party, and any
				  nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Texas Water Code
				  Chapter 67 (relating to Nonprofit Water Supply or Sewer Service
				  Corporations).
(6) Regional water
				  plan--A plan or an amendment to an adopted regional water plan developed by a
				  regional water planning group for a regional water planning area pursuant to
				  the Texas Water Code §
											16.053
				  (relating to Regional Water Plans).
(7) Regional water planning area--A
				  geographical area designated and defined by the Board pursuant to the Texas
				  Water Code §
											16.053.
(8) Regional water planning group (RWPG)--A
				  group designated by the Board that develops a regional water plan, pursuant to
				  the Texas Water Code §
											16.053.
(9) State environmental planning
				  criteria--Criteria adopted by the Board for inclusion in the state water plan;
				  the criteria are developed through coordination with the Commission and the
				  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and are used for evaluating the feasibility
				  of water management strategies in a regional water plan when the RWPG lacks
				  information from site specific studies. The environmental planning criteria are
				  listed in Chapter 357 of this title (relating to Regional Water Planning) and
				  also include the Commission's environmental flows standards at 30 TAC Chapter
				  298 (relating to Environmental Flow Standards for Surface Water).
(10) State population and demand
				  projections--Population and water demand projections contained in the state
				  water plan or adopted by the Board after consultation with the Commission, the
				  Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and
				  RWPGs in preparation for revision of the state water plan.
(11) State water plan--The most recent state
				  water plan adopted by the Board under the Texas Water Code §
											16.051
				  (relating to State Water Plan).