23 CA ADC § 201


      23 CCR s 201

      Cal. Admin. Code tit. 23, s 201


      CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
      TITLE 23. WATERS
      DIVISION 1.5 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT (DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND
      RECLAIMATION BOARD
      ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
      This database is current through 05/26/06, Register 2006, No. 21. 

      s 201. Definitions.

      As used in these regulations the terms listed below shall have the 
      meanings noted:

      (a) (Reserved)

      (b) (Reserved)

      (c) (Reserved)

      (d) Design Flood. "Design Flood" shall mean the selected flood against 
      which protection is provided, or eventually will be provided, by means of 
      flood protective or control works. When a federal survey has been 
      authorized the design flood will be determined by the appropriate federal 
      agency, and in all other cases, it will be determined by the responsible 
      local agency. It is the basis for design and operation of a particular 
      project after full consideration of flood characteristics, frequencies, 
      and potentials, and economic and other practical considerations.

      (e) Designated Floodway. "Designated floodway" shall mean the channel of 
      the stream and that portion of the adjoining flood plain required to 
      reasonably provide for the construction of a project for passage of the 
      design flood, including the lands necessary for construction of project 
      levees.

      (f) (Reserved)

      (g) Flood Plain. "Flood plain" shall mean the relatively flat area or 
      lowlands adjoining the channel of a river, stream, watercourse, ocean, 
      lake, or other body of standing water, which has been or may be covered by 
      floodwater.

      (h) Adjoining Flood Plain. "Adjoining flood plain" shall mean that portion 
      of the flood plain contiguous to a particular river, stream, watercourse, 
      or other body of water which might reasonably be expected to flood at 
      depths or velocities which could endanger life or where encroachment upon 
      which could significantly restrict the carrying capacity of the floodway 
      under conditions resulting from a design flood. For streams traversing 
      alluvial cones, the "adjoining flood plain" for purposes of these rules 
      and regulations shall be construed to refer only to the existing active 
      stream channel area and the immediately adjoining active overflow area.

      (i) Appropriate Public Agency. "Appropriate public agency," as that term 
      is used in Water Code Section 8411, shall mean any city, city and county, 
      county, or other public agency organized, existing, and acting pursuant to 
      the laws of this State, which is authorized under the laws of this State 
      to exercise the police power to establish flood plain regulations within 
      its jurisdiction.

      (j) Federal Agency. "Federal agency" shall mean any agency of the Federal 
      Government which is responsible under federal law for construction of a 
      flood control project.

      (k) Completion of a Federal Project Report.

      (1) A federal project report is considered complete, except for small 
      flood control projects (United States Corps of Engineers) and small 
      watershed projects (United States Soil Conservation Service), when it is 
      transmitted to the Congress of the United States for project 
authorization.

      (2) A report on a small flood control project is considered complete when 
      the final project report is approved by the Chief of Engineers.

      (3) A report on a small watershed project is considered complete when the 
      small watershed plan is approved by the State Conservationist of the 
      United States Soil Conservation Service.

      (l) Act. "Act" shall mean the Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act as 
      set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8400) of Part 2 of 
      Division 5 of the California Water Code, and any and all amendments made 
      or which may hereafter be made thereto.


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       HISTORY 
         
      1. Amendment of subsections (d) and (l) filed 8-20-74; effective thirtieth 
      day
      thereafter (Register 74, No. 34).

      2. Order of Repeal of subsections (a-c) and (f) filed 6-3-85 by OAL 
      pursuant
      to Government Code Section 11349.7; effective thirtieth day thereafter 
      (Register 85, No. 26).
      23 CA ADC s 201

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